Steven Vogt suggests that Gliese 581g probably has a comfortable area along the midpoint, called the terminator. Any life here would always see the star sitting on the horizon and thus experience eternal sunrise or sunset.
There was only one problem. In the late 1990s archaeologist Dr. Tom Dillehay revisited some of the more obscure Moche sites and found that the dates didn't match with the climate catastrophe explanation.
Searching the site for clues, Dillehays's team was unable to find any non-Moche military artifacts. It could only mean one thing. The Moche had been fighting amongst themselves.
Archaeologists found evidence of enormous rain damage at a Moche site. New building work had been interrupted and torn apart by torrential rain, and artifacts found in the damaged area dated to almost exactly that period.
Several of the pyramids, sacred sites known as ‘huacas’, contain rich collection of murals depicting both secular and sacred scenes from the Moche world. Others house the elaborate tombs of Moche leaders.
As archaeologists have excavated at Moche sites they've unearthed some of the most fabulous pottery and jewelry ever to emerge from an ancient civilization.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised the travel alert to "Level 3" as the death toll in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa rose at an alarming rate. This advisory level is reserved for grave situations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised the travel alert to "Level 3" as the death toll in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa rose at an alarming rate. This advisory level is reserved for grave situations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised the travel alert to "Level 3" as the death toll in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa rose at an alarming rate. This advisory level is reserved for grave situations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised the travel alert to "Level 3" as the death toll in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa rose at an alarming rate. This advisory level is reserved for grave situations.
NASA's Mars rover has made it's first major discovery, and it's one for the ages. Water once coursed over the now bone-dry surface, a finding based on the presence of rounded pebbles and gravel near the rover's landing site.
Studies show that watching your friends and family in stressful situations can loosely synchronize your heart rates, a strong manifestation of human bonds.