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Prospects for climate deal 'slim'

13 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

The chances of forging a binding agreement on climate change are small, says the UN climate chief at a meeting in Copenhagen.

Ancient thick-shelled turtle found in coal mine

13 years ago from MSNBC: Science

A new fossil turtle species discovered in South America boasts quite a bulky shell — about as thick as your average high-school textbook. South America -...

How to Preserve the Breadth of Life on the Planet

13 years ago from Science Blog

A barometer measures atmospheric pressure. Now a coalition of biologists is calling for a similar scientific tool to measure extinction pressure on Earth's biodiversity--a so-called " barometer of life ".

New hominid shares traits with Homo species

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Two partial skeletons unearthed from a cave in South Africa belong to a previously unclassified species of hominid that is now shedding new light on the evolution of our own...

U of T researchers shed light on ancient Assyrian tablets

13 years ago from

A cache of cuneiform tablets unearthed by a team led by a University of Toronto archaeologist has been found to contain a largely intact Assyrian treaty from the early 7th...

IU's Carlson among team of scientists announcing new species of prehistoric man

13 years ago from Biology News Net

Indiana University anthropologist Kristian J. Carlson today (April 8) joined an international team of six other scientists announcing discovery of the fossil remains of a new species of early man...

Cold fronts linked to bird flu outbreaks in Europe

13 years ago from Reuters:Science

LONDON (Reuters) - Outbreaks of H5N1 flu among birds in Europe came at the edges of cold fronts that caused wild birds to change migration patterns, scientists said on Thursday,...

Egypt to museums: Return our stolen treasures

13 years ago from MSNBC: Science

Egypt's antiquities chief has teamed up with 25 countries to press their campaigns to retrieve antiquities that were stolen and even those given as gifts, warning museums on Thursday that...

Evolution, Big Bang Polls Omitted From NSF Report

13 years ago from Science NOW

In an unusual last-minute edit that has drawn flak from the White House and...

Hubble snaps heavyweight of the Leo Triplet

13 years ago from Science Daily

Hubble has snapped a spectacular view of the largest "player" in the Leo Triplet, a galaxy with an unusual anatomy: it displays asymmetric spiral arms and an apparently displaced core....

Why Guys Prefer Hooking Up to Dating

13 years ago from Live Science

More women than men continue to prefer dating whereas more men than women rate hooking up above dating, a new study finds.

Partial skeletons may represent new hominid

13 years ago from Sciencenews.org

Finds claimed to illuminate evolutionary roots of Homo genus

Saturn's Strange Hexagon Recreated in the Lab

13 years ago from Science NOW

Scientists propose a novel explanation for one of the solar system’s most mysterious formations

2-million-year-old fossils may help fill key gap in human evolution

13 years ago from LA Times - Science

Scientists say the skeletons of a woman and boy could be one of the most important finds of recent times. A discovery by a 9-year-old led to finding the pair, dubbed Australopithecus...

Cosmic Log: Fossils shake up our family tree

13 years ago from MSNBC: Science

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Fossils found in South Africa mark an important transition between the pre-human known as Lucy and our own branch of the evolutionary family tree. ...

Experts Explain Psychology of Iraq Airstrike on Video

13 years ago from NY Times Health

Seemingly cruel chatter in a helicopter may reflect a wartime necessity to overcome inhibitions to kill.

Ancient shipwreck rescued on Outer Banks

13 years ago from UPI

CURRITUCK, N.C., April 7 (UPI) -- The remains of a ship wrecked on the Outer Banks of North Carolina 300 years ago and plundered by local residents has been...

Archaeology: Hidden treasure

13 years ago from News @ Nature

The explosion in commercial archaeology has brought a flood of information. The problem now is figuring out how to find and use this unpublished literature, reports Matt Ford.

King Tut wore orthopedic sandals

13 years ago from MSNBC: Science

The first detailed analysis of sandals buried with the boy king suggest the sometimes elaborate footwear was made to accommodate his club foot. Sandal - Footwear...

Hunt for African spiny aubergine begins

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's not all looking down microscopes for the work of a Natural History Museum scientist. Plant expert Maria Vorontsova is on the hunt for wild spiny aubergines in...

UCSB geologist discovers pattern in Earth's long-term climate record

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In an analysis of the past 1.2 million years, UC Santa Barbara geologist Lorraine Lisiecki discovered a pattern that connects the regular changes of the Earth's orbital cycle to changes...

Scientists discover first multicellular life that doesn't need oxygen

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxygen may not be the staple of modern complex life that scientists once thought. Until now, the only life forms known to live exclusively in anoxic conditions were...

Eastern US forests resume decline

13 years ago from Science Blog

After increasing during much of the 20th century, forest cover in the eastern United States in recent decades has resumed its previous decline, according to an exhaustive new analysis published...

Pictures: New 7 Wonders vs. Ancient 7 Wonders

13 years ago from National Geographic

Pictures of the seven new wonders of the world and the seven ancient wonders.

Video: Dean Kamen High-Fives Colbert With Latest Revision of Prosthetic Luke Arm

13 years ago from PopSci

Those of you who weren't completely immersed in Duke's nail-biter of a victory over Butler in the NCAA basketball title game last night may have noticed that Stephen Colbert had inventor and sci-tech...

Northwest lava flows could have altered Earth’s climate, wiped out species, new evidence suggests

13 years ago from Science Daily

New research suggests the volcanic birth of the Northwest's Columbia Plateau happened much more quickly than previously thought and with an intensity that may have changed the earth's climate and...

Mystery of the Oriental Yeti

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

A mammal new to science – or just a sick civet?A mysterious hairless creature, dubbed the "Oriental Yeti", has been trapped by hunters in a remote region of central China. Apparently, it...

Archaeologists Investigate Proto-Urban Settlement In Syria

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Archaeologists have begun excavating a proto-urban settlement situated where the Balikh River joins the Euphrates River in Northern Syria. The location was at the crossroads of major trade routes across...