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Fossils of oldest plants found
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Fossils of the earliest land plants have been discovered in Argentina, putting back by 10 million years the date when plants colonized land,...
Ancient animal urine provides insight into climate change
Scientists at the University of Leicester are using an unusual resource to investigate ancient climates - prehistoric animal urine...
Rotten experiments help to create picture of our early ancestors
An innovative experiment at the University of Leicester that involved studying rotting fish has helped to create a clearer picture of what our early ancestors would have looked like...
History of porn no more prudish than present
Pornography is often portrayed as one of the ills of today's society, evidence of modern moral decay brought to you by video cameras and broadband access.
University of Florida research provides new understanding of bizarre extinct mammal
University of Florida researchers presenting new fossil evidence of an exceptionally well-preserved 55-million-year-old North American mammal have found it shares a common ancestor with rodents and primates, including humans. The...
Japanese "Cove" Town Kills Dolphins, Frees Young
Village Notorious for Dolphin Hunt Documented in the Film "The Cove" Slaughters Pod of Dolphins But Spares Youngest Animals
The Controversy Over, `Medal of Honor' Finally Goes Live
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Voracious comb jellyfish 'invisible' to prey
Despite its primitive structure, the North American comb jellyfish can sneak up on its prey like a high-tech stealth submarine, making it a successful predator. Researchers, including one from the...
Fossil Work Beckons Young Scientist
This week Sara ElShafie will give a talk in Pittsburgh at the 2010 annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology as sole author of her paper -- a rare...
Spanish inspectors seize 'cooked up' top-grade hams
Cowboy trade suspected in meat wrongly sold as that of free-range, acorn-fed pigs, a delicacy across the countryIt is the delicacy Spaniards are most likely to spend outrageous sums of money on,...
Womb to Tomb: New Thinking on the Brain
Fetal origins theory contents the prenatal environment has a big effect on the brain and IQ.
Earliest traces of a disabled, aged human found
A prehistoric pelvis, nicknamed "Elvis," and other fossilized bones are what's left of the world's first known elderly human with clear signs of aging and impairment, according to a paper...
Tiny tubes point to ancient life
Microscopic tubes thought to have been etched into South African rocks by microbes 3.3 billion years ago have had their great antiquity confirmed.
Method to identify people by their ears developed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the University of Southampton have developed a new technique to identify people by their ears.
Study to link climate and early human evolution
Geologists at the University of Liverpool are excavating a two-million-year-old World Heritage Site in Tanzania to understand how climate variations may have contributed to early human evolution.
Let's hear it for archaeology | AC Solomon
Including archaeology in the curriculum might fire learners' interest in ways that conventional history can't always doHistory matters. Michael Gove wants to shake up the school history curriculum and instil "narrative British history"...
Sleeping beast awakes on Science is Vital rally
Jenny Rohn, whose call to arms culminated in the Science is Vital rally outside the Treasury on Saturday, describes how she watched in awe as scientists took to the streetsLast Saturday, several thousand...
New Bronze Age civilisation discovered in Russian Caucasus
Traces of a previously unknown Bronze Age civilisation have been discovered in the peaks of Russia's Caucasus Mountains thanks to aerial photographs taken 40 years ago, researchers said Monday.
Scientists find sign cave dwellers took care of elderly
Scientists said Monday they had uncovered evidence suggesting cave dwellers who lived in northern Spain some 500,000 years ago took care of their elderly and infirm.
Extinct mammal fed like a woodpecker
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- An extinct mammal that looked like a squirrel and located its food by tapping on trees with odd elongated fingers, has been described...
Video: Homeless Man Under Pressure
Shira Lazar interviews Sky Soleil, the man behind "Homeless Man Under Pressure", which has gotten over half a million views on YouTube. He explains his inspiration behind the video and...
'Missing link' fossil debated by science
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The controversial question of whether a monkey-like fossil represents a "missing link" to humans got an airing at a Pittsburgh conference, researchers said.
Pictures: Rare Roman Helmet Sells for $3.6 Million
An "extraordinary" Roman helmet, dating to the first or second century A.D., had been found "virtually intact" by a metal detector in England.
Translating Chinese medicine for the West
In a traditional Chinese medicine store in central Beijing, part of the Tongrentang chain founded 342 years ago, three white-coated workers follow traditions that stretch even further back in time....
Ground splits open in Michigan
ESCANABA, Mich., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A 600-foot-long fissure that opened in the ground in Michigan may be the result of fractured rock deep below the surface, a state...
I can't bury my hatred for Antiques Roadshow any longer | Jonathan Jones
It may be a national treasure, but Antiques Roadshow is an advert for a sleazy industry in which people only want to make a quick buckThere are some rages buried so deep...
Jaundice-autism study raises unanswered questions
By LINDSEY TANNER 2010-10-11T13:15:37Z CHICAGO (AP) -- Autism is more common in children who had jaundice at birth, a...
Tiny East Timor declares war on leprosy
By MARGIE MASON 2010-10-11T01:07:35Z OE-CUSSE ENCLAVE, East Timor (AP) -- If there really was a place so remote it...