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Alien life searchers conference SETICon 2 held in Santa Clara
SETICon 2, a conference unlike any other, ran this past weekend in Santa Clara, California. In attendance were people from all walks of life whose area of interest intersects on...
Desert mystery
There’s a mystery in the Syrian desert shielded by the conflict tearing apart the Middle Eastern nation.
New deglaciation data opens door for earlier First Americans migration
A new study of lake sediment cores from Sanak Island in the western Gulf of Alaska suggests that deglaciation there from the last Ice Age took place as much as...
Stonehenge was monument marking unification of Britain
After 10 years of archaeological investigations, researchers have concluded that Stonehenge was built as a monument to unify the peoples of Britain, after a long period of conflict and regional...
Album: A Tarbosaurus Travels from Auction to Courtroom
After millions of years in the ground, a tyrannosaur skeleton landed in an auction, then at the center of a lawsuit. Follow its journey in photos.
Inner Ears Reveal Speed of Early Primates
Scans of fossils suggest that human ancestors were faster and more agile than previously thought
Animal reservoir mystery solved
A team of scientists at Washington University in St. Louis has been keeping a wary eye on emerging tick-borne diseases in Missouri for the past dozen years, and they have...
Army Looks to Strike Foes with Lightning Weapon
The Army is testing a laser-guided lightning weapon that mimics how lightning leaps from clouds to the ground.
Why do so many cultures have a Bigfoot?
More than a quarter of Americans believe in Bigfoot, a recent poll found. They claim this legendary bipedal ape, a "long lost relative" of humans, evades detection in remote woodland...
Robots to join hunt for Earhart's plane
U.S. Navy warships and aircraft failed to find Amelia Earhart when the pioneering female aviator vanished in the South Pacific during her second attempt to fly around the world in...
Europe ponders future of ATV space truck
Crunch time for Europe's big space freighter
Roswell, Other Famous UFO Claims Get a Fresh Look
Investigators have addressed many of the most famous UFO and alien claims in history. Did they uncover any evidence?
Sniffing out a solution to smelly clothes
(Phys.org) -- University of Alberta scientists are using smelly gym clothes to understand how to build a better, odour-free garment.
At Freshkills Park, Borrowing Goats to Tackle a Weed Problem
The parks department is renting 20 goats to help fight stubborn phragmites at a Staten Island site that is soon to become Freshkills Park.
Prehistoric 'giant wombats' unearthed
BRISBANE, Australia, June 21 (UPI) -- Australian paleontologists say they've unearthed a large deposit of prehistoric "giant wombat" skeletons that provide clues to the species' extinction.
10 Most Not-So-Puzzling Ancient Artifacts #2: The Dropa Stones
The Dropa Stones are puzzling artifact #2 on the 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts list.These are “The” Dropa Stone images.What are the Dropa Stones? read more
Lab-engineered kidney project reaches early milestone
Regenerative medicine researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have reached an early milestone in a long-term project that aims to build replacement kidneys in the lab to help solve...
VIDEO: Ultrasound scan for pregnant pandas
Yuan Yuan is one of more than ten pregnant pandas in the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Centre having a pregnancy check.
Giant Ibex lived in the Southern Pyrenees after the Ice Age
The sub-species of the Iberian mountain goat Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica became extinct in the year 2000 before its biological and phytogenetic characteristics could be explored in depth. A new study...
Super-volcano may have doomed Neanderthals
A super-eruption of an Italian volcano that may have played a major role in the Neanderthals' fate was apparently even larger than thought, new research suggests.
Oxford awards honorary degree to Faust
“Penetrating mistress of the craft of history, who have advanced learning alike in your books and by your actions, I on my own authority and that of the whole university, admit you...
Scientists: climate change is causing decline of specialised plant species
Climate change has impacted on upland plants and vegetation over the past half century, new evidence from north west Scotland has revealed.
Stonehenge enjoys a moment in the sun at summer solstice
As worshippers and revellers descend, the Wiltshire landmark is thriving – inspiring bouncy art and more wild theories than everIn the 1930s there was an advertisement for an oil company that went: "Stonehenge...
Oracle chief buys Hawaiian island
Oracle boss Larry Ellison has bought a Hawaiian island from a fellow multi-billionaire businessman, the governor of the US Pacific Ocean state said Wednesday.
N. Zealand's 'night parrot' brought back from the brink
Flightless, slow-moving and at times more sexually attracted to humans than their own species, it's small wonder New Zealand's kakapo parrot is on the verge of extinction.
Op-Ed Contributor: Let’s Add a Little Dirt to Our Diet
There’s nothing wrong with a little good clean dirt in our food.
In Pictures: Inside one of Rio's favelas
The Rio shanty town where a calming of gang tensions brought cleanliness as well as peace
Pictures: New Terra-Cotta Warriors Found—And Unprecedented Armor
Dozens of new terra-cotta warriors have emerged from the burial of China's first emperor—along with the site's first known shield.