Read more discovery stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26703/discovery.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:53:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/57732/worlds-largest-cave-found.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British expedition team has discovered what they believe to be the world’s largest cave deep within the Vietnamese jungle, the Telegraph reports. At 650 feet high and nearly 500 feet wide, Hang Son Doong—or Mountain River Cave—is twice the size of current record holder Deer Cave in...http://www.newser.com/story/57732/worlds-largest-cave-found.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 May 2009 5:03:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49611/us-scavengers-spot-legendary-warship.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA US company has found a prized, 18th century British warship that may be worth millions, the BBC reports. Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration says it has spotted the HMS Victory, a man-o-war that sank in the English Channel in 1744 and has been sought by scavengers ever since. "Very rarely...http://www.newser.com/story/49611/us-scavengers-spot-legendary-warship.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Feb 2009 18:30:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37811/new-mozart-score-surfaces-in-france.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA single-page musical score located in a French library has been confirmed as a Mozart original, the Telegraph reports. “Mozart's handwriting is clearly identifiable,” an expert said. “There's no doubt that this is an original piece handwritten by Mozart.” The notation is for a melody only, with no orchestrations, but...http://www.newser.com/story/37811/new-mozart-score-surfaces-in-france.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Sep 2008 17:52:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36518/palin-vetted-just-before-being-chosen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin did not meet with John McCain’s top veep-vetter until the day before the Republican nominee announced his pick, the Washington Post reports. Despite the apparent haste, McCain’s camp assured the public that the Alaska governor’s past had been thoroughly examined. But it wasn’t until that last meeting that...http://www.newser.com/story/36518/palin-vetted-just-before-being-chosen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Sep 2008 14:25:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36213/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-gold-wreath.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn ancient gold wreath buried with human bones in a copper vase has been discovered in the old stomping grounds of Alexander the Great in northern Greece, AP reports. It's rare to find such wreaths, which were generally buried with royalty. Diggers found it in the ruins of Aigai, the...http://www.newser.com/story/36213/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-gold-wreath.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 30 Aug 2008 12:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32817/one-in-a-million-conjoined-birds-found-in-arkansas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA pair of barn swallows born joined at the hip are being sent to the Smithsonian Institute for study, the AP reports. An Arkansas landowner found them fallen out of a tree this week and kept them for a day, but they refused to eat and died. Conjoined birds are...http://www.newser.com/story/32817/one-in-a-million-conjoined-birds-found-in-arkansas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Jul 2008 20:39:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29977/1780-british-warship-found.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo intrepid explorers using sonar and a remote-controlled submersible have discovered what may be the oldest shipwreck in the Great Lakes, the AP reports. HMS Ontario, a British warship carrying as many as 130, sank in a storm in Lake Ontario in 1780. Since 1781, when six sailors’ bodies washed...http://www.newser.com/story/29977/1780-british-warship-found.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Jun 2008 6:22:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23366/fossil-feces-revise-history.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFossilized feces found in an Oregon cave have scientists rethinking how and when humans first came to North America. At 14,300 years old, the ancient poop was deposited at least 1,000 years before humans were thought to roam the area, National Geographic reports. Discoveries like this "help us...http://www.newser.com/story/23366/fossil-feces-revise-history.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Apr 2008 21:43:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23061/peru-dig-yields-4000-year-old-gold-necklace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagResearchers have dug up the oldest piece of crafted gold in the Americas, a 4,000-year old gold necklace, LiveScience reports. Found at a pre-Inca burial site in Peru, the bling proves that primitive societies sought displays of wealth. It signals "the social process towards some kind of inequality," said...http://www.newser.com/story/23061/peru-dig-yields-4000-year-old-gold-necklace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Mar 2008 20:06:57 CDT