Feds want boats to slow down to protect whales
The Savannah River meets the Atlantic Ocean at Fort Pulaski National Monument, the brick citadel built to guard this port city in the years before the Civil War......»»
East Coast land continues to collapse at a worrying rate
It's steadily sinking or subsiding, which is destabilizing levees, roads, and airports. Enlarge / Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City are reflected on a monument as the sun rises on December 22, 2023, as s.....»»
Newly found rooms in Sahura’s Pyramid challenge what we know of such structures
Cheap construction reduced the monument at Abusir in Egypt to rubble over millennia. Enlarge / The Pyramid of Sahura in Abusir, Egypt. (credit: Mohamed Ismail Khaled) Over a century after a British archaeologist noted a.....»»
Butt-dial of iPhone Emergency SOS via satellite still summons helicopter rescue
While enjoying a trip through Dinosaur National Monument, one hiker found himself the subject of a helicopter search-and-rescue mission after falsely activating his iPhone's Emergency SOS via satellite feature.The different stages of using Emergency.....»»
Blurring the line between planetary and human health spans
Days before the G7 Hiroshima Summit in May, scholars delivered a call to act on the planet's health to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, a monument to atomic weapons' apocalyptic threat that shook Albert Einstein to utter in 1946 his oft-quoted plea.....»»
Mountain"s trash problem inspires push for new national monument
When environmental advocacy organization Get Outdoors Nevada holds volunteer clean up events at public lands around the valley, they typically bring buckets......»»
Desta is a turn-based dodgeball strategy game with heart and style, now on PC
Dreams, friendships, anxiety, and absolutely nailing a double-bounce headshot. Enlarge (credit: ustwo) The studio behind Monument Valley, one of the best mobile games ever made, made a Netflix-required mobile game in 202.....»»
The "Stonehenge calendar" shown to be a modern construct
Stonehenge is an astonishingly complex monument, which attracts attention mostly for its spectacular megalithic circle and "horseshoe," built around 2600 BC......»»
Netflix expands its game lineup with new titles from Ubisoft and more
Mighty Quest: Rogue Palace, Monument Valley, and more are coming to Netflix as it doubles down on its gaming efforts......»»
Uncovering the ritual past of an ancient stone monument in Saudi Arabia
A comprehensive analysis of an archaeological site in Saudi Arabia sheds new light on mustatils—stone monuments from the Late Neolithic period thought to have been used for ritual purposes. Melissa Kennedy of the University of Western Australia, Pe.....»»
Archaeologists discover homes of Europe"s first monument makers
Archaeologists in France have found one of the first residential sites belonging to the prehistoric builders of some of Europe's first monumental stone structures......»»
Biden designates his first national monument in the heart of Colorado"s Rocky Mountains
President Joe Biden is creating his first national monument on Wednesday, protecting for future generations a rugged landscape in the heart of the Rocky Mountains where the legendary 10th Mountain Division trained for alpine warfare during World War.....»»
Mexico ups protection at pre-Hispanic ceremonial site
Mexico has declared a pre-Hispanic site in the central state of Guanajuato as an archaeological monument zone protecting it from the possibility of encroaching development and expressing a commitment to continue excavating the ancient ruins......»»
Adam Nathaniel Furman designs "queer monument" to celebrate Commonwealth Games
Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has created a colourful structure called Babs Baldachino to coincide with the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Read more Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has created a colourful structure called Babs Baldachino.....»»
A monument to the ultra-rich gets an accessible makeover
With a new garden and cleaned-up facade, J.P. Morgan’s intimidating ‘treasure house’ invites the public to come a little closer. In the early years of the 20th century, the Gilded Age financier J.P. Morgan built an opulent librar.....»»
What happened at Arthur"s Stone? 5,000-year-old monument connected to King Arthur excavated
Some say King Arthur slayed a giant there. Others say he knelt in prayer and his knee print indentations are forever etched into the stone......»»
Analysis of prehistoric feces shows Stonehenge people had parasites
Fossilized fecal analysis sheds light on prehistoric dietary habits and social behavior. Enlarge / The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, UK. A large Neolithic settlement known as Durrington Walls is less than two miles a.....»»
This is what the Salisbury Plain looked like before Stonehenge
The monument's builders didn't have to clear dense forests after all. Enlarge / Stonehenge as viewed from the northeast, showing the post-and-lintel construction of the Sarsen Circle. (credit: Timothy Darvill) Stonehenge was a.....»»
Watch engineers add a new radio antenna to the Eiffel Tower
Engineers recently fitted a new radio antenna to the Eiffel Tower, work that saw the iconic monument grow by another six meters......»»
Ethiopian Dam Generates Power, but What’s Next?
In the eyes of Ethiopia’s government, the future is a 145-meter-tall monument of rolled concrete and Francis turbines that spans the Blue Nile River within a shout of the Sudanese border.That future shifted from vision to reality on 20 February, w.....»»