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Casey, who is third in the Ancient Eight in field goal percentage at 59.2 percent, has been a consistent force in the paint all season. But perhaps most impressive has been his three-point shooting, which has greatly improved of late. This weekend, he was 6-9 from behind...
...Still, while once endangered languages like Maori or that of native Hawaiians now have a good chance of survival, it's too late for Boa Sr's ancient language. Over the years, she was reportedly patient and eager when sitting down with Abbi and a team of researchers as they compiled an incomplete glossary of Bo vocabulary and made recordings of her singing some folk songs, including parts of an old island creation myth. Boa Sr once lamented to Abbi that she had forgotten so many of the tales of her long-deceased elders. Says Abbi: "She forgot these stories...
Even more important is the fact that the DNA analyses put names to several of the unidentified mummies in the ancient Egyptian collection. By looking at overlaps in the subjects' genomes, the scientists were able to put together a plausible family tree. For example, they were able to identify a mummy known only as KV55 as probably being Akhenaten, the controversial pharaoh who radically reinvented Egyptian society. "It's really incredible," says Pusch, "that we've given a name to what was an anonymous mummy." (See "The Year in Health 2009: From...
...though the new study fills 10 journal pages, it barely scratches the surface of what's possible. "The Egyptians have a trove of unidentified royal mummies," says Pusch. "With enough resources, we could work on members of 50 different dynasties." The embalming protocol preserved DNA beautifully, he says. "The ancient priests had no idea they were being so helpful...
...first attempt bounced off the back iron, but he made the second to tie things up at 66. Zampier’s desperation heave was well off the mark, sending the Ancient Eight rivals into overtime...