Science related travel and places

science related travel and places,eastern province,kenya

2011-09-05T14:02:00.000-07:00

The eastern shore of lake Turkana,which lies within the eastern province is where lots of hominid fossils(australopithecus,homo habilis and homo erectus) as well as the stone tools made by the hominids have been found at places like koobi Fora.
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(The Turkanas after those the lake is named have the highest mitochondrial DNA variations in the world, possibly nearest to the mitochondrial Eve

Science related travel and places,Rift valley province,kenya

2011-09-05T13:25:00.000-07:00

In the eastern half of this province along the western side of lake turkana(formerly known as lake rudolf)(the other side of lake turkana is in Eastern province), there are sites where
Acheulian tools have been found that are over a million years old.
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science related travel and places,cambridgeshire,england,uk

2011-04-23T10:46:00.000-07:00

Cambridge university is where james watson and francis crick discovered the double helix structure of dna in 1953 which they also told the patron of the eagle pub in bene't street,they told the pub goers one day in 1953 that they had discovered the secret of life.

science related travel and places,Yunnan,china

2010-12-26T16:49:00.000-08:00

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A hillside in Luoping County is the location where scientists have discovered over 20,000 fossils of life that came into existance after the Permian era extinction that saw most land and sea species lost in what is called `the great dying'.
Fossils include ammonites,plankton,ichtysaurs and saurichthyses etc

Over in Chengjiang county,there are also fossils bed from the cambrian era.
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science related travel and places,canterbury region,new zealand

2010-10-30T10:32:00.000-07:00

There is the St John Observatory near lake tekapo,where the stars can be oberved.

Science related travel and places,Coquimbo region,chile

2010-10-30T09:38:00.000-07:00

The European Extremely Large Telescope,the world's largest telescopes, is located in the cerro armazones area.

science related travel and places,glasgow city council,scotland,uk

2010-10-17T09:16:00.000-07:00

Glasgow science centre is a hands-on science experience.

science related travel and places,hardap region,namibia

2010-09-26T14:53:00.000-07:00

Sossusvlei desert lodge
offers stargazing with an astronomer as well as nature spotting,from £245

science related travel and places,geneva canton ,switzerland

2010-09-23T11:33:00.000-07:00

Natural history museum,geneva
(september 2010) had a supervolcano exhibition
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science related travel and places,guizhou province,.china

2010-09-23T10:53:00.000-07:00

Popular science museum of meteorology,guiyang
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Berkshire,england,uk

2010-08-16T08:19:00.000-07:00

Look out discovery centre,bracknell
hands-on science exhibition.
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northumberland and tyne and wear,england,uk

2010-08-14T14:47:00.000-07:00

centre for life,newcastle
human life exhibition,planetarium show and solar coaster

Kielder observatory
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science related travel and places,new valley governorate,egypt

2010-08-06T10:03:00.000-07:00

Kamil crater is the site of a meteor crash discovered in 2008.
It happened about 5,000 years ago.
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Science related travel and places,haute-alpes department,france

2010-07-25T09:16:00.000-07:00

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Les granges,etoile st cyrice
astronomy
4 telescopes
from £13 per person per night
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science related travel and places,leicestershire,england,uk

2010-07-25T06:57:00.000-07:00

National space centre,leicester
lunar-landing stimulator,moon rock
The true book of the moon-ride rock hunt

Science related travel and places,afar region,ethiopia

2010-06-28T14:51:00.000-07:00

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Many hominid fossils have been found at places like herto,bodo(Cranium),amba east,Dikika(fossilized animal bones found here show evidence of having been butchered about 3.4 million years ago) and maka.
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science related travel and places,ash sharqiyah region,oman

2010-06-02T06:53:00.000-07:00

Ras al jinz scientific and visitor centre
marine and turtle life

science related travel and places,norrbotten county,sweden

2010-05-21T07:32:00.000-07:00

Norrbotten County: Vojakkala, Padjelanta National Park, Sarek National Park, Akkajaure, Stora Sjöfallet National Park, Abisko, Lake Kilpisjärvi
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and her research stations in Kristineberg, Abisko and the Canary Islands (Bidrag till Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens historia)
Abisko Scientific Research Station: Environment and research
Abisko scientific research centre

institue of space physics,kiruna

science related travel and places,central macedonia periphery,greece

2010-05-17T12:38:00.000-07:00

Museums in Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki Olympic Museum, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki science center and technology museum

science related travel and places,greater manchester area,england,uk

2010-05-17T12:32:00.000-07:00

Museum of science and industry,manchester

science related travel and places,nyanza province,kenya

2010-04-09T05:28:00.000-07:00

Islands of Lake Victoria: Lake Victoria, Migingo Island, Rusinga Island, Buvuma Island, Ukerewe Island, Pyramid Island, Mfangano Island
Rusinga island
many miliocene fossils have been found here.

science related travel and places,east nusa tenggara province,indonesia

2010-04-06T12:13:00.000-07:00

boa lesa

Liang bua cave,flores
here is where the famous homo floriensis fossil was discovered.

Mata menge
contains stegodon fossils as well as stone artefacts

tangi talo

wolo sege
stone artefacts

science related travel and places,gauteng province,south africa

2010-04-04T06:27:00.000-07:00

malapa cave complex
recently found fossilized child and adult female found.

Sterkfontein cave(also known as the cradle of humankind)
This is where a 3.3 million years old australopithecus fossil was discovered in1994.
Recently a fossilized 2 million year old child was found.

http://www.palaeotours.com/
tours of cradle of humankind area

science related travel and places,altai krai,russia

2010-03-25T12:18:00.000-07:00

Denisova cave,is where russian scientists have been looking for ancient bones.
Ancient DNA has been recovered from a finger bone fragment.

science related travel and places,new jersey,usa

2010-03-19T08:20:00.000-07:00

The Research State: A History of Science in New Jersey (The New Jersey Historical Series, Vol. 15)
Liberty science center