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Alaska remains are oldest found in Arctic North America
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The 11,500-year-old cremated remains of child discovered in Alaska are the oldest human remains found in the far north of North America and the second-youngest Ice...
'King's Speech' spotlights stress of stuttering
When the envelopes are opened Sunday at the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, Keiko Brown will be rooting for "The King's Speech" to take home best film, best actor, best...
Record number of asteroids spotted
HONOLULU, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Astronomers using a telescope on the island of Maui in Hawaii said they discovered 19 near-Earth asteroids Jan. 29, the most ever found in...
Maternal fructose intake impacts female and male fetuses differently
Maternal fructose intake during pregnancy results in sex-specific changes in fetal and neonatal endocrinology. The study also found that maternal fructose consumption may effect placental development.
New gizmos to help do old household chores
BehindTheBuy.com's David Gregg showcases everything from an ironing board that spins around to a quiet vacuum.
Fossil in China said to show first legs
BEIJING, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Scientists say an ancient fossil found in China dubbed the "walking cactus" is not a plant but the first creature to walk on bendable,...
Indonesia's Infamous Mud Volcano Could Outlive All of Us
Since it roared to life in May 2006, a mud volcano near Indonesia's coastal city...
Ancient cities sprung from marshes, researcher finds
For more than a century, archaeologists have believed that ancient Mesopotamian cities places like Uruk and Ur were born along the banks of the great rivers of the...
VIDEO: Huge yellow diamond on display
A rare bright yellow diamond weighing more than 110 carats has gone on display in London's Natural History Museum.
Locked-in patients find happiness
You are awake, aware and probably unable to move or talk, but you are not necessarily unhappy, says the largest study of locked-in syndrome.
A Commoner's Speech
In this op-ed, Salisbury University Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Jerome Miller, writes about how lessons learned in the Oscar-nominated film "The King's Speech" can be applied to 21st century civility.
Scientist at Work: Maya Kings and Their Ancestors
Archaeologists begin to unravel the mystery of why the last kings of Ceibal relocated the royal palace.
A Culture Written in Stone and Soil
The remains of ancient altars provide a window into a complex societal and agricultural history on the French Polynesian island of Mo‘orea.
Cutting-Edge Science Meets Centuries-Old Tradition
The waves of exploration that have washed over Mo’orea -- both Polynesian and European, cultural and scientific – have altered the landscape, natives, and research community in profound ways.
Bridging Western Science With Polynesian Tradition
Pape Mape, an 84-year-old Tahitian elder from the island of Mo‘orea, is documenting his ancestral knowledge about the relationship between land and sea, before it is lost for good.
A migration that shaped a nation
Ida Mae Gladney was a sharecropper living in segregated Mississippi decades after the Civil War ended. Born in 1913, as a child she was once dangled from her ankles over a well...
Lawsuit alleges solar projects would harm sacred Native American sites
Native American group and its allies sue to stop six solar facilities from being built in the Southern California desert, arguing that they would impact treasured geoglyphs, burial sites and...
Ape or Human? Fossils' Link to Evolution Questioned
Fossils thought to be from our earliest hominin ancestors might just be ape bones.
Oldest fossils of large seaweeds, worm-like animals tell story of ancient oxygen
Almost 600 million years ago, before the rapid evolution of life forms known as the Cambrian explosion, a community of seaweeds and worm-like animals lived in a quiet deep-water niche...
A natural wonder rediscovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using underwater sensors to explore Lake Rotomahana in New Zealand have uncovered remnants of the Pink Terraces, once considered the eighth natural wonder of the world.
Art Historian Anthony Lee Looks at Google's Art Project
Mount Holyoke College professor Anthony Lee talks about the impact he thinks Google's new Art Project will have on teaching, and whether it's a good enough substitute for seeing art--and...
Out of thin air
Imagine a priceless painting that has been all but ruined by a ravaging storage room fire. The beautiful paint, painstakingly applied in a multitude of colors, is obscured by layers...
How Kleopatra got its moons
The asteroid Kleopatra, like its namesake, the last pharaoh and queen of Egypt, gave birth to twins two moons probably spawned by the asteroid sometime in the past 100...
Bacteria living on old-growth trees
A new study by Dr. Zoë Lindo, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Biology at McGill University, and Jonathan Whiteley, a doctoral student in the same department, shows that...
Collection of Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Work Contains New Material
Scholars around the world have collaborated on a five-volume edition of the works of English poet and thinker Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The collection is the first in nearly a...
Dinosaur Munchies May Have Bulked Up Pine Cones
Once-slender seed carriers got bigger and spikier when long-necked dinos showed up
Libyan Professor Available to Discuss Libyan Life, Culture
Dr. Fathi Finaish, professor and associate chair of aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), is a native of Libya and is available to talk to...
Shell touts benefits of North Sea
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Even with a push in the United Kingdom to advance renewable energy, North Sea reserves will play a big role in the regional...