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What Was the First Life on Earth? The earliest evidence for life on Earth arises among the oldest rocks still preserved on the planet. Earth is about 4.5 billion years old, but the oldest rocks still in existence date back to just 4 billion years ago. Not long after that rock record begins, tantalizing evidence of life emerges: A set of filament-like fossils from Australia, reported in the journal Astrobiology in 2013, may be the remains of a microbial mat that might have been extracting energy from sunlight some 3.5 billion years ago. Another contender for world's oldest life is a set of rocks in Greenland that may hold the fossils of 3.7-billion-year-old colonies of cyanobacteria , which form layered structures called stromatolites. Some scientists have claimed to see evidence of life in 3.8-billion-year-old rocks from Akilia Island, Greenland. The researchers first reported in 1996 in the journal Nature that isotopes (forms of an element with different numbers of

The Outer Space Treaty Has Been Successful – But Is It Fit for the Modern Age?   This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Space exploration is governed by a complex series of international treaties and agreements which have been in place for years. The first and probably most important of them celebrates its 50th anniversary on January 27 – The Outer Space Treaty . This treaty, which was signed in 1967, was agreed through the United Nations , and today it remain as the "constitution" of outer space. It has been signed and made official, or ratified, by 105 countries across the world. The treaty has worked well so far but challenges have increasingly started to crop up. So will it survive another 50 years? The Outer Space Treaty, like all international law, is technically binding to those countries who sign up to it. But the obvious lack o

China's Atlantis: How the Lion City was purposely-flooded to make way for a power station but remains completely intact 130ft underwater after 50 years Shi Cheng was once centre of politics and economics in eastern province of Zhejiang Covered in water to build hydroelectric power station in 1959 and was forgotten Now divers want to use the metropolis as a tourist site and have gone to plan routes,   A maze of white temples, memorial arches, paved roads, and houses... hidden 130 feet underwater: this is China's real-life Atlantis. The so-called Lion City, tucked in a lake between the Five Lion Mountain, was once Shi Cheng - the centre of politics and economics in the eastern province of Zhejiang. But in 1959, the Chinese government decided a new hydroelectric power station was required - so built a man-made lake. Metropolis: Shi Cheng, dubbed Lion City after the Lion Mountains that surround it, has lain hidden under 131 feet of water since 1959 to generate

"Playa papagayo" » The rock of Gibraltar Playa Atunara, La línea de la Concepción http:// Dollarnize.com/?share=259530 View of the rock of Gibraltar from the beach of the Atunara line of Concepción , province of Cádiz . The design line is an important Cadiz municipality of the comarca of the Campo de Gibraltar bordering the British territory of Gibraltar . At the end of the Beach the Atunara we find ourselves with the border and the Airport of Gibraltar . This is a strategic area in the Strait of Gibraltar . The Línea de la Concepción is one of the most southern points of Europe and has a great fishing tradition. In these waters, it is common to see large Japanese ships practicing fishing for tuna. Remember that Japan along with Spain is one of the highest consumers of this fish. Since time immemorial for the capture of tuna is used the technique of trap , a use which respects the environment and allows you to better select the parts that will take advantage of.

   Watkins Glen is a village in Schuyler County, New York, United States. The population was 1,859 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Schuyler County. [3] The Village of Watkins Glen lies within the towns of Dix and Reading. History The village was incorporated in 1842 as Salubria , then Jefferson , but was renamed Watkins after Dr. Samuel Watkins, for his contributions to the community. The current name Watkins Glen was adopted in 1926. The first settlement of European peoples in the area began circa 1800. Watkins Glen was the northern terminus of the Chemung Canal, connecting Seneca Lake to the Chemung River. Catharine Creek, flowing into the lake through the village, was used to help create the canal. For the first half of the 20th century, the village was primarily known as the site of Glen Springs Sanitarium, one of the leading spas in the United States. In 2006 Charles R. Mitchell and Kirk W. House produced a historic photo book, Around Watkins Glen , in t