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Pictures: Guatemala Sinkhole Adds to World's Famous Pits
The sinkhole that opened up in Guatemala adds to the chasms—natural and human-induced—that have appeared from Alabama to Iceland. ...
Do you speak foreign? | Khaled Diab
If each human language reflects a different way of thinking, we should do more to preserve dying tongues – and learn a new language ourselvesLanguage is a great liberator. Besides empowering us...
BP cuts pipe, clearing way for cap
Robots using giant hydraulic shears finished cutting away the pipe atop a BP well gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, clearing the way for a cap to be placed...
Squirrels adopt strays, Canadian study finds
Squirrels will raise orphan pups, something once considered impossible for such fiercely territorial creatures, according to a new study by a team of Canadian researchers.
Close encounter with a bizarre venomous beast
A close encounter with one of the world’s weirdest mammals – the Hispaniolan solenodon.
Research provides new clues to causes of leukaemia
The University of Navarra, together with the University of Oxford and three other European centres, are taking part in a project to discover the origin of myelodysplasia, an ailment with...
O.C. actor to face charges in murder of student and tutor
A Costa Mesa stage actor accused of killing a neighbor and a student she was tutoring is scheduled to face murder charges in an arraignment hearing in Santa Ana on...
Temperatures reach record high in Pakistan
Meteorologists record a temperature of 53.7C (129F) in Mohenjo-daro as heatwave continues across Pakistan and IndiaMohenjo-daro, a ruined city in what is now Pakistan that contains the last traces of a 4,000-year-old civilisation...
Secret Ingredient in Ancient Mortar: Sticky Rice
Scientists have discovered the ancient Chinese secret behind the super-strong mortar that was first developed about 1,500 years ago.
A quick fix for queues
Queuing, standing in line…it’s what we do well, but complain about the most. Thankfully, science is coming to the rescue as researchers in Taiwan have devised a formula that could...
Florida ridges' mystery marine fossils tied to rising land, not seas, geologist says
Sea level has not been as high as the distinctive ridges that run down the length of Florida for millions of years. Yet recently deposited marine fossils abound in the...
Death toll from Central America storm rises to 146
Guatemala digs bodies from mud, and a large sinkhole opens in the capital. ...
Tools show ancient human diet
Scientists have discovered ancient stone tools in Kenya - evidence that early humans ate a diverse diet including fish, crocodiles and turtles.
1,300 ways to say the same thing
An online archive is collecting English accents to help academics and actors. Could you add yours?"Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: six spoons of...
Westward ho for Amish
Drawn by cheaper land and open spaces, more than 400 Amish have settled in Colorado. More families arrive each month. ...
Cave of bones
Could an eerie cavern hold some of the answers to how a bizarre venomous mammal has managed to survive for 76 million years?
Harsh drought hit American colony
A study of discarded oyster shells reinforces the idea that the first British colonists in America faced an unusually severe drought.
Mount Saint Helens: Why A Lateral Blast?
In light of the fact that it is the thirtieth anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount Saint Helens, I thought it would be interesting to take a retrospective look...
New species of plant-eating dinosaur named for 'grinding mouth and wrinkle eye'
A team of paleontologists has described a new species of herbivore dinosaur based upon an incomplete skeleton found in western New Mexico. The new species, Jeyawati rugoculus, thrived near the...
Q & A: So Big!
What was going on in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods that allowed the largest known land animals, like the Brontosaurus, to thrive and survive?
Is Herpes a Danger During Pregnancy?
Genital herpes may be most dangerous late in pregnancy, says Dr. Peter Leone.
Lost tomb of ancient mayor found in Egypt
After a five-year search Egyptian archaeologists locate an ancient tomb of the mayor of Memphis, lost for more than 100 years.
Anatomist Gunther von Hagens sells off dead bodies a slice at a time
Mail order business based in Germany will supply human or animal body partsFor sale: a smoker's lung, a slice of human head, a piece of hand.A mail-order service has been set up...
What makes a genius?
They let us out of the studio to spend a night in the museum...It was our first ever recording in front of a live audience, taking over part of London's Science Museum...
Genius Of Britain and I'm In A Rock'n'Roll Band! | TV review
There was no voting for our favourite boffin: this was serious scientific history, writes Sarah DempsterHere they come, walkin' down the street. Hey, hey they're the polymaths, and their extraordinary cerebellums and groundbreaking...
Genetic makeup of Hispanic/Latino Americans influenced by Native American, European and African-American ancestries
A new study finds that the imprint of European colonialism and imperialism is evident in the genetic makeup of today's Hispanic/Latino American populations. Scientists discovered that Europeans, Native Americans, as...
Israeli filmmaker adopts camel race dream
Ezry Keydar lives in the desert and wants Bedouins and camels to stay part of the natural and cultural scene. He is helping a dreamer set up a camel race. Besides, he...
Mexico heroes' bones paraded
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers on Sunday paraded the bones of the heroes of the country's Independence War down the capital's most famous street before scientists begin trying to...