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"Tyrant King" Leech Discovered, Attacks Orifices

13 years ago from National Geographic

The new "tyrant king" leech has extremely large teeth, which it uses on mammals' orifices, a new study says.

Stalagmite reveals carbon footprint of early Native Americans

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A new study led by Ohio University scientists suggests that early Native Americans left a bigger carbon footprint than previously thought, providing more evidence that humans impacted global climate long...

No Evidence For Donner Party Cannibalism, Anthropologists Say

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the 84 members of the Donner Party, trapped by a Sierra Nevada snowstorm on their way to California, did not resort to cannibalism, according to a new analysis of bones...

Video: Plutonium Facility Shut Down

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

A city in Siberia has been making enough plutonium for 100 nuclear weapons a year, but now it is being shut down after more than half a century. David Martin...

The Eerie Silence

13 years ago from Physorg

Why have we not made contact with aliens after so many years searching the depths of space? The Eerie Silence, a new book by SETI researcher Paul Davies, provides a...

Meat-eating plants stunted by heavy metal

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Scientists from Bournemouth University (BU) in the UK have found evidence that the consumption of insects contaminated with a toxic metal may be a factor in the mysterious global decline...

Genetic patterns rise from huge yeast samples

13 years ago from Science Blog

Princeton University scientists have developed a new way to identify the hidden genetic material responsible for complex traits, a breakthrough they believe ultimately could lead to a deeper...

Tomb of ancient scribe unearthed in Egypt

13 years ago from MSNBC: Science

The elaborate tomb of an ancient royal scribe has been unearthed in a discovery that will help illuminate the relationship between Egypt and its eastern neighbors, the antiquities chief said...

Genetic fingerprinting explains evolution of tree species unique to Avon Gorge

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- The evolution of unique tree species found only in Bristol's Avon Gorge can be explained by new genetic fingerprinting evidence, say scientists from the University of Bristol. ...

Should the U.S. Burn or Bury Its Trash?

13 years ago from NY Times Science

Why is Europe ahead of the U.S. in embracing clean incinerators that turn garbage into energy?

Mayans Recorded History By Burying It - In Their Homes

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Anthropologists writing in the Journal of Social Archaeology say they have found evidence indicating that Mayan citizens recorded their family history by burying it within their homes. Maya in the...

Egyptians Discover Roman-Era Mummy

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Archaeologists Call Sarcophagus Portraying Wide-Eyed Woman Dressed in Tunic a "Unique" Find

Hominid Skull May Contain Soft Tissue

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Scans of New Hominid?s Fossil Find Possible Chunk of Brain-and Bugs

The age of Aquarius? Nope, it's the Anthropocene epoch

13 years ago from Physorg

In just two centuries, humans have wrought such vast and unprecedented changes to our world that we actually might be ushering in a new geological time period that could alter...

Marsupials learn to avoid poisonous toads

13 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

The fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood has inspired Australian scientists to invent a weapon in the fight to save endangered native marsupials from being poisoned by cane toads.

Creepy crawly cockroach ancestor revealed in new 3-D model

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An early ancestor of the cockroach that lived around 300 million years ago is unveiled in unprecedented detail in a new three-dimensional 'virtual fossil' model, in research published today in...

Only known living population of rare dwarf lemur discovered

13 years ago from Science Daily

Researchers have discovered the world's only known living population of Sibree's Dwarf Lemur, a rare lemur known only in eastern Madagascar. Researchers discovered approximately a thousand of these lemurs.

The Animal That Amplifies Itself

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The Animal That Amplifies Itself Amplify: to make a thing bigger or more powerful. The characteristic that most distinguishes humans from our animal cousins is not the use of tools.  Nor is...

Lions, Hyena Killed With Poisoned Meat

13 years ago from National Geographic

A bloody bucket streaked with purple stains suggests Kenyan herders killed the animals with a controversial pesticide, experts say.

Vattenfall's new head to usher in new era

13 years ago from UPI

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 13 (UPI) -- Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall ushered in a new era as the new Chief Executive Officer Oeystein Loeseth took office.

Cultural identity of indigenous society of Patagonia restored

13 years ago from Physorg

Argentinean and Spanish researchers have shown that indigenous societies in Patagonia, the southernmost region of the Earth inhabited by humans over the past 13,000 years, were not static and marginal...

In praise of … daffodils

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

What's so wrong with larger, louder varieties of the native daffodil?Rural bling, lamented the man on the radio a few days ago, of the noisy golden trumpets that are now lining roads...

Wonders of Life

13 years ago from Science Blog

Cheetos Lip Balm. That’s right, you can purchase lip balm imbued with the delicate flavor of Cheetos. Somehow I lived in blissful ignorance of that fact until quite recently, when...

Ancient city yielding new clues in Michoacan, Mexico

13 years ago from LA Times - Science

The Purepecha people occupied a central place in western Mexico, right next door to their better-known neighbors and enemies, the Aztecs. Colorado researchers have discovered and partially mapped a major urban center once...

Birds aren't in it for love, researcher says

13 years ago from Reuters:Science

TORONTO (Reuters) - It's not all love in the avian world, where divorce, child abandonment and marrying up are part of everyday life.

First Mention Pertussis, 1913: Pertussis, 1913

13 years ago from NY Times Health

Whooping cough has been a well-known disease for hundreds of years, but until the early 20th century, no one knew what caused it.

Deep Sea Volcanic Vent May Offer Discoveries

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Extreme Creatures Living in Superheated Water 3 Miles Below the Surface Could Be Clues to Origins of Life

Skull of 'ancient human' probed

13 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

X-rays show in stunning detail the interior of the skull of a new human-like creature found in South Africa.