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Caterpillar talking evolved from walking

13 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Caterpillar species that scrape their rear-ends against leaves to warn off intruders evolved that peculiar means of communication from walking, a Canadian researcher has found

Synchrotron Focuses On New Hominid Fossil

13 years ago from Science Blog

Last week, scientists announced the discovery of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton of what might be a new species of an ancient hominid that lived almost 2 million years ago. [See...

AA flight makes emergency landing in Iceland

13 years ago from AP Science

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- An American Airlines flight with 145 people on board made an emergency landing in Iceland on Tuesday after five crew members became...

Slash and Sprawl: U.S. Eastern Forests Resume Decline

13 years ago from Science Blog

Trees once covered almost the entire eastern seaboard of the U.S. Vast forests supported a rich ecosystem, including flocks of the extinct passenger pigeon big enough to blot out the...

Archaeologists happy with Syrian dig

13 years ago from UPI

CHICAGO, April 13 (UPI) -- A team of U.S. and Syrian archaeologists is studying the mound of Tell Zeidan in Syria -- an area not built upon or excavated...

Ancient Americans took cold snap in their stride

13 years ago from

Palaeoindian groups occupied North America throughout the Younger Dryas interval, which saw a rapid return to glacial conditions approximately 11,000 years ago. Until now, it has been assumed that cooling...

Arizona's mammoth hunters - out with a whimper or a bang?

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A team of researchers from the University of Arizona has revisited evidence pointing to a cataclysmic event thought by many scientists to have wiped out the North American megafauna -...

Deepest Known Undersea Volcanic Vent Found

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

British Expedition Uncovers World's Deepest Known Underwater Volcanic Vent Off Cayman Islands

Deciphering the Mysteries of an Ancient Seafloor Goliath

13 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

"Supervolcanoes" have been blamed for multiple mass extinctions in Earth's history, but the cause of these massive eruptions remains poorly understood. To explore the origins of these seafloor giants, scientists...

Undersea Superhighway of Odd Creatures Discovered

13 years ago from Live Science

Tiny life forms at the site of a volcanic eruption suggest an eddy-fueled undersea superhighway exists.

New Technique Turns T-Shirts into Body Armor

13 years ago from Live Science

Those bulky, bulletproof vests could become a thing of the past. Their replacement: Your t-shirt, that is with a special coating.

'Falcon-cam' captures life in UB nest

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University at Buffalo Web camera is capturing life in a peregrine falcon nest on the UB South Campus in Buffalo, where, for the second consecutive year,...

Roman-era mummy uncovered in Egypt oasis

13 years ago from MSNBC: Science

A bejeweled mummy dressed in Roman robes has emerged from the sands of Egypt's Bahariya Oasis, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said Monday. Egypt - Supreme...

Evaluating homeopathic approaches to tinnitus

13 years ago from LA Times - Health

Studies suggest that ginkgo biloba may offer some relief, but more widely, no evidence confirms reduction or elimination of constant ringing in the ears. For millions of people, the quietest room is never...

New Missing Link - Or Maybe Not

13 years ago from

New Missing Link - Or Maybe Not The recent suggestion that Australopithecus Sediba is an intermediate species has aroused controversy. The following extracts are from naturenews. Claim over 'human ancestor' sparks furore Researchers dispute...

Cultural identity of indigenous society of Patagonia restored

13 years ago from Science Daily

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...

Mount Holyoke Physics Prof Wins NSF Award

13 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

Katherine Aidala, Mount Hoyoke's Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Physics, has won the National Science Foundation's prestigious Early Career Award for her work in nanophysics.

New research reconstructs ancient history of Island Southeast Asia

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- An article in this month's Current Anthropology challenges the controversial idea that Island Southeast Asia was settled 5,000 years ago by a migration of farmers from Taiwan.

New Moon Rock Is Fit for a King

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- People don't discover a new type of moon rock every day, so consider the odds of finding one rich in a mineral that England's King Henry V wore...

New centre to document bioethics in the Arab world

13 years ago from SciDev

A new Arab centre for bioethics and science and technology ethics has opened in Cairo to raise awareness and foster collaboration.

Megaliths in England linked to death rituals

13 years ago from MSNBC: Science

Nine megaliths in a remote part of Dartmoor, England, share features in common with Stonehenge, and may shed light on the meaning behind these prehistoric stone monuments, according to a...

Artists Weigh in on What Matters Most

13 years ago from NY Times Science

A sampler of artwork exploring "what matters most" on the human journey in this century.

Multicellular Life Found That Doesn't Need Oxygen

13 years ago from Science Blog

As scientists delve deeper beneath the ocean’s surface, they find bizarre creatures that have adapted to harsh and extreme environments. Now comes a new one--the discovery of the first multi-cellular...

The art of copying: Scientists tell us that even copying mistakes can be good

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research suggests that accidentally copying the mistakes of others can lead to some of man's greatest innovations. The international project, led by the University of St Andrews,...

Family tree research can open a 'Pandora's Box' of secrets that may cause rifts, research says

13 years ago from Physorg

People researching their ancestors can open a "Pandora's Box" of secrets that may cause conflict and widen rifts in the family, new research says.

CORRECTED: Brain scans show signs of early Alzheimer's

13 years ago from Reuters:Science

Corrects spelling of author's last name to Mosconi in third graph and throughout story

Ancestry Search Can Annoy Living Relatives

13 years ago from Live Science

An ancestry search can bring skeletons out of your family history that might upset living relatives.

Books of The Times: ‘Anthill’ by E. O. Wilson: Coming-of-Age Tale

13 years ago from NY Times Science

E. O. Wilson’s first novel — a tale of nature, the South and a young man’s struggle to save an ecosystem — suggests a parallel between ant and human societies.