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Space Shuttle Enterprise Wows New Yorkers at Intrepid Museum
The Intrepid Museum's Space Shuttle Pavilion officially opened to the public today.
Unesco to Give Science Prize Financed By Obiang
The dictator of Equatorial Guinea has been accused by rights groups of embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars from his tiny, impoverished but oil-rich West African state.
A Conversation With Chris Stringer: Chris Stringer on the Origins and Rise of Modern Humans
Chris Stringer answers questions about the evidence of interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens and the extinct species of little people nicknamed the hobbits.
Secrets of dinosaur diet examined
BRISTOL, England, July 16 (UPI) -- Using technology more usually found in the automotive and aviation fields, British researchers say they've determined the eating habits of dinosaurs.
The Birdman of Skomer: 'Guillemots are basically people' - video
Tim Birkhead talks to Steven Morris about his 40-year study of Amos guillemots on the tiny, uninhabited island of Skomer in WalesSteven MorrisCameron Robertson
Elizabethan Rose theatre set to bloom again
Plans to excavate the final third of the Bankside site could see the theatre fully restored in time for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death in 1616The Rose Theatre, one of the...
New 'Iron Age' discoveries made
New discoveries are fuelling speculation among experts that the area around Inverness was important for prehistoric iron production.
Sparrow | Book Review | @GrrlScientist
A lovely exploration of sparrows, the scientific insights they inspire and how they influence human cultureRegardless of where you go, there they are. In bushes, in parking lots, on sidewalks, underfoot. They're chirping,...
Meet 'Dr Love', the scientist exploring what makes people good or evil
Paul Zak, a world expert on oxytocin, or what he calls the 'moral molecule', talks about his researchThe American academic Paul Zak is renowned among his colleagues for two things that he...
Stephen Emmott: overpopulation is at the root of all the planet's troubles
Science has not shouted out about unchecked human expansion. Now, one professor will proclaim its dangers on stageStephen Emmott is a professor of computing at Oxford University and head of Microsoft's Computational Science...
DNA test didn't give much detail
My £170 report was so general it could apply to a large swath of the British population – I expected moreI applied for a DNA test from BritainsDNA for £170. Its website...
Who was first? New info on North America's earliest residents
New evidence from caves in Oregon may finally put to rest the long-held theory that the early people who made Clovis spear points were the first inhabitants of North America.
Australia surfer killed by shark
A man is killed by a shark while surfing off the coast of Western Australia, in the fifth such attack in less than a year.
New skeleton find believed to be 2 million years old
South African scientists will share the country’s latest fossil discovery with the world using live virtual technology. Scientists from the [...]
Remains of 15 found in ancient Mexican settlement
Archaeologists in Mexico City have unearthed the skulls and other bones of 15 people, most of them the children of traveling merchants during Aztec times.
Most endangered mammal? Probably lemurs
Of all the world's animals living on the verge of extinction, Madagascar's lemurs are teetering closest to the brink.
In the mind of the psychopath
Ice cold, hard and emotionless. Such is the psychopath – we think. Until we get a glimpse behind the mask. Researchers have for decades been almost unanimous in their accord...
Batman on the Couch: Psychologist Analyzes Comic Book Character
He dresses like a bat, fights crime vigilante style and lives a lonely life. Is Batman mentally ill?
New Books Party: books received this week | @GrrlScientist
This week I tell you about Galileo, the Philosophy of Physics, Antarctica and much more!Below the jump, I mention the books that I received in the mail recently. These are the books...
BYU professor, grad help discover rare mosaic in ancient Jewish synagogue
(Phys.org) -- In late June, archaeologists discovered a rare mosaic floor in a synagogue in the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq, near the Sea of Galilee.
African Art Inspired By the Cosmos on Display at DC Museum
The exhibit features ancient and contemporary art inspired by the cosmos.
World Briefing | Africa: South Africa: Nearly Complete Skeleton of Human Ancestor Found
The skeleton is thought to be around two million years old and it is not certain whether the species was a direct ancestor of humans’ genus, Homo, or simply a...
Oval eggs suggest dinosaur/bird link
BARCELONA, Spain, July 12 (UPI) -- The discovery of dinosaur eggs with a unique shape -- they are oval -- suggests a link between dinosaurs and modern birds, Spanish...
Has the F-22 oxygen problem been solved?
Maj. Gen. Charles Lyon, the man in charge of the F-22 investigation, believes they have an answer
U.S. returns stolen artifacts to Peru
U.S. authorities returned 14 stolen and looted paintings and artifacts to Peru on Thursday, including four archaeological items more than 2,000 years old.
Amazon due for numerous species extinctions
Massive deforestation has led to an "extinction debt" that will be paid by disappearing species
Genomes and fossil faeces track the first Americans
Genomes and fossil faeces track the first AmericansNature News , 12072012 doi: 10.1038/nature.2012.11006Ewen CallawayCoprolites from Oregon and Native American DNA suggest that North and South America were colonized in...
A Million-Year Hard Disk
Scientists develop a sapphire disk to warn future archaeologists against radioactive sites