By STAN LEHMAN
Associated Press Tue Jun 27, 2006 SAO PAULO, Brazil - A grouping of granite blocks along a grassy Amazon hilltop may be the vestiges of a centuries-old astronomical observatory - a find archaeologists say indicates early rainforest inhabitants were more sophisticated than previously believed.
The 127 blocks, some as high as 9 feet tall, are spaced at regular intervals around the hill, like a crown 100 feet in diameter. |
www.chinaview.cn 2006-06-27 11:35:13
LOS ANGELES, June 26 (Xinhua) -- People who speak Chinese as a first language process math tasks differently from those who are native speakers of English, scientists reported on Monday.
Although Arabic numbers have been widely accepted as mathematical codes, these digits are pronounced and written differently in various languages. Scientists have been curious about whether these digits are processed in the same way in the brains of people speaking different languages such as Chinese and English, which reflect differences in Eastern and Western cultures. |
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June 28, 2006 Paris, France - ESA scientists said Tuesday that analysis of Venus Express data from the spacecraft's first orbit around the planet confirm the presence of a huge double-eye atmospheric vortex at the planet's south pole. Last April 11, Venus Express was captured into a first elongated orbit around Venus lasting nine days and ranging from 350,000 kilometers to 400 kilometers (217,000 miles to 248 miles) from the surface.
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