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The search: Computers dig deeper for meaning
Search engine technology is in a state of flux as it digs ever deeper for new meaning.
Jellyfish's toxic history revealed
New research has provided insight into how box jellyfish became so deadly, and could help to develop antivenoms for their stings.
Ore explains Earth's evolution
Ancient ore deposits are giving researchers insight into the evolution of the Earth's tectonics, atmosphere and oceans.
Extinct moa rewrites New Zealand's history
DNA recovered from fossilised bones of the moa, a giant extinct bird, has revealed a new geological history of New Zealand, reports a study published this week in the Proceedings...
'Hobbits' are a new human species - according to the statistical analysis of fossils
Researchers from Stony Brook University Medical Centre in New York have confirmed that Homo floresiensis is a genuine ancient human species and not a descendant of healthy humans dwarfed by...
Fossils Shed Light on Ancient "Croc World"
3 New Ancient Crocodile Species Fossils Found, Including 20-Foot Croc with Boar-Like Fangs
Cousins of prehistoric supercrocodile inhabit lost world of Sahara
Fossils of five ancient crocs, including one with teeth like boar tusks and another with a snout like a duck's bill, have been discovered in the Sahara. The five crocs,...
Baby ibex's epic struggle to live
Amazing footage of a baby ibex's perilous escape from a fox is captured on film by a BBC natural history cameraman.
Giant Lungless "Worm" Found Living on Land
A new species of caecilian can survive on land with no nostrils, lungs, or legs, according to researchers who discovered the bizarre wormlike beast.
Valley in Jordan inhabited and irrigated for 13,000 years
You can make major discoveries by walking across a field and picking up every loose item you find. Dutch researcher Eva Kaptijn succeeded in discovering - based on 100,000 finds...
Mummy scans reveal unhealthy pharaohs
LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- High-tech scans of mummies suggest ancient royal Egyptians over-indulged in unhealthy habits that brought on hardening of the arteries.
A Genetics Company Fails, Its Research Too Complex
The demise of deCode Genetics was largely the result of learning that researching genes that cause diseases was far more complex than anyone originally thought.
Darwin's mockingbirds DNA research may help species recovery
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research could help protect the future of a rare bird in the Galapagos Islands that was an inspiration for Darwin`s theory of evolution by natural selection, scientists...
"SHANGRI-LA" CAVE PICTURES: Art, Texts, Bones Revealed
Human bones, colorful murals, and illuminated manuscripts are just some of the treasures found in caves carved into steep cliffs in a remote corner of Nepal—and the sacred hoard could...
Young 'living fossil' fish filmed
Japanese researchers have filmed a young coelacanth - a rare fish known as a "living fossil" - deep in the ocean off Indonesia.
Mislabelling drives skate to brink of extinction
Due to an 83-year-old error of classification, a species of European skate could become the first marine fish driven to extinction by commercial fishing, according to a study released on...
Study Paints Sabertooths as Relative Pussycats
The sabertooth cat may have been less aggressive than its feline cousin, the American lion, a new study says.
Are female mountain goats sexually conflicted over size of mate?
Mountain goats are no exception to the general rule among mammals that larger males sire more and healthier offspring. But University of Alberta researcher David Coltman has found a genetic...
Ex-Kiss drummer: Breast cancer not just for women
SPRING LAKE, N.J. (AP) -- Lying in bed one night in 2007, Peter Criss felt something strange: a small lump on his left breast....
Rice ties in race for atomic-scale breakthrough
Everybody loves a race to the wire, even when the result is a tie. The great irony is the ultraprecise clocks that could result from this competition could probably break...
Right-Handed Chimps Provide Clues
Uncovering another link between chimpanzees and humans, a new study found chimps gesture mainly with their right hands. This indicates the chimp brain's left side is used in communication, as...
For fish, bigger doesn`t always mean healthier
(PhysOrg.com) -- Female smallmouth bass tend to prefer bigger male mates, but bigger doesn`t necessarily mean healthier. That`s the finding of a new study in the latest issue of Physiological...
The Western/Eastern Medicine Rant
This was going to be a footnote, but the topic really gets my dander up; and dander is directly proportional to the number of words disgorged. Reflect for a moment...
Go Climb a tree
Well if your like me you live to be outside and just enjoy the outdoors. Well when I was young I enjoyed climbing trees and now that I'm older I...
Briton killed wife in sleep, court hears
British man killed his wife in his sleep, after dreaming that she was an intruder in their camper van, a court heard on Tuesday.
Penguins evolving faster than thought
Comparing the DNA in modern birds to that in ancient generations shows molecular evolution can happen at varying rates
Early oceans more temperate than thought
STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say the scalding-hot sea that many of us were taught covered the early Earth might, in fact, never have existed.
Hippopotamuses attack a crocodile on the Nile
A cheeky crocodile met its match when it tried to use some hippopotamuses as stepping stones in Serengeti national park, Tanzania