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Europe's conquering heroes? Likely farmers

13 years ago from Reuters:Science

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The conquerors who spread their seed across Europe in ancient times were prosperous farmers who imported their skills from the Middle East, researchers reported on Tuesday.

‘Iron snail’ inspires new armor

13 years ago from MSNBC: Science

Next generation armor could be modeled after the shell design of this iron-plated snail. Snail - Animal - Body Armor - Armor - Scaly-foot gastropod

Asteroids 'change colour' when they make a pass of Earth

13 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

The Earth "changes the colour" of asteroids by shaking them up as they pass, according to scientists.

Jurassic 'burn-down' events and organic matter richness in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation

13 years ago from Science Daily

The sediments of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation were deposited during the Late Jurassic between around 160 and 145 million years ago, the age of the reptiles. They are the main...

Egypt announces find of ancient cat goddess temple

13 years ago from AP Science

CAIRO (AP) -- Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old temple that may have been dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, the Supreme Council of Antiquities...

Love in London is as rare as finding aliens

13 years ago from Reuters:Science

LONDON (Reuters) - Romance may happen every day, but finding true love in London is as rare as aliens in the galaxy, says one London-based economist.

Chimps dance in the face of fire

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Unusual behaviors have been observed in wild chimpanzees in West Africa in the face of grass fires. The chimps did not panic or flee, and some made ritualistic...

In Pictures: Strange seas

13 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Pictures of sea creatures with some 'stranger than science fiction' lifestyles have been released by the Wildlife Trusts, as they launch their vision for UK seas.

Genome Study Provides a Census of Early Humans

13 years ago from NY Times Health

Geneticists computed the size of the human population 1.2 million years ago from which everyone in the world is descended.

Pig carcasses could hold key to death puzzle

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- After five years of studying decomposing pig carcasses, Victoria University (New Zealand) graduate Rachel Parkinson could hold the key to determining the time since death in forensic cases.

Genetic Analysis Gives Hope That Extinct Tortoise Species May Live Again

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to genetic data gleaned from the bones found in a several museum collections, an international team of researchers led by scientists from Yale believes it may be...

Earthquakes in south-east Asia and south Pacific

13 years ago from Science Blog

Good evening,sirs! New earthquakes are preparing to strike in south-east Asia and south Pacific. They are already big (on Richter scale)if they strike soon.Theire signs are already visible by naked...

Five fatal flaws of animal activism | Victor Schonfeld

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

From tacky nude posters to dubious concepts such as 'happy meat', animal rights groups are losing the fight for real changeThere are a few things that have kept me going, and kept...

Why Patients Are Safer In The Nude

13 years ago from

If you ever have a mysterious skin rash and show your doctor, he or she may very well take a marker and encircle it, and then ask you to come...

Science Weekly podcast: A taste of things to come in 2010, and Darwin's dogs

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

We've been away for a few weeks but the Science Weekly team is poised to bring you right up to date with all the news stories that broke while we were away.It's...

Tut's finder may have stolen relics

13 years ago from UPI

BERLIN, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The man responsible for discovering King Tut's tomb may have deceived Egyptian authorities to steal treasured relics for himself, experts say.

Eel teeth show heat history

13 years ago from Science Alert

A new study will look at the effects of sea temperature change on species extinctions, using fossilised eel teeth to estimate temperatures.

Ringtones? They're so Neanderthal

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

We now know that our ancient forebears used make-up. But they foreshadowed the modern world in countless other waysApparently, we've been underestimating the Neanderthals. An expedition led by João Zilhão, professor of palaeolithic...

A catfight over neutering program

13 years ago from LA Times - Science

Bird lovers take issue with a city-subsidized nonprofit in Sun Valley that traps, sterilizes and then releases feral cats, saying it violates state environmental laws and doesn't reduce the population The line forms...

PICTURE: See-Through Goldfish Bred; Cuts Out Dissection

13 years ago from National Geographic

High school students wary of dissection may be in the clear, thanks to a newly bred see-through goldfish.

Mysterious Jamestown Tablet an American Rosetta Stone?

13 years ago from National Geographic

Discovered at the first permanent British settlement in America, the inscribed slate may show early colonist efforts to communicate with Indians.

Superlungs Gave Dinosaurs Competitive Edge

13 years ago from National Geographic

Dinosaurs ruled the earth for millennia because they were better breathers than mammals, a new study suggests.

Pashtun clue to lost tribes of Israel

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Genetic study sets out to uncover if there is a 2,700-year-old link to Afghanistan and PakistanIsrael is to fund a rare genetic study to determine whether there is a link between the...

This column will change your life: To be or not to be…

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

It's 45 years since David Bourland suggested doing away with the verb "to be". A silly suggestion, one might think, but look a little closer and it makes a weird kind of...

Did aliens help to line up Woolworths stores?

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Researcher Tom Brooks reckons primitive man was a navigational genius. It's true, but only if you ignore the evidence to the contraryEvery now and then you have to salute a genius. Both...

World's Longest Migration Found--2X Longer Than Thought

13 years ago from National Geographic

Flying pole to pole, and back, each year, tiny terns are the world's migration champs, a new study confirms—but only because their routes are completely convoluted.

Homo Erectus Invented "Modern" Living?

13 years ago from National Geographic

Modern human behavior may be half a million years older than thought, says a new study of an encampment built by a fish-eating, nut-processing band of human ancestors.

Sea spiders and pom-pom anemones

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Creeping slowly across the deep seafloor on long, spindly legs, giant sea spiders are found in many deep-sea areas. But, as with many deep-sea animals, we know very...