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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When it comes to the success of ancient civilizations, the first ...

Thirteen miles off the coast of Peru lies a trio of islands with mountainous piles of guano, nicknamed “white gold.” This seabird poop mixed with other waste is such a powerful nitrogen deposit that ...

A backyard bird feeder should never become a disease hotspot, yet wildlife officials across several states have raised urgent ...

Ceremonial digging stick or paddle from coastal Peru showing seabirds and possible maize sprouting from abstracted fish and stepped-terrace motifs, The Met Museum 1979.206.1025. New archaeological ...

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The pre-Inca Chincha Kingdom (circa 1000-1400 CE), along Peru’s southern coast, was one of the most wealthy and influential of its time before falling to the Inca and Spanish empires. Scientists have ...

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Seabird poop, along with food waste, feathers and carcasses, accumulates as guano, which is prized as a nutrient-rich fertilizer. Richard McManus via Getty Images Before the Inca civilization rose to ...

A longstanding suspicion that guano (bird droppings) from offshore islands drove the success of coastal communities in what is now Peru, probably sustaining the Inca Empire, has received scientific ...

We’re in that slow period between the Super Bowl and the new league year where it sometimes feels like the NFL world has ground to a halt. And that makes it a perfect time to ask: Where in the world ...

Powerful fertiliser based on seabird droppings may have fuelled the rise of a Peruvian agricultural kingdom 900 years ago and helped drive its eventual takeover by the Incas. Chemical analyses of ...