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Body repair 'could be ramped up'

A combination of drugs could trick the body into sending its repair mechanisms into overdrive, say scientists.

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Black holes 'preceded galaxies'

Astronomers believe they have solved a cosmic chicken-and-egg question: what came first - black holes or galaxies?

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Mummy of female pharaoh uncovered

Egyptologists find remains of a mummy thought to belong to a queen who ruled 4,300 years ago, Egypt's antiquities chief announced.

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US vows 'huge' marine protection

The US is to establish "the largest area of protected sea in the world", banning fishing and mining, around its Pacific islands.

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Holes give edge to new armour

Scientists from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have devised ultra-hard vehicle armour to protect military personnel.

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A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has mirrors for eyes

A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has eyes which use mirrors as well as lenses, scientists discover.

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Canadians claim South Pole record

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Venomous mammal caught on camera

Rare footage of one of the world's most strange and elusive mammals is captured by scientists.

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Earth Watch

Why it is hard to predict sudden environmental crises

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Heat may spark world food crisis

Half the world's population could face food crisis by 2100 as soaring temperatures cripple staple crops, scientists warn.

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China alert over bird flu death

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Baby Jupiter's huge weight gain

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Tech fair offers greener vision

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Everest trip helps critically ill

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Archaeology in the City

The archaeological heritage of each city, the result of slow stratification, is limited and has a tendency to disappear in the course of new building construction and new developments.

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/vienne/en/recherche32.htm

Archaeology Online

Provides illustrated descriptions of two contrasting techniques in archaeology - survey and excavation. Includes both aerial photography and ground survey.

http://www.geocities.com/archaeology323/MainPage.htm

Graand

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Archaeology Theory and Method Discussion

Moderated discussion list whose purpose is to provide a venue for discussing archaeological and anthropological theory and archaeological methodology.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArchaeologyTheoryMethod/

Archeologia Belga

Site dedicated to archaeology and its practice. Methodological approach and illustraded archaeology. Rescue archaeology, programmed archaeology, a legal approach, and also archaeology and law.

http://www.archeologia.be/Archaeology_English-version.html

Archeology Mapping

Geophysical Survey Systems Inc. explain the technology and use of geophysical survey methods in archeology for non-invasively mapping the subsurface and features within it.

http://www.archeologymapping.com/

Arch-Experiment Mailing List

Discussion of all aspects of experimental archaeology and archaeological reconstructions especially focused on groups carrying out experimental archaeology in Britain.

http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/arch-experiment.html

Arch-Theory Mailing List

Mailing list for international discussions, reviews, and exchanges of information in archaeological theory and associated fields of interest.

http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/arch-theory.html

Believers in the Lost Ark

From Guardian Unlimited, treating myth as fact misunderstands the meaning of religion.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,1015350,00.html

Dental Microwear

Information on the study of microscopic wear on teeth and free image analysis software.

http://comp.uark.edu/~pungar/index.html

Experimental Archaeology

An essay by Dr Peter Reynolds, Director of Butser Ancient Farm, 'The Nature of Experiment in Archaeology'.

http://www.butser.org.uk/iafexp_hcc.html

3H Consulting Ltd.: Site Recorder 4

Survey management program for underwater archaeology. Download manuals and reports. Features product information and company news.

http://www.3hconsulting.com/

Lithic Analysis & Obsidian Hydration Laboratory

Has over three decades of experience and work in the field of obsidian hydration dating. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

http://merton.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/labs/lithics/lithics.html

Magnetic "Pollution" of Archaeological Sites

Archaeological practices and their effect on Geophysical survey results, with suggestions for new standards.

http://www.archaeophysics.com/pinflag

The Microarchaeology of Social Practice

The theoretical foundation is neither processual nor postprocessual in character, but build upon poststructuralist theory enhanced with a necessary touch of constructionism. On-line books and articles on archaeology and social theory, links and literature.

http://arkserv.arch.gu.se/mikroarkeologi/index.htm

Methodology

An introduction into photogrammetrical applications to archaeology by Michael Doneus, Institute for Prehistory and Early History, University of Vienna, Austria.

http://www.univie.ac.at/Luftbildarchiv/wgv/phoarc.htm

Power is in the Details

Political Economy of World-Systems 2002 Conference article by Mitch Allen. The expansion of the Ancient Near Eastern core has been addressed by world-systems scholars for two decades now, since it represented the earliest documented case of strong core and peripheral differentiation.

http://www.irows.ucr.edu/conferences/pews02/pprallen.doc

The Secrets of Alloys

Account by the European Commission of analysis of objects from the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman times to determine the composition of the alloys used by these civilisations.

http://ec.europa.eu/research/rtdinf19/19e07.html

Sibling Rivalry? The Intersection of Archaeology and History

A response to Vansina's article, "Historians, are archaeologists your siblings?".

http://www.h-net.org/~africa/africaforum/Robertshaw.html