astronomy gifts

Archaeologists digging in Turkey find the colossal marble head of Faustina the Elder, Hadrian’s “daughter-in-law”.
Read more: Head of Roman empress found

A national park in Canada’s Arctic has been partly closed after record high temperatures caused flash flooding.
Read the original: Arctic park faces melting crisis

‘My challenge to live without plastic for a month’
More here: No plastic

Expedition to the pristine rainforest of Guyana reveals species unknown to science
An expedition to the pristine Guyanese rainforest reveals new fish species

Tiny fossils time the climate shift which gave rise to Antarctica’s Dry Valleys, a landscape akin to Mars.
Here is the original: Fossils date Dry Valleys

Chinese seaside city battles onslaught of algae
See the original post: Green menace

A worldwide search uncovers a mate for a lonely giant elephant beetle which arrived in Britain in a banana load.
Go here to see the original: New mate for lonely elephant beetle after banana boat ride

The unique sounds of a Stradivarius violin may come down to the density of the wood it is made from.
Here is the original: Violin secrets lie in the wood

More than 10,000 people work to clean up green algae that has invaded the Olympic sailing venue in Qingdao.
Read the original here: Algae invade China Olympic venue

Nearly 200 countries agree on measures to protect the world’s most threatened wildlife at a UN conference.
The rest is here: Progress at UN biodiversity forum