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Deepest 'Black Smoker' Found in Caribbean

Caroline Miller — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:15:00 CDT

More than 3 miles down in the Caribbean Sea, a remote-controlled vehicle has filmed the world's deepest "black smoker" vent: a gusher of iron sulfide so hot it could melt lead. "It was like wandering across the surface of another world," the geologist who piloted the vehicle tells LIveScience . "The...

Newfound Mozart Works Written in Sister's Book

Drew Nelles — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:27:00 CDT

Two pieces by a 7- or 8-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart went undiscovered for more than a century because they were written in his father Leopold’s hand, the New York Times reports. Austrian researchers have disclosed new details about the works after announcing the finding in July: The music consists of...

Scientists Sniff Out Ancient Stash of Pot

Kristina Loew — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:24:46 CST

Scientists excavating a grave in China’s Gobi desert have found what they believe is the world’s oldest marijuana stash, reports Discovery News . Two pounds of still-green plant material were found in a 2,700-year-old grave belonging to a Caucasian man researchers believe may have been a shaman.

New Keller Photo Surfaces

Zach Samalin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:20:00 CST

A rare photo of a young Helen Keller accompanied by teacher Anne Sullivan in 1888 has surfaced among a family collection donated to the New England Historic Genealogical Society. The photo, which was tucked away in an album, may be the first taken of the two and the only to...

Big Bird Dazzles Paleontologists

Colleen Barry — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:27:32 CDT

The largest birdlike creature on record stood over 16 feet tall, weighed a ton and a half, and had sharp claws but no teeth. The Chinese paleontologist who unearthed the creature's thigh bone wasn't sure what it was, he tells the San Francisco Chronicle, but as he listed the possibilities...