Marco Foronda

Barley Helped Pre-Historic Humans Survive Tibet's High Altitudes
Marco Foronda | | Nov 21, 2014 06:01 AM EST |
As Tibetans moved upland, they gradually switched to barley, which became their staple food.

20,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Rock Art Discovered in Sydney
Marco Foronda | | Nov 20, 2014 05:25 AM EST |
Visitors will see this priceless legacy from the oldest continuous culture on Earth.
Google Out, Yahoo is the New Firefox's Default Search
Marco Foronda | | Nov 20, 2014 03:21 AM EST |
Yahoo plans to reveal a "clean and modern" search engine on Mozilla.

CERN Scientists Discover Two New Subatomic Particles
Marco Foronda | | Nov 20, 2014 03:13 AM EST |
These particles are made from three quarks bound together by a strong force.

7-Year-Old Aussie Girl Accidentally Discovers Ichthyosaur Fossil
Marco Foronda | | Nov 20, 2014 03:07 AM EST |
The Ichthyosaur is an extinct dolphin-like reptile that used to swim across ancient inland seas in Australia.

BP Oil Spill Pushing Kemp's Ridley Turtles Toward Extinction
Marco Foronda | | Nov 20, 2014 03:00 AM EST |
The BP oil spill might have affected as many as 7,000 Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles.

Scientists Discover Seals Sexually Assaulting Penguins
Marco Foronda | | Nov 19, 2014 07:01 AM EST |
A research team found young male seals sexually harassing king penguins of an unknown gender.
Twitter Makes Half a Trillion Tweets Searchable
Marco Foronda | | Nov 19, 2014 04:59 AM EST |
The microblogging site activated the "Tweet Index" that's available on Android and iOS apps.

Philae Detects Organic Molecules on Comet 67P
Marco Foronda | | Nov 19, 2014 04:38 AM EST |
The European Space Agency has yet to specify which organic molecules the lander found or how complex they are.

Hush Hush Russian Spacecraft Could be a Satellite Killer
Marco Foronda | | Nov 19, 2014 04:30 AM EST |
Russia is testing satellite killing technologies.

NASA Shows Worldwide CO2 Emissions in Breathtaking Simulation
Marco Foronda | | Nov 19, 2014 04:18 AM EST |
We can see how CO2 circulates in the atmosphere with the help of a NASA computer model.

Sushi Market Pushing Pacific Bluefin Tuna Closer to Extinction
Marco Foronda | | Nov 18, 2014 06:56 AM EST |
Bluefin tuna is widely targeted by the fishing industry to provide sashimi and sushi products.

Humans To Visit Mars by 2035, NASA Says
Marco Foronda | | Nov 18, 2014 06:52 AM EST |
Sending people to live on Mars and conduct extensive research there will teach scientists a great deal about the Red Planet and the Earth.

Scientists Identify Virus Killing Millions of Starfish
Marco Foronda | | Nov 18, 2014 05:17 AM EST |
The densovirus dissolves the starfish in under 10 days, leaving a pile of dissolved starfish.

Bird Flu Case Confirmed In English Farm
Marco Foronda | | Nov 18, 2014 05:09 AM EST |
This isn't the H5N1 type that 's deadly to humans, however.
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