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Hidden secret text found beneath gold leaf on 1,000-year-old ancient Blue Quran
The Blue Quran, which dates back to 800–900 CE, originally comprised of 600 pages. Today, only about 100 are known to survive.
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You Probably Never Heard of This Old-School Pontiac, Fewer Than 500 Examples Likely Built
This 1958 Pontiac Pathfinder is likely one of only a handful still in existence; the owner is now willing to let it go at the ...
Who invented the wheel? Scientists finally solve 6,000-year-old question
Professor Leore Grosman, one of the study's authors, said: "These perforated stones are actually the first wheels in form and ...
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Food Technology
Researchers at Acadia University find that wine drinkers are more accepting of pasta sauce formulated with the addition of grape pomace than those who do not drink wine.
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Knorr-Bremse: Safety in technology
Knorr-Bremse invites Big Rigs to the DECA facility at Shepparton to experience their latest innovations in action.
Archaeologists Discover Mysterious 12,000-Year-Old Stones That Could Be the World’s Oldest Wheel Technology
Early human cultures likely used stones as spindle whorls to spin fibers into yarn. A collection of perforated pebbles discovered at an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, marking a ...
12,000-Year-Old Spindles Hint at Humanity’s First Steps Toward the Wheel
Over 100 perforated pebbles from a site near the Sea of Galilee showcase an early instance of the tech that reshaped humanity ...
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These Mysterious 12,000-Year-Old Pebbles May Be Early Evidence of Wheel-Like Tools, Archaeologists Say
Researchers in Israel suggest the roughly donut-shaped artifacts could be spindle whorls, representing one of the oldest ...
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12,000-year-old stones may be oldest example of wheel-like tech
Some 12,000-year-old stones have been discovered, which may be the oldest example of wheel-like tools. The spindle whorls ...