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Scientists reveal genetic mutation depicted in van Gogh's sunflower paintings
Scientists reveal the mutation behind the distinctive, thick bands of yellow "double flowers" that Vincent van Gogh painted more than 100 years ago.
Travelling gnome experiment visits world's deepest lab
A garden gnome from Germany visited a Canadian lab located two kilometres underground as part of a project to show how the effects of gravity vary around the globe.
Early Spring Brings Flowers, but Also Pollen and Pests
High temperatures and a sudden bloom have turned what some call the Bible Belt into the Pollen Belt, and also bringing a potentially-damaging early onset of insects.
Scientists name Dorset crocodile after Kipling
(PhysOrg.com) -- A superbly preserved 130-million-year-old crocodile skull, discovered at Swanage in Dorset in 2009, has been described as belonging to a species new to science in a paper by...
Mom taught young chimp to blow raspberries!
Captive chimpanzees learn from their mothers to call out to humans, new research suggests. Those chimps raised by their moms were also most likely to use similar calls, from lip-smacking...
Researchers mount new mission to solve Amelia Earhart mystery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists on Tuesday announced a new phase in the search to resolve the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, saying fresh evidence from a remote Pacific island may hold...
30 Indonesian Women (Accidentally) Founded Madagascar
A small, perhaps unintended, ocean crossing dropped these founders on the island.
NASA sees more severe weather over eastern Texas, Oklahoma
A low pressure area is centered over eastern Oklahoma, and its associated cold front drapes south into eastern Texas. The front is stalled over eastern Texas and eastern Oklahoma and...
Scientist at Work Blog: Climbing a Volcano in Search of Old Trees
Scientists begin their trek up Tajumulco, the highest mountain in Central America, to look for an old forest.
Volcano Tourism: Visits Come with Peril
Tourists often disregard risks that come with visiting a volcano.
Vanderbilt University Nurse Practitioner Named Continence Care Champion
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) presented Margaret "Amy" Hull, RNC, MSN, WHCNP, with its Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award
Activists ground primate flights
Activists ground primate flightsNature 483, 381 20032012 doi: 10.1038/483381aMeredith WadmanSupply of research monkeys to Western labs under threat as airlines react to animal-rights campaign.
Vernal Equinox 2012: First-Day-of-Spring Myth Busted
Are day and night really equally long today, the 2012 vernal equinox (or spring equinox)? Get the answer—and other first-day-of-spring facts and oddities.
David Hockney's Stephen Hawking portraits draw greats together
Unlike the Chapmans' daft Hawking sculpture, Hockney's acute paper and iPad sketches do justice to two true giantsI wrote a while ago about Jake and Dinos Chapman's horrendous and crass portrayal of the...
'Bigfoot' Captured in Annual Montana Hunt
No mythical beasts were harmed during the annual Elliston Bigfoot hunt.
Satellites spy 1000s of ancient human settlements
Two scientists have figured out a more efficient way of locating sites where humans settled by viewing them from space
Peter Loizos obituary
The distinguished anthropologist and documentary film-maker Peter Loizos has died aged 74. Peter established his international reputation with his accessible and deeply moving book The Heart Grown Bitter: A Chronicle of Cypriot War...
Conservation Helps Secure Land Rights in Cambodia
A vulnerable ethic minority village in Cambodia received a collective land title today, which will help villagers fend off threats to their land and culture while also strengthening conservation goals.
Ontario creating birthing centres
Ontario says it will create two birthing centres in the province, giving women a choice of where to have their babies.
Measuring Energy Use in Judo
Two judo fighters face off, one in a white judogi (the traditional judo uniform) and one in blue. They reach for each other’s shoulders and lock arms, in what looks...
Research group suggests Madagascar's unique animals arrived on rafts
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since the island of Madagascar was first visited by people, some two thousand years ago, there has been speculation about the unique plants and animals that live on the world’s...
Study reveals why our ancestors switched to bipedal power
(PhysOrg.com) -- Our earliest ancestors may have started walking on two limbs instead of four in a bid to monopolise resources and to carry as much food as possible in...
Study analyzes Twitter as news source during Arab Spring
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of Illinois at Chicago study explores the uses of Twitter as a news reporting mechanism during last year's Mideast uprisings known as Arab Spring.
Books of The Times: ‘The Idea Factory,’ by Jon Gertner
In “The Idea Factory,” Jon Gertner profiles Bell Labs in its heyday and the scientists whose unhurried pursuit of pure research led it to innovations that define modern life.
Pictures: New U.S. Historic Landmarks Named
A restored warship, a rock-art capital, and a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed campus are among 13 new U.S. historic sites of distinction.
NSBRI Honors Senator Hutchison with Pioneer Award
The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) honors U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison today. The ceremony occurred during the official opening of a new 16,400-square-foot Consolidated Research Facility that NSBRI...
Beer and bling in Iron Age Europe
Celtic burial mounds in southwest Germany, offer a glimpse of how Iron Age people lived in a time before written records were kept. Using both old-school archaeology and new technology,...
Pictures: Glowing Blue Waves Explained
Glittering or flashing seas have long been linked to marine microbes—and now scientists think they know how the sea beasts create light.