http://www.worldwide-discoveries.com An Archive of Historical, Scientific and General Discoveries. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:32:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With a name like "Leatherback Turtle" you might think the sea turtles could stand up to just about anything the ocean can throw at them, and for more than a hundred million years, they have. But tough, long-lived critters though they are, the population of leatherbacks in the eastern Pacific ... http://www.worldwide-discoveries.com/biological/leatherback-turtles-newly-discovered-migration-route-may-be-roadmap-to-salvation.html The site of the ancient hippodrome course in Olympia, where the emperor Nero competed for Olympian laurels, has been discovered. The hippodrome was discovered in Olympia by a research team that included Professor Norbert Müller (a sports historian from Mainz), Dr Christian Wacker (a sports archaeologist from Cologne) and PD ... http://www.worldwide-discoveries.com/archaeological-discoveries/horse-racecourse-in-ancient-olympia-discovered-after-1600-years.html Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha have assisted in a significant discovery – the understanding of a common mechanism of cancer initiation – that could result in better cancer assessment, prevention and detection. “We have a novel approach to cancer. We know the initiating step,” said ... http://www.worldwide-discoveries.com/medical-discoveries/discovery-could-lead-to-urine-test-to-detect-cancer-early-better-prevention.html