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Study of zebra fish mouth formation may speak to Fraser syndrome hearing loss
Using mutant zebra fish, researchers studying the earliest formation of cartilage of the mouth believe they may have gotten a [...]
Sticks, stones and bones reveal emergence of a hunter-gatherer culture
South Africa cave yields artifacts much like those used in region today
Tomb of Mayan prince unearthed
Excavators have uncovered what they believe to be the 1,300-year-old remains of a Mayan prince entombed within a royal complex of the ancient city of Uxul, located in Mexico near...
Why Some People Can Recall Life's Every Moment
A handful of people can remember almost every moment of their lives after about age 10 in near-perfect detail.
Dolphin Social Networks Show First Hints of Culture
The "in" females wear sea sponges on their noses to scour the seafloor for food.
Century of drought may be ahead
New study claims 2000-2004 North American drought was world's worst since Medieval times
Introduction of Asian ladybirds into Europe serious mistake
In retrospect, introducing the Asian ladybird into Europe was a serious mistake. The insect was introduced some twenty years ago in a conscious attempt to combat aphids. But research carried...
Stone age man had 'feminine side'
Dr. Karina Croucher, who has studied buried remains of people living between 7,500 and 10,000 years ago across the Middle East, says the stereotypical view of how Neolithic men and...
Bats hang out in the burbs
The greatest diversity of small insect-eating microbats in the Sydney region is not in the national parks that ring the city but in its western suburbs, according to a new...
Space History Photo: Free-Falling Body Nose Dives in Desert
A missile-like object, used to test air inlet efficiency, buried its nose in the ground.
10-stone catfish caught by chef
A chef catches what is thought to be the largest freshwater fish - weighing more than 10 stone - ever to be landed in the UK.
'Women and children first' is a myth, shipwreck study shows
With a few exceptions, like the Titanic, female passengers and kids were less likely to survive than the captain and crew.It's a question often asked: Is chivalry dead?
Study: All chickens have Asian roots
ARMIDALE, Australia, July 30 (UPI) -- The world's chickens descend from Southeast Asian common ancestors that Australian researchers say were the "great, great grandmothers of the chicken world."
Ancient human figure unearthed in Turkey
ANTAKYA, Turkey, July 30 (UPI) -- An international archaeological team says it's unearthed a large, extraordinary human sculpture at an excavation site in southeast Turkey.
Ancient Nature: Using Poison To Kill 44,000 Years Ago
Man has been killing man and beast since whatever critter of common descent crawled out of the primordial ooze. And likely before, there's just no way to know it.But some...
Ancient warrior king statue discovered
A newly discovered statue of a curly haired man gripping a spear and a sheath of wheat once guarded the upper citadel of an ancient kingdom's capital.
Study finds female athletes rarely and ineffectively used as ad spokespeople
Your best chance to see a female athlete endorsing a product will be during the next few weeks. The Olympics' commercial breaks may be littered with female swimmers, runners and...
Country diary: Horseshoe Quarry, Derbyshire: Secrets of a limestone quarry
Horseshoe Quarry, Derbyshire: I'm standing on what was then the equator, submerged in a shallow sea teeming with brachiopods and crinoidsMillions of tons of rock are still quarried from the Peak District each...
Oldest Poison Pushes Back Ancient Civilization 20,000 Years
A cave in South Africa yields evidence of a culture stretching back 44,000 years.
Study discovers eating habits of Diplodocus
A team of researchers from the University of Bristol, Natural History Museum of London, the University of Missouri and Ohio University has discovered the eating habits of Diplodocus using a...
BRITS FALTER
Peter Waterfield says the dive that doomed Britain's chances of gold in the 10-meter platform was essentially his fault....
Rome's Colosseum is pulling a Pisa
Ancient amphitheater is leaning, authorities say, with north side over 15-inches lower than south
Canadians lead Israeli archeological dig of early cities
A $2.7-million grant from the Canadian government is paying for a dig near Tel Aviv, Israel, where University of Manitoba archeology students are helping excavate Early Bronze Age remains dating...
Think you’re a comic genius? Maybe you’re just overconfident
Knock, knock! Who’s there? Cows go. Cows go who? No, cows go moo! OK, OK. So it’s not a side-slapper [...]
Exhibition Review: ‘Spiders Alive!’ at American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History exhibition “Spiders Alive!” looks at the wonders of the 43,000 spider species.
New to Nature No 78: Campinasuchus dinizi
The mining of sediments in southeastern Brazil is revealing that the crocodile was far more diverse a species than its current form suggestsAlthough it can be argued that crocodyliforms ( crocodiles and their...
Christina Warinner: it's a good thing our ancestors didn't floss their teeth
What fossilised dental plaque can reveal about ancient humans' diet, disease and environment could improve our future healthChristina Warinner is an archaeological geneticist. Based at the Centre for Evolutionary Medicine at the University...
Mystery bird: Eurasian bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula | @GrrlScientist
This Welsh mystery bird has stumped the local RSPB experts -- can you identify it?Eurasian bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula (protonym, Loxia Pyrrhula), Linnaeus, 1758, also known as the common bullfinch, north Eurasian bullfinch, northern...