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Swine flu infects 15 N.B. camp cadets
A military cadet training camp at CFB Gagetown is confirming 15 new cases of swine flu and 53 people are still in isolation, forcing the camp to cut short part...
Dead whale to be food for sea creatures
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 28 (UPI) -- The remains of a fin whale found impaled on the bow of a cruise ship when it arrived in Vancouver has been...
Fishing boat lands World's oldest underwater human bone
A fishing boat trawling for mussels off the Dutch coast has instead landed a 40,000 year-old human bone, German scientists said on Sunday after examining the find.
Earth's River Valleys
A fascinating study with tremendous portent if the conclusion of the author's proves true through successive studies. http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090722/sc_livescience/formulafound...
Dragonflies in danger of extinction seek sanctuary at new rescue centre
Pollution, pesticides and habitat loss bring dragonflies close to the brink after 325m years
5 ancient Roman shipwrecks found off Italy coast
(AP) -- Archaeologists have found five well-preserved Roman shipwrecks deep under the sea off a small Mediterranean island, with their cargo of vases, pots and other objects largely intact,...
Science Briefing
Ancient mammal footprints; huge telescope for Hawaii; promising typhoid vaccine; jack rabbit to be studied; defoliants linked to Parkinson's; potential Alzheimer's therapy ...
Mysterious altar found in Roman fort
A massive altar dedicated to an eastern cult deity has emerged during excavations of a Roman fort in northern England.
Fears That Amazon Tribes Won’t Be Heard
Anthropologists worry about a possible wave of cultural extinction among tribes that have long relied on nature, now changing drastically, for survival.
Dot Earth: A Postcard From the Pleistocene
The Polaris Project is a fascinating scientific and educational expedition under way on one of the more remote, unusual rivers on the planet, the Kolyma in eastern Siberia.
Tiny ancient mammal tracks found in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY, July 24 (UPI) -- Tracks have been discovered of small rat-like creatures who ran over dunes in Utah 190 million years ago, paleontologists said.
People steal meat from wild lions
Lions in Cameroon are having their kills stolen from under their noses by hungry villagers, say conservationists.
Fossil shows first all-American honeybee
North America once had its own Apis species instead of today’s imports
International Society Calls for Reverse of Funding Cuts
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, the organization representing professional vertebrate paleontologists worldwide, has called for a reversal of the decision to close the University Geological Museum in Laramie.
Yale researchers find key 'conductor' of nature's synchronicity
Synchronicity in nature is seen in beating hearts, the flashing of fireflies' lights, the ebb and flow of infectious disease - and the simultaneous rise and fall of populations across...
Small fossils provide key clues for interpreting environmental changes
These organisms have inhabited the planet for many millions of years, in such a way that the variations observed within their populations help to describe environmental situations in the past...
Australian Aborigines Initially Arrived Via South Asia
Genetic research indicates that Australian Aborigines initially arrived via south Asia. Researchers have found telltale mutations in modern-day Indian populations that are exclusively shared by Aborigines.
Pre-Incan mummy dug up in center of Lima
LIMA (Reuters) - A pre-Incan mummy and eight other skeletons have been dug up from under what used to be a shanty town in the middle of Peru's capital, archeologists...
How rolling terrain rolls: New study could help identify signs of life on other planets (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has flown over the western United States knows the patterns well: Seemingly endless repetitions of similar landforms, ridges and valleys and ridges and valleys arranged with...
Last giant tortoise of its kind may be dad
There's new hope that the famed Galapagos giant tortoise nicknamed Lonesome George, believed to be the last of his species, could soon be a father.
The art of faking it: gallery puts forgeries on show
The National Gallery in London will exhibit a collection of fake and wrongly-attributed paintings next year, in a show exploring how modern science has lifted the lid on centuries of...
The plight of Britain's ancient trees
We are home to some 100,000 of the oldest trees in Europe. But is our neglect and ill-treatment in danger of killing them off?
SEVEN-WONDERS PICTURES: Natural-World Finalists Named
From the limestone caves to the world's tallest waterfall—"the eyes of the planet" are on the finalists from which the seven natural wonders of the world will be chosen.
Ancient Humans Left Evidence From The Party That Ended 4,000 Years Ago
The party was over more than 4,000 years ago, but the remnants still remain in the gourds and squashes that served as dishware. For the first time, researchers have studied...
Hunt hopes to find ancient trees
One of the UK's biggest landowners embarks on a three-year survey to identify previously unrecorded ancient trees.
Jupiter's New Bruise Big As Pacific Ocean
Images of new impact scar on Jupiter reveal is big as Pacific Ocean.
Ancient Maya Practiced Forest Conservation -- 3,000 Years Ago
(PhysOrg.com) -- As published in the July issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, paleoethnobotanist David Lentz of the University of Cincinnati has concluded that not only did the Maya...
Botanists solve the mystery of the two-tone autumnal displays
Botanists say they have solved the mystery of why autumn trees in Europe are yellow, while those in America are red.