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The origins of mummies

By Stephen Ornes / August 27, 2012

South America’s Chinchorro people mummified their dead long before the ancient Egyptians. One of the Chinchorro methods used human-hair wigs and red dye made from ochre. Credit: Bernardo Arriaza

Scientists speculate on why ancient South Americans started preserving their dead

Posted in Ancient Times | Tagged ancient people, anthropology, Chile, culture, Daniel Sandweiss, desert, ecology, environment, getinvolved, mummification, mummy, Pablo Marquet, Peru, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, preservation, religion, South America, topstories, University of Maine in Orono

Dark matter search turns up empty

By Stephen Ornes / May 8, 2012

A blue cloud of dark, or invisible, matter surrounds the swirl of the Milky Way galaxy in this illustration. A new study suggests our galaxy’s dark matter may have a shape other than a sphere. Credit: L. Calçada/ESO

Star study suggests our cosmic neighborhood may be lacking invisible matter

Posted in Space | Tagged astronomy, Chile, dark matter, galaxy, getinvolved, gravity, Milky Way