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Montana State University professor, students conduct research on the slopes
For people who would like to be better skiers and enjoy the sport more, Montana State University professor John Seifert has some tips.
'10 most wanted' plants inspected for clues to climate change
Students, gardeners, retirees, and other volunteers who are taking part in a nationwide initiative, Project BudBurst, are finding hints that certain plants are blooming unusually early, perhaps as a result...
New bony-skulled dinosaur species discovered in Texas
Palaeontologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur with a softball-sized lump of solid bone on top of its skull, according to a paper published in the April issue of...
Graduation causes limited joy
A new study found that finishing a uni degree didn’t make people as happy as finishing an apprenticeship – possibly because uni itself is fun.
Chinese pigs 'direct descendants' of first domesticated breeds
Modern-day Chinese pigs are directly descended from ancient pigs which were the first to be domesticated in the region 10,000 years ago, a new archaeological and genetic study has revealed...
The taming of pigs: DNA sheds light on farming
Today’s swine in China are traced back 8,000 years to the same region, revealing clues about animal husbandry and human migration. Today's pigs in China have a pedigree dating back at least...
Earth Day Celebration - NASA Village Ribbon Cutting_flickr
ScienceAtNASA posted a video: The NASA village ribbon cutting ceremony from first day of the 2010 Earth Day Celebration - April 17, 2010
Ancient stones found in Devon
Archaeologists revealed today what they believe is a "spectacular" monument hundreds of years older than Stonehenge on one of the most remote peaks on Dartmoor in Devon.The nine stones that make up...
Ash not expected to blow toward North America
(AP) -- Questions and answers about the volcanic ash cloud.
Hobbit debate goes out on some limbs
Arm and leg fossils may, or may not, come from nonhuman hominid
Scavenging velociraptor frozen in time
Space.com: The swift predator Velociraptor has been caught frozen in time apparently scavenging on the corpse of another, larger dinosaur, scientists now reveal. Dinosaur - Velociraptor...
Some women storing eggs now for pregnancies later
Rachel Lehmann-Haupt was 37 when she froze her eggs, a process technically known as oocyte cryopreservation. She knew it wouldn't guarantee her fertility. But the San Francisco-based writer had just...
Vancouver smoking ban for parks, beaches debated
The Vancouver Park Board is expected to debate a controversial proposal to ban smoking at city parks and beaches.
Head-ramming dino had ‘rears’ in skull
The new Texas dino featured a skull with a domed top and side bones that may have allowed its skull bones to mesh on impact. Texas...
Women to blame for earthquakes, says Iran cleric
Women behaving promiscuously are causing the earth to shake, according to cleric, as Ahmadinejad predicts Tehran quakeA senior Iranian cleric says women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for...
Tiny sea life counts for a lot
Scientists conducting a count of every living thing in the ocean are turning their sights on hard-to-see sea life such as tiny microbes and zooplankton.
Bolivia hosts Mother Earth talks
Delegates are gathering in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba for a "people's conference" on climate change called by President Evo Morales.
N.B. bird observatory tries radar
The Point Lepreau Bird Observatory, one of the best places on the eastern seaboard to count rare migrating seabirds, is testing a high-tech tool to help get the numbers right:...
Police: Boxer Valero suspected of killing wife
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Former lightweight champion Edwin Valero was detained Sunday on suspicion of killing his wife, the gravest in a string of problems that...
3D printer could build moon bases
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Italian inventor, Enrico Dini, chairman of the company Monolite UK Ltd, has developed a huge three-dimensional printer called D-Shape that can print entire buildings out of sand...
Microbial mat the size of Greece found on oxygen-starved South American seafloor
Ocean explorers are puzzling out Nature's purpose behind an astonishing variety of tiny ocean creatures like microbes and zooplankton animals - each perhaps a ticket-holder in life's lottery, awaiting conditions...
Science Weekly: On the autopsy table
Science writer and broadcaster Sue Armstrong discusses the world of pathology, including a "body farm" in the US where human corpses are left out in the open to study the process of...
Mat of microbes the size of Greece discovered on seafloor
Gargantuan whales and hefty cephalopods are typically thought of as the classic marine mammoths, but they might have to make way for the mighty microbes, which constitute 50 to 90...
Ash may hover for days over uncertain Europe
(AP) -- The Icelandic volcano that has kept much of Europe land-bound is far from finished spitting out its grit, and offered up new mini-eruptions Saturday that raise concerns...
Wis. man finds rock believed to be meteor fragment
(AP) -- Scientists say an apparent fragment from a meteor that lit up Midwestern skies this week has been recovered in southwestern Wisconsin.
PHOTOS: Hidden Park Gems—Free Next Week and Year-Round
April 17-25 is National Park Week, with free entrance to 392 sites administered by the National Park Service. But, if you do your research, you can find free...
Prehistoric Mummies Poisoned
Arsenic-laced drinking water killed off some of the world's oldest mummies, many of which were preserved by the harsh Chilean desert, a new study says.
You've come a long way on film, baby!
A female director wins best director at the Oscars. A female-driven movie wins two Academy Awards, including best adapted screenplay. It may not be a huge sign, but it signals...