http://www.cronaca.com/ News of the Old, Talk of the New en-us Copyright 2009 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:36:56 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Is cycling bad for the bones? A number of intriguing studies published in the past 18 months, including Smathers',... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005655.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005655.html Science & Technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:36:56 -0500 Australian palaeontologists say they have discovered three new dinosaur species after examining fossils dug up in Queensland. Writing in... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005654.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005654.html Natural history Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:31:42 -0500 On the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia, next year's crop of bicycles is being watered by Benjamin Banda. "We planted... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005653.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005653.html Science & Technology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:52:57 -0500 A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered. Argentine ants living in vast... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005652.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005652.html Natural history Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:48:58 -0500 I wouldn't have thought it was necessary to detonate a 19 kiloton nuclear weapon to see what it would... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005651.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005651.html Military history Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:03:18 -0500 Delhi attracts migrants from all over India (as well as some like me, from the rest of world) and... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005650.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005650.html News of the Old Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:30:25 -0500 Today's NY Daily News headline: "Long before Michael Jackson died, pop star looked barely alive". So far, so good. Below... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005649.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005649.html Humor Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:35:29 -0500 British officials considered attacking Tokyo with poison gas in 1944, more than a year before the United States dropped... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005648.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005648.html Military history Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:10:57 -0500 Indian defence scientists are planning to put one of the world's hottest chilli powders into hand grenades. They say... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005647.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005647.html Military Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:15:35 -0500 A long line of hospital staff wraps around the corridor outside a small conference room in New York to... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005646.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005646.html News of the Old Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:53:32 -0500 Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around "as high as a kite",... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005645.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005645.html Natural history Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:51:15 -0500 The BBC reports, with slideshow: Whales off the coast of Argentina have acquired a new enemy - seagulls. The gulls... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005644.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005644.html Natural history Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:49:50 -0500 Michael Kimmelman discusses the Acropolis Museum and its implications for the dispute over the Elgin Marbles. Notable quote from writer... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005643.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005643.html Museums Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:42:05 -0500 Archaeologists reported Wednesday the discovery last fall of a bone flute and two fragments of ivory flutes that they... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005642.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005642.html Literature & Performing Arts Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:34:44 -0500 I love Kodachrome, but I've shot so little of it for so many years now. Nothing like Kodachrome 25 and... http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005641.html http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005641.html Arts & Collecting Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:57:32 -0500