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Why 'legitimate' rape and other myths are alive and dangerous
(Medical Xpress)—When US Republican Todd Akin declared earlier this week that it is impossible or "really rare" for a woman to become pregnant as a result of a "legitimate rape"...
Syria's chemical weapons - interactive
What weapons does Syria have, where are they, and what effect could they have if the regime became desperate?Paddy Allen
Researchers seek to explain why there are so few land dwelling bioluminescent species
(Phys.org)—Visitors to the world's oceans are likely to find a wide variety of bioluminescent creatures, especially as they descend to depths where sunlight can't reach. The ability to glow has evolved in underwater...
Bonobo ape Kanzi creates flint tools prise open logs | Flora Malein
After some training in flint knapping, the bonobo was able to make its own tools for getting at food treats concealed inside logsA species of ape has been observed in captivity making...
Sigificant human skull found in S.E. Asia
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- An ancient skull discovered in a cave in northern Laos' mountains is the oldest modern human fossil found in Southeast Asia, researchers say.
Dawn of humanity illuminated – 50 years after the Leakeys
The first systematic, multidisciplinary results to come out of research conducted on the edge of the Serengeti at the rich palaeoanthropological site in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania since that...
Spirituality on the way to globalisation
(Phys.org) -- Spirituality is not what it once was that much is certain, according to anthropologist Peter van der Veer. Working at the Max Planck Institute for the Study...
Why dinosaurs are important | Dr Dave Hone
Dinosaurs continue to fascinate young and old alike, and that makes them a great educational tool. They also provide some unique research opportunitiesIt is far from my intention to talk endlessly about dinosaurs...
World's sea life is 'facing major shock', marine scientists warn
Life in the world's oceans faces far greater change and risk of large-scale extinctions than at any previous time in human history, a team of the world's leading marine scientists...
Communicating Controversial Science: A Symposium Honoring Rudy M. Baum
The American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, is holding a special symposium today honoring Rudy M. Baum, editor-in-chief of its weekly newsmagazine, whose thought-provoking editorials made Baum...
Kitty Corner: Jaguars Win Critical Habitat in U.S.
Jaguars, the third-largest cats after lions and tigers--and the biggest in the Western Hemisphere--used to live here. During the 18th and 19th centuries they were spotted in Arizona, New Mexico,...
Florida fossils dealer seeks dinosaur's NY return
(AP) A fossils dealer whose dinosaur was seized by the U.S. government so it could be given to the government of Mongolia wants it back.
Profiles In Science | Richard Ellis : Guardian of Ocean Life, Armed With Pen and Brush
Richard Ellis, the naturalist behind countless paintings, books and one immense blue whale, has spent a lifetime championing — and often demythologizing — marine life.
Teotihuacan: Ancient City of Pyramids
This 2,000-year-old complex in Mexico was one of the largest urban centers in the ancient world.
Pictures: Syrian Cultural Sites Damaged by Conflict
Ancient mosques, citadels, and museum collections have suffered damage, say observers.
Mammograms and dense breasts _ questions abound
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More women are getting the word that they may have breasts too dense for mammograms to give a good picture. What's not so...
The Face on Mars: Fact & Fiction
Is the Cydonia rock formation a sign of life or a trick of light?
No More Plastic? Bug Parts Inspire Biodegradable Substitute | Video
Scientists at Harvard have developed a substance, that they've dubbed Shrilk, with similar properties as those found in those little creepy creatures. It can be used to make garbage...
Climate and Drought Lessons from Ancient Egypt
Ancient pollen and charcoal preserved in deeply buried sediments in Egypt’s Nile Delta document the region’s ancient droughts and fires, [...]
Hamilton team studying round goby population
They're small, they're slippery and they don't belong here, and a team of McMaster University researchers is analyzing the problem.
Prolonged diving gave dinosaurs ‘the bends’
Dinosaurs-like creatures may have injured themselves during leisurely deep-sea diving trips and not from resurfacing too quickly, as previously thought. [...]
New excavations from Shuidonggou show initial appearance of the late Paleolithic in Northern China
Many behavioral and technological innovations appear in the archaeological record of Eurasia between about 45,000 and 24,000 years ago. This period has been termed the "initial Upper Paleolithic" and is...
Seeking the deadly roots of the dinosaurs' ascent
Over the past 450 million years, life on earth has undergone at least five great extinctions, when biological activity nosedived and dominant groups of creatures disappeared. The final one (so...
Mummy mysteries unraveled with high tech help
Australian nuclear scientists are helping an international team of archaeologists and historians to unravel a mystery about a collection of Egyptian mummies prone to cross dressing and lying about their...
In pictures: Isle's ancient finds
Green marble from Greece among ancient finds on Scottish isle of South Uist
Sandy plain home to ancient VIPs
Powerful figures from the late Iron Age through to the end of the Vikings were drawn to a sandy plain on South Uist, say archaeologists.
Shirley O. Corriher Wins American Chemical Society's Prestigious Journalism Award
Nationally renowned author, speaker, TV personality and all-around "ambassador of chemistry" Shirley O. Corriher has been selected as recipient of the American Chemical Society's 2013 James T. Grady-James H. Stack...
Mystery bird: white-bellied sea-eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster | @GrrlScientist
This Australian mystery bird is part of a group of birds that has a remarkable evolutionary historyWhite-bellied sea-eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster (protonym, Falco leucogaster), Gmelin, 1788, also known as the white-bellied fish-eagle and as...