High in the Andes Mountains, conservators are testing traditional methods for strengthening adobe buildings.
The bell tower of the church of Santiago Apóstol in Kuño Tambo, Peru. Built by the Spanish in 1681, it has been weakened by earthquakes, but traditional techniques are helping with its restoration. Credit Credit Angela Ponce for The New York Times.
Have some patience until someone takes the lead, and let’s sing some hakuna matata in the mean time.
Getting into trouble after succumbing to peer pressure isn’t just a human experience.
New research co-led by Brock University shows that a particular species of tropical, air-breathing fish that can survive for weeks on land will delay escaping from hot water if it thinks one of its peers is nearby.
Brock biologist Glenn Tattersall and Acadia University biologist Suzanne Currie studied the mangrove rivulus, a fish living in swamps from the southern U.S. to Brazil.
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A mammoth dig is underway that is expected to unearth 60,000 skeletons from a 230-year-old cemetery in London.
The bones of 1,200 people have so far been exhumed from the burial ground near Euston Station to make way for the new high-speed railway between the capital and Birmingham.
Recently released photos of the major dig show archaeologists clearing thick clay from coffins and brushing dirt from remains.
