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Medvedev in Ukraine: 'Witch hunt is over'
KIEV, Ukraine, May 17 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is in Kiev for talks focusing on Russian-Ukrainian energy relations
APS urges rapid action on House reauthorization of 2007 bipartisan America COMPETES bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The American Physical Society (APS), a leading organization of physicists, today called for swift action on the U.S. House reauthorization of the 2007 bipartisan America...
Mont. Aims To Reduce Wolf Numbers For First Time
Plan to Cut Wolf Population For The First Time Since Being Reintroduced 15 Years Ago
New forensics research will help identify remains of children
New research from North Carolina State University is now giving forensic scientists a tool that can be used to help identify the remains of children, and may contribute to resolving...
Silver tells a volatile story of Earth's origin
Tiny variations in the isotopic composition of silver in meteorites and Earth rocks are helping scientists put together a timetable of how our planet was assembled beginning 4.568 billion years...
Uncovering Nottingham's hidden medieval sandstone caves
The very latest laser technology combined with old fashioned pedal power is being used to provide a unique insight into the layout of Nottingham's sandstone caves - where the city's...
Study shows costs and benefits of testosterone in birds
Do nice guys finish last, or will the meek inherit the earth? A new study published in The American Naturalist suggests that, at least for birds, the right answer is...
It was brawn over beauty in human mating competition
Male physical competition, not attraction, was central in winning mates among human ancestors, according to a Penn State anthropologist...
Climate link to lizard extinction
Climate change could wipe out 20% of the world's lizard species by 2080, according to a global-scale study.
The joke is on us: A new interpretation of bared teeth in archaeological artifacts
Bared teeth are a prominent and eye-catching feature on many historical and archaeological artifacts, and are commonly interpreted as representing death, aggression and the shamanic trance. But a new study...
Montana to at least double 2009 wolf hunt quota
(AP) -- The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission plans to at least double the number of gray wolves that hunters can kill this year.
Earliest birds didn't make a flap
Archaeopteryx, Confuciusornis plumage probably not strong enough to support sustained flight
First birds were poor flyers
LONDON (Reuters) - The earliest birds did not have strong enough feathers to take to the air by flapping their wings and were gliders at best, researchers said Thursday.
All Species Evolved From Single Cell, Study Finds
Creationism is "an absolutely horrible hypothesis," says the author of a new study of the statistical probability of a universal common ancestor.
Forensic science for human rights | Joseph Huff-Hannon
Science is helping to bring a former Argentine dictator to justice with expertise that will haunt perpetrators of state violenceThere's an office in this grandiose and sprawling city of Buenos Aires that holds...
Museum cleans T. rex Sue for her anniversary
One of the world's most famous dinosaurs is getting a cleaning before the celebration of her 10th anniversary begins at Chicago's Field Museum.
Ancient Fish Story Revealed by Fossilized Tracks
Wavy lines and squiggles etched in ancient limestone found to be prehistoric fish trails.
Of microorganisms and man
More than 150 years ago, Darwin proposed the theory of universal common ancestry (UCA), linking all forms of life by a shared genetic heritage from single-celled microorganisms to humans. Until...
New fingermark analysis technique can give extra suspect details
A new technique to analyse fingermarks from crime scenes has the potential to give crucial additional details about a suspect such their medications, diet and the time at which they...
Gray whale cut free from fishing nets in Dana Point Harbor
A distressed gray whale that had been tangled in a thick snarl of fishing nets at Dana Point Harbor for two days was cut free Wednesday afternoon and has returned...
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The Book Show | Autistic Superstars | Behind The Scenes At The Museum | History Cold Case | All At Sea | OutnumberedThe Book Show7pm, Sky Arts 1Among Mariella Frostrup's guests are...
Fisherman's find: rare, 12-foot-long creature
First he thought it was a piece of plastic floating near the shoreline. When he got closer, 73-year-old Kurt Ove Eriksson realized the 12-foot serpent-like object was a rare creature...
Seafloor Fish Nearly Wiped Out off U.K.
The decline is so dire that Victorian sailing ships' performance blows away that of today's high-tech trawlers, a new study says.
Genomes may help chart human migrations
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 12 (UPI) -- Breakthroughs in genetic science will, before too long, help researchers chart the migration patterns of ancient humans, experts in Denmark and elsewhere say.
Giant dinosaur footprints found in Argentine 'Jurassic Park'
Dinosaur footprints up to 1.2 meters (four feet) in diameter have been found in an area of Patagonia known as Argentina's "Jurassic Park," a scientist said Wednesday.
Fossil find shakes up development timeline
NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 12 (UPI) -- A Moroccan fossil trove suggests soft-bodied distant relatives of crustaceans lived beyond the Cambrian period, U.S. and Canadian researchers say.
Ordovician faunas of Burgess Shale type
Diverse soft-bodied Burgess Shale-like creatures may have persisted beyond the Cambrian period, according to a new study entitled 'Ordovician faunas of Burgess Shale type.' It is published in the most...
Flea-Sized Creature a Champion Jumper
This shrimp-like critter, a copepod, could be the fastest jumper of the animal kingdom.