http://www.cronaca.com/ News of the Old, Talk of the New en-us Copyright 2008 Sat, 10 May 2008 21:39:52 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The latest in the inevitable backlash against decades of inflation-outstripping tuition increases: Massachusetts lawmakers desperate for additional revenue are eyeing... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005352.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005352.html Academia Sat, 10 May 2008 21:39:52 -0500 Seven German artists are living with lice in their hair in an Israeli museum for three weeks in the... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005351.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005351.html Arts & Collecting Sat, 10 May 2008 14:03:39 -0500 A long-lost opera by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi has been performed for the first time in 278 years,... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005350.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005350.html Literature & Performing Arts Sat, 10 May 2008 13:59:49 -0500 The Vatican didn't have a Latin version of their official website? Apparently not until now, according to the BBC. The... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005349.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005349.html Language Sat, 10 May 2008 13:50:07 -0500 This is probably turning a lot of heads over at the BBC.... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005348.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005348.html Oddities Thu, 08 May 2008 22:38:34 -0500 Spain demanded the return of sunken treasure worth an estimated half a billion dollars yesterday, accusing Odyssey, the deep-sea... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005347.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005347.html News of the Old Thu, 08 May 2008 22:21:24 -0500 Ancient whales were not master divers like their modern descendents. Biologists have discovered signs of decompression syndrome -- the... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005346.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005346.html Natural history Thu, 08 May 2008 22:14:23 -0500 Forget Godzilla -- it's the demographics: Japan celebrated a national holiday on Monday in honor of its children. But Children's... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005345.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005345.html Current Events Tue, 06 May 2008 15:01:25 -0500 Technicians in New Zealand have begun to thaw a rare colossal squid specimen. The operation to defrost the 10-metre... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005344.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005344.html Natural history Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:05:01 -0500 Cronaca was transferred to a new server a few days back, at relatively short notice, and with no support to... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005343.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005343.html Blogging Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:58:29 -0500 Archeologists have discovered a 3000-year-old pot in Fiji containing jewellery believed to have been made by the South Pacific's... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005342.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005342.html News of the Old Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:24:18 -0500 Having grown up in Berkeley, I had to follow up this link to Carousel News' account of the recent renovation... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005341.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005341.html Current Events Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:01:31 -0500 Archaeologists have revealed plans to uncover the 2000 year-old tomb of ancient Egypt's most famous lovers, Cleopatra and the... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005340.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005340.html News of the Old Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:55:37 -0500 An 87-million-year-old praying mantis found encased in amber in Japan may be a "missing link" between mantises from the... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005339.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005339.html Natural history Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:38:29 -0500 An ancient Greek tomb thought to have held the body of Alexander the Great's father is actually that of... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005338.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005338.html News of the Old Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:34:31 -0500