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Forty years ago man first walked on the moon
Forty years ago on July 20, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong realized the oldest dream of human civilizations when he became the first man to walk on the moon.
Darwin's doubters
Belief in evolutionary varies around the world, but there's some evidence that Darwin-scepticism may have an Islamic flavour
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Myanmar fossils may mean human roots in Asia / Crucial sea grass meadows found to be declining / Multiple genetic variations linked to schizophrenia / Deep-brain stimulators help some cerebral...
No DNA link between Etruscans, Tuscans
FLORENCE, Italy, July 3 (UPI) -- Modern Tuscans show no genetic relationship to the Etruscans who occupied the area during the Bronze Age, Italian researchers have found.
Three new dinosaurs found in Australia
WINTON, Australia, July 3 (UPI) -- Three new dinosaurs -- two giant plant eaters and a carnivore -- have been discovered in Queensland, Australia, scientists said.
Nanotechnology May Increase Longevity Of Dental Fillings
Tooth-colored fillings may be more attractive than silver ones, but the bonds between the white filling and the tooth quickly age and degrade. Researchers hope a new nanotechnology technique will...
Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard
(AP) -- Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever...
Liberal? Conservative? Stanford study says mental nudge can make voters flip-flop
(PhysOrg.com) -- No doubt you`ve worked hard for your success. But chances are you`ve also had some help and lucky breaks along the way.
Clues to origin of life revealed in Tagish Lake meteorite
New research into a meteorite that crashed into northern British Columbia nine years ago is revealing startling clues that could help unravel the origins of life on earth.
Vatican should learn from Galileo mess, prelate says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Catholic Church should not fear scientific progress and possibly repeat the mistake it made when it condemned astronomer Galileo in the 17th century, a Vatican...
Ferns took to the trees and thrived
As flowering plants like giant trees quickly rose to dominate plant communities during the Cretaceous period, the ferns that had preceded them hardly saw it as a disappointment...
Giant Moa Rebuilt Using Ancient DNA From Prehistoric Feathers
Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the giant extinct moa bird, using prehistoric feathers recovered from caves and rock shelters in New Zealand.
Vegan bones a bit less dense
A study has found that vegans and meat-eaters are about five per cent different in their bone density – though this may not be a problem.
Ancient child deaths uncovered
Archaeologists have excavated burial sites suggesting that child mortality in the ancient world was treated as common-place.
Brazil's incredible endemic plant life on the verge of a mass extinction
Major new book shows rare and endemic flora of Brazil have been grossly underestimated...
They put a man on the moon
Even at the time, we understood that our world had changed and that we could pinpoint this change to almost the second. We didn't have to wait for Neil Armstrong to get...
Biogenic Origin For Earth's Oldest Putative Microfossils
Microbes and bacteria were the first living organisms on Earth, and they can be preserved in Archean silica-rich rocks. One such outcrop from western Australia, dated to 3.5 billion years...
Here's one I made earlier: Chimps learn from watching videos
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lots of species have been discovered to use simple tools. Some birds use twigs to pull grubs out of their hiding places, and chimpanzees will strip leaves from...
Mass mismatch makes mystery for proton’s strange cousin
Omega-b-minus is caught in action for a second time, but its mass doesn’t match previous results
Puffins to be fitted with 'sat nav' to monitor decline
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Newcastle University are using GPS technology in an effort to understand a worrying decline in the numbers of Puffins.In the last five years the numbers of...
Is Twitter the Face of 21st Century News?
Microblogging Site Playing Central Role in Breaking Stories, but Questions Linger about Reliability
Myanmar fossil may shed light on evolution
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Fossils recently discovered in Myanmar could prove that the common ancestors of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, rather...
Alan Guth bags Isaac Newton medal
Inflationary universe pioneer to be honoured in London
World's oldest known granaries discovered
SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 1 (UPI) -- U.S. anthropologists say recent excavations in Jordan have provided evidence of the world's oldest known granaries.
U.S. Army Revives Old Airship Concept for Modern Mission
The U.S. Army is dusting off an old airship concept for a new, modern mission.
Genetic analysis reveals secrets of scorpion venom
Transcriptomic tests have uncovered the protein composition of venom from the Scorpiops jendeki scorpion. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genomics have carried out the first ever venom...
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich and science popularisation in the 19th century
At the annual meeting of the British Society for the History of Science, Rebekah Higgitt, a curator at the National Maritime Museum, will reveal how 19th-century astronomers at the Royal...
Subseafloor Sediment In South Pacific Gyre One Of Least Inhabited Places On Earth
Oceanographers have found so few organisms beneath the seafloor that it may be the least inhabited sediment ever explored for evidence of life.