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King Tutankhamun drank red wine, according to a new scientific method that can determine the color of the wine residue found in the ancient jars that were buried with him in his tomb.

Scientists have found wine in a jar from 5400 BC in present-day Iran. But our earliest knowledge about wine growing comes from ancient Egypt, where the winemaking process was depicted on tomb walls in drawings from 2600 BC. “Wine in ancient Egypt was a drink of great importance, consumed by the upper classes and the kings,” says Egyptologist Maria Rosa Guasch-Jan

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Scientists now agree that HIV started in Africa from people eating dead monkeys–or “bushmeat”–that had the disease. The virus then mutated into a form that can infect human beings. Now researchers say it’s happening again in Africa with a brand-new virus. Will this one be as deadly as AIDS?

Andy Coghlan writes in New Scientist that once again, the virus jumped from monkeys to man from the eating of bushmeat. It was once thought that such a mutation was rare, but now scientists think it may be common. “Our research shows the transmission of retroviruses to humans is not limited to a few, isolated occurrences like those that gave rise to HIV,” says researcher Nathan Wolfe. “It’s a regular phenomenon, and a cause for concern.”
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The deaths of five bison in Yellowstone National Park were caused by toxic gases seeping from steam vents, according to park officials, who noticed the dead animals on March 10 at Norris Geyser Basin, a concentrated area of geysers, hot springs and steam vents. Is this more evidence that Yellowstone is about to blow?
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In the latest news stories translated from Spanish by Scott Corales, he reports on new Chupacabra killings in Costa Rica, as well as attacks on humans by strange creatures in Argentina. For some reason, Chupacabras seem to only show up in Spanish-speaking countries, so we don’t get much news about them here in the U.S.

The Diario newspaper of San Jos

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