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Plants flowering earlier in climate change

10 years ago from UPI

MADISON, Wis., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Native plants in the eastern United States are flowering as much as a month earlier than historically normal in response to a warming...

Scottish storms uncover ancient skeleton

10 years ago from UPI

CHANNERWICK, Scotland, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Storms eroding a cliff in Scotland revealed a human skeleton experts said was probably 2,000 years old, dating from the Iron Age.

Barnacles' Sneaky Penises Send Sperm on Sea Journey

10 years ago from Live Science

While barnacles have extra-long penises to transfer sperm to other stationary barnacles, they broadcast sperm to reproduce with more distant mates

Earliest sea cow ancestors originated in Africa, lived in fresh water

10 years ago from Physorg

A new fossil discovered in Tunisia represents the oldest known ancestor of modern-day sea cows, supporting the African origins of these marine mammals. The find is described in research published...

Science Explainer: What You Should Know About This Year's Flu

10 years ago from Science NOW

Answers to the big questions about this year’s flu season

The Man Whose Dynasty Changed Ecology

10 years ago from Scientific American

Bob Paine is nearly 2 meters tall and has a powerful grip. The ochre sea star, however, has five sucker-lined arms and can span half a meter. So when Paine...

Yaks may be on the comeback

10 years ago from Science Blog

A team of American and Chinese conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and University of Montana recently counted nearly 1,000 [...]

Aboriginal groups meet about George River caribou

10 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Inuit, Quebec native groups, and representatives from Labrador are meeting this week in Kuujjuaq, Que., to attempt to come up with a management plan for the declining George River caribou...

Genetics plays major role in victimization in elementary school

10 years ago from Science Blog

Genetics plays a major role in peer rejection and victimization in early elementary school, according to a study recently published [...]

Dinosaur shook tail feathers for mating show

10 years ago from Physorg

(Phys.org)—A University of Alberta researcher's examination of fossilized dinosaur tail bones has led to a breakthrough finding: some feathered dinosaurs used tail plumage to attract mates, much like modern-day peacocks...

Guardian to launch online Australian edition

10 years ago from Physorg

Britain's Guardian newspaper will launch a new online edition in Australia, where the print media is struggling with the rapidly changing digital landscape, hoping also to expand its reach in...

Spanish cuts widen Europe's north-south research divide

10 years ago from Reuters:Science

MADRID (Reuters) - Amanda Bolanos, a young Spanish scientist, knows she will not be coming home.

Colombian park may include isolated tribes

10 years ago from MSNBC: Science

The Colombian government may double the size of an enormous, diverse reserve, according to news reports. The new park would incorporate the lands of two tribes that have little or...

'Peaceful' Minoans surprisingly warlike

10 years ago from MSNBC: Science

The civilization made famous by the myth of the Minotaur was as warlike as their bull-headed mascot, new research suggests.

Chimpanzee birth to be live-streamed

10 years ago from Physorg

A primate sanctuary in South Africa on Tuesday announced it will live-stream the birth of a baby chimpanzee on the Internet, an online event it claims will be a world...

Israel to open exhibit on biblical King Herod

10 years ago from Physorg

(AP)—Israel's national museum said Tuesday it will open what it calls the world's first exhibition devoted to the architectural legacy of biblical King Herod, the Jewish proxy monarch who ruled...

Rare color photos of World War I

10 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Photographer Anton Orlov recently found over 600+ photos from World War I in an antique camera in Northern California

OkCupid launches "Crazy Blind Date" app

10 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Popular dating site launches experimental app that matches people up on dates with little information about each other

Alibaba founder Jack Ma stepping down as CEO

10 years ago from Physorg

One of China's most successful Internet entrepreneurs, Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, says he is stepping down as chief executive but will remain chairman.

Swan body parts found along canal

10 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Investigations are under way in Lincoln after several swan body parts were found along a canal.

The Iron Lady

10 years ago from Chemistry World

Howard Peters takes a look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, an Oxford chemistry graduate who became the UK's only female prime minister

Roche cuts 1000 jobs with US R&D site closure

10 years ago from Chemistry World

Streamlining strategy will see oncology and virology research moved to Switzerland and Germany

Redox chemistry behind dragonfly romance

10 years ago from Chemistry World

The red colour that signifies male dragonflies’ sexual maturity is down to a simple reduction

Recovering chemical weapons

10 years ago from Chemistry World

As stockpiles of chemical weapons are destroyed, the US looks to detecting and destroying buried munitions

Inert nanoshells succumb to iron will

10 years ago from Chemistry World

Doping hollow silica nanoshells with iron could make them biodegradable and therefore safer for medical applications like real-time tumour imaging

A uniform junction for uniform nanotubes

10 years ago from Chemistry World

Scientists have made a uniform junction unit for branched carbon nanotubes

Tastefully done

10 years ago from Chemistry World

Russell Keast’s early years as a chef gave him an appetite for science that took him out of the kitchen and into the lab, he tells James Mitchell Crow

Forensic lab error led to miscarriage of justice

10 years ago from Chemistry World

Man held on rape charge for five months after contamination of DNA samples