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That big asteroid was even bigger
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Radar readings indicate that the asteroid 2012 LZ1, which zipped past Earth a week ago, is twice as big as previously thought but won't pose...
'Uncanny Valley' Pioneer Rethinks Creepy Objects
A Japanese robotics pioneer who first described the uncanny valley says he finds the faces of dead humans and Buddha statues more comforting than living humans.
Solar plane team awaits date for new Moroccan flight
The team behind the Solar Impulse, the solar-powered aircraft that was forced to turn back during a desert flight in Morocco, said Thursday they were working on a new date...
Oldest census record of Japan discovered
DAZAIFU, Japan, June 13 (UPI) -- Archaeologists say wooden tablets found in southwestern Japan and dated to the seventh century are believed to be the oldest census record in...
Woolly mammoths wiped out by multiple killers
The animals were apparently driven to extinction by a multitude of culprits, including climate change and human hunters
Ancient story of Dartmoor tors has an ice-cold twist
Ice extended further across the UK than previously thought and played a part in sculpting the rocky landscape of Dartmoor in South West England during the last Ice Age, according...
Live Chat: The Science of Fatherhood
Talk to experts about what the latest research says on the origins and biology of being a dad
Blurring the line between man and machine
In the last few years a small piece of science-fiction has become science-fact. In a recent study a woman, paralysed [...]
Mysterious, Unclaimed Civil War Images
The Museum of the Confederacy released several photos of unidentified soldiers and their families — do any look familiar?
Mammoths didn't go out with a bang
Mammoths didn't go out with a bangNature News , 12062012 doi: 10.1038/nature.2012.10820Brian SwitekStudy suggests Beringia’s shaggy behemoths went extinct after a slow and gradual decline.
Neil Shubin Alert:: Human Spine Shape Found In Aquatic Eel Fossil
At Science 2.0, we often joke that biologist Neil Shubin from the University of Chicago can make anything about fish. That's because we've never heard him not able to make...
International team starts sea-based asteroid drills
An international team of aquanauts has begun training at a lab deep in the Atlantic Ocean for an eventual visit to an asteroid, NASA said.
Richard Dawkins says he wants evolution to be 'the new classics'
Accepting an award from the British Humanists Association, Dawkins predicted great things for future scholars of evolutionRichard Dawkins has been the recipient of numerous honours and prizes, including the Kistler Prize, the Shakespeare...
Shape of countries appears to have had an impact on cultural diversity
(Phys.org) -- Back in 1997 Jared Diamond published a book called Guns, Germs and Steel. In it, he argued that Eurasian civilizations tended to dominate their neighbors throughout history because they were broader,...
Phillip Tobias, 86, WhoIdentified Remains Related to Humans, Dies
Dr. Tobias, a South African paleoanthropologist who fiercely opposed apartheid, set the benchmark for meticulous analyses of fossil remains.
Notebooks Shed Light on Antibiotic’s Contested Discovery
A lab notebook discovered in a dusty archive at Rutgers may help settle a 70-year argument over credit for the Nobel-winning discovery of streptomycin.
Traces of ancient impact on Earth found
WASHINGTON, June 11 (UPI) -- Researchers say they've found evidence of an extraterrestrial impact on Earth 13,000 years ago that may have been involved in a major life extinction...
New evidence supports theory of extraterrestrial impact
Scientists have discovered melt-glass material in a thin layer of sedimentary rock in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Syria. According to the researchers, the material -- which dates back nearly 13,000...
Q & A: Can Melanoma Survivors Donate Their Organs?
With today’s severe organ shortages, many transplant centers now consider donors who had an earlier-stage melanoma and who remained cancer-free for a long period.
Country diary: Brue Valley, Somerset: Oilseed rape's yellow outburst amid traditional Somerset levels scenery
Brue Valley, Somerset: Some deplore the great seasonal outburst of yellow as spoiling the native scene, but a woman walking her dog on the river bank was struck by its beautyWhere the...
Rapidly Cooling Eggs Ups Shelf Life, Cuts Risk of Illness
Taking just a few seconds to cool freshly laid eggs would add weeks to their shelf life, according to a Purdue University study.
Peabody Museum’s new director
Professor Jeffrey Quilter will be the next William and Muriel Seabury Howells Director of the Peabody Museum, beginning July 1. Quilter has been the Peabody Museum’s deputy director for curatorial affairs,...
Books on Science: ‘Gifts of the Crow’ and ‘Bird Sense’: The Lives of the Winged Set
From crows that stick pellets of dung in deer ears, to robins that can hear for worms, two new books offer remarkable stories and insight on the winged creatures.
Corporate political giving doesn't pay: study
Sixteenth-century European explorers probed the jungles and valleys of South America in search of El Dorado, the legendary lost city of gold, but came up empty-handed. Corporate political supporters may...
Archaeologists uncover forgotten Annapolis immigration conflict
University of Maryland archaeologists are uncovering a forgotten period of racial tension in Annapolis pitting Filipino immigrants against African Americans.
Vital Signs: Patterns: Racial Gap in Life Expectancy at All-Time Low
The gap in life expectancy between whites and blacks in America has narrowed, reaching the lowest point ever recorded, a new study shows.
The Antikythera time machine
Leonardo da Vinci may have left behind sketches of helicopters, tanks and submarines but it is rare that we find actual artifacts that seem so way ahead of their time....
China's Wuhan city covered in mysterious haze
Young and old residents of the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan were advised to stay indoors on Monday after a thick haze blanketed the city of nine million people, official media...