The evidence suggested the Moche had been hit by a double whammy: a huge climate disaster had wiped them out. For years this became the accepted version of events. The riddle of the Moche had been solved.
The Moche's story is an epic account of a society that thought it could control the world and what happened to it when it found it couldn't. It's a story of human achievement and natural disaster, human sacrifice and war.
After any natural disaster, there comes a time when people set up makeshift goals and start playing soccer again. It's a sign of progress and hope, a diversion that means things are starting to get better.
After any natural disaster, there comes a time when people set up makeshift goals and start playing soccer again. It's a sign of progress and hope, a diversion that means things are starting to get better.
After any natural disaster, there comes a time when people set up makeshift goals and start playing soccer again. It's a sign of progress and hope, a diversion that means things are starting to get better.
Architect Shigeru Ban has built a portfolio of homes, museums and institutional buildings, all the while developing a technical framework for building with paper and a passion for bringing shelter to disaster areas.
Architect Shigeru Ban has built a portfolio of homes, museums and institutional buildings, all the while developing a technical framework for building with paper and a passion for bringing shelter to disaster areas.
These tasks don't sound Olympian — opening a door, climbing a ladder, turning a valve, but they are for robots. If a robot can do these tasks, it could help humans by playing key roles in disaster relief.
These tasks don't sound Olympian — opening a door, climbing a ladder, turning a valve, but they are for robots. If a robot can do these tasks, it could help humans by playing key roles in disaster relief.
These tasks don't sound Olympian — opening a door, climbing a ladder, turning a valve, but they are for robots. If a robot can do these tasks, it could help humans by playing key roles in disaster relief.
President Yudhoyono ordered disaster officials to extinguish the fires on Sumatra Island that have created vast palls of smoke. Singapore's environmental crisis has seen the acrid smoke cloak residential blocks.
President Yudhoyono ordered disaster officials to extinguish the fires on Sumatra Island that have created vast palls of smoke. Singapore's environmental crisis has seen the acrid smoke cloak residential blocks.
President Yudhoyono ordered disaster officials to extinguish the fires on Sumatra Island that have created vast palls of smoke. Singapore's environmental crisis has seen the acrid smoke cloak residential blocks.
Most search-and-rescue robots are big, clunky, and travel in straight lines. By studying how ants move through confined spaces, researchers hope to build better bots that can search for disaster victims buried in rubble.
Most search-and-rescue robots are big, clunky, and travel in straight lines. By studying how ants move through confined spaces, researchers hope to build better bots that can search for disaster victims buried in rubble.
Most search-and-rescue robots are big, clunky, and travel in straight lines. By studying how ants move through confined spaces, researchers hope to build better bots that can search for disaster victims buried in rubble.
Most search-and-rescue robots are big, clunky, and travel in straight lines. By studying how ants move through confined spaces, researchers hope to build better bots that can search for disaster victims buried in rubble.
Most search-and-rescue robots are big, clunky, and travel in straight lines. By studying how ants move through confined spaces, researchers hope to build better bots that can search for disaster victims buried in rubble.
In the wake of recent disasters in Japan, filmmakers tread carefully as their urge to bear witness to the tragedies bumps up against the danger of trivialization and exploitation.
In the wake of recent disasters in Japan, filmmakers tread carefully as their urge to bear witness to the tragedies bumps up against the danger of trivialization and exploitation.
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two-tiered mission.