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Video: 'Ask 60': Lara Logan on Jane Goodall
Lara Logan answers questions from our online viewers in a web chat about her recent report for "60 Minutes" on Jane Goodall, one of the world's foremost experts on chimpanzees.
Man With High-Tech Robot Arm Dies After Crash
Europe's First "Bionic Man," Who Received High-Tech, Mind-Controlled Artificial Arm, Dies in Auto Accident
Scary chupacabras monster is as much victim as villain
As Halloween approaches, tales of monsters and creepy crawlies abound. Among the most fearsome is the legendary beast known as the chupacabras...
World's plants are atmospheric 'cleansers'
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The world's plants play a bigger role in cleansing the Earth's atmosphere of common air-polluting chemicals than previously thought, U.S. researchers say.
French, Spanish cities win Europe's green capital award
The northern Spanish city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, whose entire population lives a stone's throw from a green space, has won the European Green Capital award for 2012.
'Body Worlds' Anatomist Sells Body Parts Online
Anatomist behind controversial Body World exhibition is now selling body parts online.
Mystery Bird: Steller's jay, Cyanocitta stelleri
Named for a German naturalist, explorer and physician, this lovely bird is a member of the corvid family, which includes crows, ravens, jays and magpiesSteller's Jay, Cyanocitta stelleri, also known as the Long-crested...
The formula for good science writing
As the Royal Society announces this year's prize for science book of the year, we look at the shortlisted titles and discuss what makes good science writing with novelist Tracy Chevalier, who...
Book Review, Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson (Riverhead, October 2010, $26.95, 336 pages) Reviewed by Dr. Fred Bortz Discover the Science Shelf Book Review...
Yukon man seeks $12M for space rock damage
A Yukon mining prospector claims federal geologists stole a priceless piece of meteorite he found in the 1980s that contained alien organisms, but RCMP say they haven't found any evidence...
Evidence is weak for tropical rainforest 65 million years ago in Africa's low latitudes, paleobotanist says
Central Africa 65 million years ago was a low-elevation tropical belt, but still undetermined is whether the region's mammals lived beneath a lush rainforest canopy. Evidence is weak and unconvincing,...
Does a Proposed Right to Hunt Damage Conservation Science in Arizona?
Twelve states have language in their constitutions guaranteeing a right to hunt and fish....
Spain holds siesta championship
What is billed as Spain's first national siesta championship is under way in Madrid to find the best napper and help revive the tradition of taking a snooze after lunch.
Marathon man: How not to hit the wall
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Marathon runners can train for months to condition for the big race, yet struggle to finish if they exhaust stores of carbohydrates too quickly, a phenomenon known...
Scientist at Work: The Inventory Begins, With Birds, Rain and More Rain
An inventory of a vast swath of Peruvian forest begins with rain, and more rain.
Scientist at Work: The Quirks of Expeditionary Civilization
A field expedition brought in by helicopter to the Peruvian forest sets up its own small, slightly off-kilter civilization.
In pictures: Geek Calendar 2011
Unlike the WI they didn't take their clothes off, but British geeks have exposed their inner nerds in support of the Libel Reform Campaign
Odd Pyramid Had "Penthouse" Homes, Ritual Sacrifices?
Feasting on guinea pig, smelting copper, and perhaps sacrificing maidens, "powerful individuals" likely lived on a newfound Peruvian pyramid.
A course as gateway
One of the great joys of studying art history at Harvard is the emphasis that the History of Art and Architecture Department places on studying works of art in person. The Harvard...
Berkeley Lab scientists open electrical link to living cells
The Terminator. The Borg. The Six Million Dollar Man. Science fiction is ripe with biological beings armed with artificial capabilities. In reality, however, the clunky connections between living and...
Meteorite-Based Debate Over Martian Life Is Far from Over
Scientists are still arguing about whether the Martian meteorite ALH84001 contains fossils.
Desperate female spiders fight by different rules
In most animals the bigger, better fighter usually wins. But a new study of the jumping spider Phidippus clarus suggests that size and skill aren't everything -- what matters for...
Highest teen birthrates are in the South
A CDC study finds a slight dip in the overall teen birthrate to 41.5 births per 1,000, with the highest rate, 65.7, seen in the state of Mississippi. The lowest...
Archaeologists uncover early Neolithic activity on Cyprus
Cornell archaeologists are helping to rewrite the early prehistory of human civilization on Cyprus, with evidence that hunter-gatherers began to form agricultural settlements on the island half a millennium earlier...
'Junk DNA' uncovers the nature of our ancient ancestors
The key to solving one of the great puzzles in evolutionary biology, the origin of vertebrates -- animals with an internal skeleton made of bone -- has been revealed in...
Giorgio Torraca obituary
He helped preserve the Sistine Chapel and the Leaning Tower of PisaThe Italian conservation scientist Giorgio Torraca, who has died aged 83 of complications from pneumonia, was a brilliant chemist and teacher who...
Britain's 'earliest hospital' discovered
Radio carbon analysis of site in Winchester provides date range of AD 960-1030 – preceding Norman conquestArchaeologists have uncovered a site that may house Britain's earliest known hospital. Radio carbon analysis at the...
Video | How to make a chimp from a man
Pauline Fowler gives a masterclass on modelling a prosthetic chimpanzee face for ape actor Peter Elliott