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Possible mammoth cemetery found in Serbia
Serbian archaeologists have discovered the remains of at least seven mammoths at a dig at an open pit mine, which could turn out to be a mammoth cemetery, lead archaeologist...
Bones evidence of warm-blooded dinosaurs
BARCELONA, Spain, June 28 (UPI) -- New evidence seen in mammal bones has overturned a long-time key argument for dinosaurs being cold-blooded creatures, a Spanish researcher says.
Panguite: mysterious mineral discovered in space rock
Geologists at Caltech have discovered an ancient mineral in a meteorite previously unknown to science
Did pre-human diet choice affect survival?
BALTIMORE, June 27 (UPI) -- A pre-human relative species ate only forest foods even though they lived near grassy savanna with tasty tubers and even juicy animals, U.S. researchers...
Roman, Celtic coin hoard worth $15 million
JERSEY, England, June 27 (UPI) -- Archaeologists in Britain say a hoard of Roman and Celtic coins worth $15 million has been unearthed on the island of Jersey.
Human Ancestors Ate Bark—Food in Teeth Hints at Chimplike Origins
Food stuck in prehistoric teeth suggest some of our forebears ate—and lived—a bit more like chimps than expected, a new study says.
Trees? Australopithecus Sediba Had A Caveman Diet You Want No Part Of
Australopithecus sediba, a short, gangly hominid that lived in South Africa 2 million years ago, had a diet unlike virtually all other known human ancestors - like trees and bushes.A...
East Asia's oldest farming site unearthed
South Korea's archaeological agency says it has unearthed evidence of East Asia's oldest known farming site.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: June 18, 2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: June 18, 2012 Mouse model of endemic Burkitt translocations reveals the long-range boundaries of Ig-mediated oncogene deregulation Alexander L. Kovalchuk, Camilo...
Ancient human ancestors had unique diet
When it came to eating, an upright, 2-million-year-old African hominid had a diet unlike virtually all other known human ancestors, says a new study.
Ancient text gives clue to mysterious radiation spike
Ancient text gives clue to mysterious radiation spikeNature News , 27062012 doi: 10.1038/nature.2012.10898Richard A. LovettEighth-century jump in carbon-14 levels in trees could be explained by "red crucifix" supernova.
First plant material found on ancient hominins' teeth
A 2 million-year-old mishap that befell two early members of the human family tree has provided the most robust evidence to date of what at least one pair of hominins...
VIDEO: Great, great grandfather of birds?
A new species of dinosaur has been unveiled in Buenos Aires which palaeontologists say could provide a link to modern-day birds.
Mysterious Structures Found in Syrian Desert
Strange rock arrangements found in the war-torn region are clearly deliberately aligned -- but why?
DuPont Says Claims Over Herbicide Hit the Millions
DuPont, which introduced a herbicide linked to the deaths of thousands of trees, said requests for compensation are running into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
X-ray vision uncovers hidden self portrait
A collaboration between scientists and art historians in Australia has uncovered a lost work of art by one of the country's most famous artists
the iron lady
Howard Peters takes a look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, an Oxford chemistry graduate who became the UK's only female prime minister
photo finish for olympicene
UK chemists have synthesised and imaged a molecule that closely resembles the Olympic rings
the profits of poison
Glenn King tells James Mitchell Crow that when it comes to spider venom he just can’t get enough
roche cuts 1000 jobs with us site closure
Streamlining strategy will see US oncology and virology research moved to Switzerland and Germany
The amazing weather man of the Lake District
The records of John Fletcher Miller reach the limelight at last. And, lo!, they are even more interesting than that seminal Whitehaven work, Lamposts I have knownWhitehaven's record office contains many wonderful documents...
Could Mohenjo Daro be lost forever?
Is burying this ancient city the only way to save it?
How mavericks blazed the Bruce Trail, Canada's longest footpath
It was 50 years ago that a bunch of Ontario nature lovers decided to cut a trail through the fossil-rich, 700-kilometre-long Niagara Escarpment to raise awareness of its beauty. The...
Over 150 natives occupy Amazon dam construction site
More than 150 indigenous people are occupying one of the construction sites for the huge Belo Monte hydro-electric dam across the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon, a local spokesman...
Prairie cordgrass: Highly underrated
When D.K. Lee and Lane Rayburn, faculty members in the crop sciences department at the University of Illinois, talk about prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata) they have difficulty containing their enthusiasm....
E. coli found in several rural Alberta areas
A Calgary lab executive is warning that Alberta could be the next location of an E. coli outbreak.
Oldest orangutan in North America dies
PHOENIX, June 25 (UPI) -- North America's oldest Bornean orangutan has died of lymphatic cancer at the age of 52, officials at the Phoenix Zoo said.
Seven summer books for smarties
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Just because it's summer doesn't mean you have to turn your brain off. And just because it's a science book doesn't mean it has to...