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Neanderthals walk into frozen Britain 40,000 years earlier than thought
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Southampton archaeologist and Oxford Archaeology have found evidence that Neanderthals were living in Britain at the start of the last ice age, 40,000 years earlier...
Gunmen attack hospital in Pakistan, kill 8 people
At least two gunmen disguised in police uniforms attacked a hospital in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore late Monday, killing eight people in a failed attempt to free a...
The Science Of Grilling
Cooks want to tell you grilling is an art or a craft. We know better. Grilling, like anything worth doing, is a science. Anything that has been around...
An uneasy ride with Dennis Hopper
A writer's tortured 10-year relationship with the actor never produced the biography originally sought by Hopper, who feared opening a Pandora's box of the past. What was revealed was a...
Empathy: College students don't have as much as they used to
Today's college students are not as empathetic as college students of the 1980s and '90s, a University of Michigan study shows...
The deep voice of alpha male
Men with a deep, masculine voice are seen as more dominant by other men but a man's own dominance - perceived or actual - does not affect how attentive he...
What to do if your teeth are knocked out
Chicago Blackhawks star Duncan Keith's dental misfortune on the ice is an occupational hazard for hockey players, but teeth also can be lost in accidents, sports mishaps and falls that...
How Martin Gardner warned us to beware the bee people from Mars | Ben Goldacre
The writings of this debunker of pseudoscience show us how little has changed in the last 60 yearsThis week a man called Martin Gardner died, aged 95. His popular maths column in...
Pagan Burial Altar Found at Israeli Construction Site
Wealthy pagans worshiped at the 2,000-year-old altar, which was adorned with bull heads, ribbons, and laurel wreaths, archaeologists say. ...
Royal Society Fellows Question Body's Climate Change Statements
For the past several years, the United Kingdom has taken the lead in rallying...
Infant crocodile fossils unearthed at Arlington Archosaur Site in North Arlington
(PhysOrg.com) -- Palentologists have found the partial skull of an infant crocodile at the Arlington Archosaur Site, a prolific fossil site in North Arlington. The young reptile's skull is a...
Raptors guard S.African World Cup stadium
A South African World Cup stadium has turned to birds of prey to chase out rogue pigeons and rats in an anti-pest strategy that favours raptors above the pitch instead...
New skeletons from the age of dinosaurs answer century-old questions
More than 100 years ago paleontologist E. D. Cope of "Dinosaur Wars" fame found a few fragmentary bones of a reptile in the deserts of New Mexico. He named the...
The Polaris Cluster
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cepheid star is one whose mass and age results in physical conditions that generate periodic oscillations in its photosphere. A Cepheid thus varies regularly in brightness,...
Will we succeed? The science of self-motivation
Can you help you? Recent research by University of Illinois Professor Dolores Albarracin and Visiting Assistant Professor Ibrahim Senay, along with Kenji Noguchi, Assistant Professor at Southern...
Schizophrenic Windsor man gets life for murder
A schizophrenic Windsor man has been sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder.
A Dicty mystery solved
The title sounds like a crime novel on a dime-store shelf. But 'An Invitation to Die' is quite literal in its meaning. And the prime suspect is very, very small...
Magic of Rembrandt's Painting Technique Revealed
Computer-rendered images of Rembrandt's paintings reveal the magic of the Renaissance artist's technique.
Early human habitat was savanna, not forest
Pre-humans living in East Africa 4.4 million years ago inhabited savannas - grassy plains dotted with trees and shrubs - according to a team of researchers that includes earth science...
Libya hails UK's return of archaeological artefacts
Libyan artefacts taken to Britain in the 1950s have been returned home and go on display in Tripoli Museum.
Wrecking ball looms in old style Beijing district
Plans are afoot to turn the alleys, or hutongs, near the famed Drum and Bell Towers into an an underground mall, parking and a museum. Most residents will have to move, but...
A stone says more than a thousand runes
It was not necessary to be literate to be able to access rune carvings in the 11th century. At the same time those who could read were able to glean...
Bolivia lions freed to Bob Barker-funded refuge
Four lion cubs freed under Bolivia's circus-animal ban took off for California on Thursday, heading to a new life in a refuge built with the help of television personality Bob...
Ardipithecus Ramidus Versus The Savannah Hypothesis
Finally, there is at least some controversy about Ardipithecus ramidus - 'Ardi'. Ardi was the missing link that was bigger than a meteor hitting the Earth or whatever, right?...
Did Ardi Really Walk in the Woods?
Challenge to famous fossil's early habitat could have implications for origins of upright walking
Scientists Rip Habitat Claim for 'Breakthrough of the Year'
A purported human ancestor that was dubbed Science magazine's 2009 Breakthrough of the Year is under fire from scientists who say there is scant evidence for claims that there were...
Contested evidence pushes Ardi out of the woods
Alternative analysis moves ancient hominid to the open savanna
Scientists Challenge ‘Breakthrough’ on Fossil Skeleton
The fossil skeleton known as Ardi has now drawn critics who dispute claims that the species lived in dense woodlands or that it is a member of the human lineage.