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US state budgets pitting young against old: Bill Gates
Microsoft's billionaire co-founder Bill Gates on Thursday warned that US state politicians are pitting young against old in their heated budget battles.
Scientist at Work: Early Maya Building Rituals
Ball-like mounds made of different colored clays point to a communal Maya effort to build a platform in Ceibal, Guatemala.
Rockies Mystery Solved by New Mountain-Creation Theory?
A tough hunk of rock that may be under Wyoming could explain why the Rockies seem to be out of place, a new mountain-formation theory says.
New treaty on search for life-saving medicines in remote areas
Real-life scientists, whose work has overtones of Indiana Jones as they search for plants in remote areas of the world that could become the source of life-saving new medicines, are...
Cannons found in Panama believed to be from Sir Henry Morgan shipwrecks
Archaeologists have recovered six cannons from the ships of Welsh privateer Sir Henry Morgan, the first artifacts found in Panama to be linked to the man who remains a legend...
Ancient Female Mites Called the Sexual Shots
Ancient mites preserved in amber provide a glimpse of 40 million-year-old sexual behavior.
Destroyed Buddhas Reveal Their True Colors
Team uncovers original appearance of statues demolished by the Taliban 10 years ago
Gay rights movement born in 19th century Germany, scholar says
Same-sex erotic relationships are as old as humanity, but our modern understanding of what it means to be homosexual - and the earliest gay rights movement - started in nineteenth-century...
Pictures: Bones Evidence of Himalaya Death Ritual?
Found in dangerously high Himalayan cliff caves, newfound bones—many of which had been defleshed—point to an unknown ancient ritual.
Well: The Doctor Who Knew Too Much
Had she been my patient, not my wife, I would have been able to discuss the news that the latest test might deliver. Instead, I just kept quiet, writes Dr....
King James Bible: 'Twas a work most modern | Stephen Tomkins
Later versions may lack its resonance, but it's time to let go of the King James Bible and the cod Jacobean it has bequeathedEveryone from Richard Dawkins to Sarah Palin seems agreed...
Advanced Light Source finds big surprise in Paleozoic scorpion fossil
(PhysOrg.com) -- Its not quite Jurassic Park, but who wants Paleozoic scorpions scurrying around anyway? Scientists used a powerful microscope at the U.S. Department of Energys Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...
CeBIT: Perfect make-up every time, thanks to your computer
Every woman's dream is to have her own personal make-up artist. That dream could soon be a reality with a computer that scans your face and suggests the perfect personalised...
NZ quake unearths 'time capsules'
Rescuers working in the quake-hit ruins of Christchurch cathedral unearth items that could contain documents dating back decades.
Bronx-Lebanon Obstetricians Face Malpractice Insurance Cutoff
The cutoff could force surrounding hospitals in the South Bronx to absorb hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of baby deliveries a year.
Black history odyssey comes full circle
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: One man's quest to find his African roots through genetic testing is turning into a history project stretching from America to Cameroon and Ghana.
Best Rare-Bird Pictures of 2010 Named
From the marvellous spatuletail to a flightless parrot, see 12 award-winning pictures of birds most in danger of extinction.
Dot Earth: America's (and the World's) Least Wanted
Officials and experts convene to mull weapons against ecological invaders. What's on the menu?
Afterlife For Your old iPad: What to Do When iPad 2 Arrives
There are plenty of fun options to consider when it comes to trading in your iPad for the iPad 2.
Dinosaur-Hunting Hobbyist Makes Fresh Tracks for Paleontology
An amateur dinosaur hunter has identified a new dinosaur, the second he’s named in five years, and has his 13th paleontology publication.
All At Sea With The Vikings
All At Sea With The Vikings The Vikings had an expression - hafvilla - which indicates a state of being at sea and having no sense of direction. There are two...
News in Brief: Humans
Child’s remains reveal early North American life, plus ancient canines and convincing metaphors in this week’s news
Iceman's new model on display at Bolzano museum
Visitors will get to see Iceman Oetzi under a new light starting Tuesday at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the mummy's...
Group Selfishness In Our Genes Is Original Sin - Nobel Laureate Christian De Duve
Evolution has no moral compass. We all know that. And it has no guiding hand. For that reason, says Christian de Duve, professor emeritus at the Catholic University of Louvain and...
Prehistoric dog lived, died among humans
Burial remains of a dog that lived over 7,000 years ago in Siberia suggest the male Husky-like animal probably lived and died similar to how humans did at that time...
Research study reveals deterioration in Mediterranean farmland patrimony
A research study, in which Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain) took part, has concluded that traditionally irrigated Mediterranean landscape has suffered an important loss of the cultural and ecological...
Treating modern back pain with help from old bones
The research brings together archaeology and anthropology expertise at the University of Bristol with the latest computer modelling techniques developed at the University of Leeds.
Free radicals may be good for you
Fear of free radicals may be exaggerated, according to scientists from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. A new study, published in the Journal of Physiology, shows that free...