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Was well-buried woolly mammoth cached for food by Ice Age humans?
The well-preserved body of a strawberry blond mammoth discovered in Northern Siberia is revealing new insights into the lives of mammoths and Ice Age humans.
Possible Shakespeare signature examined
WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- High-tech examination of a historic document may have revealed the signature of William Shakespeare -- or the work of a clever forger, U.S. researchers...
Mummy coffin covers seized in Israel
Inspectors of the Unit for Prevention of Antiquities Robbery found the artifacts while checking shops in a marketplace in the Old City of Jerusalem
Lego pirate proves, survives, super rogue wave
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have used a Lego pirate floating in a fish tank to demonstrate for the first time that so-called super rogue waves can come from nowhere in apparently...
Humans used fire 1 million years ago, says study
Ash and burnt bones found in a South African cave suggest fires frequently burned there
VIDEO: Animal Body Worlds exhibit opens
An exhibition at London's Natural History Museum is giving visitors the opportunity to see underneath animals' skin.
Deep ocean mysteries and wonders [video] | @GrrlScientist
Marine biologist David Gallo shows tantalising glimpses of the water world that he knows and loves, from volcanoes to the remains of the Titanic As a child, one of my favourite books...
Peter M. Douglas dies at 69; California Coastal Commission chief
For more than 25 controversial years, Peter M. Douglas fought to preserve California's shoreline as well as the independence of the powerful regulatory agency he helped create.As a child crossing...
Incisive research links teeth with diet
You are what you eat is truism that has been given new impetus by "cutting edge" research that reveals your teeth are literally shaped by your food.
FOR KIDS: Dino drama
Scientists study skulls to determine whether Triceratops and Torosaurus were two different species
Country diary: Wenlock Edge: A flash of white that offers something more than hope
Wenlock Edge: The pulse quickens at the first signs of spring – bluesy speedwells, forget-me-nots and, most heartening of all, white violetsIn woodland shadow, a flash of white, the only thing that can't...
Proposed Lab Ignites Fears
National Lab: Groups raise concerns about Lawrence Berkeley Lab’s plan to combine research labs
New light shone on photosynthesis
One of the outstanding questions of the early Earth is how ancient organisms made the transition from anoxygenic (no oxygen produced) to oxygenic photosynthesis. Scientists have now moved closer to...
Mystery bird: common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula | @GrrlScientist
This Ethiopian mystery bird is very similar to a North American species (includes several videos) Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula (synonyms, Charadrius hiaticulus and Aegialitis hiaticula), Linnaeus, 1758, also known as the great...
Art Gallery of Ontario joins Google Art Project
The Toronto-based Art Gallery of Ontario is the first Canadian museum to join the Google Art Project, which allows access to its collections over the internet.
Pictures We Love: Best of March
See National Geographic photo editors' ten favorite pictures from the past month—from a tornado-hit house to an eye-popping Easter tree.
Which bright spark invented the barbecue? We'll never know for sure | John Crace
There's evidence for South Africa giving birth to wood-fired cuisine, but prehistory's real pioneers may never get their creditSome time around one million years ago, a couple of the brighter members of homo...
SA thief dehorns fibreglass rhino
A thief in South Africa cuts the horn off a fibreglass rhino during a burglary at a lodge in a game reserve in the Eastern Cape.
Alleged cougar spotted in southern Ontario
People living in the southern most part of Ontario insist a cougar is prowling in their midst.
Doping expert quits on 'muzzling'
A leading scientist tells the BBC he is resigning from an expert body overseeing the athlete's biological passport because he is being "muzzled".
AUDIO: Aquatic dinosaur theory debated
Science correspondent Tom Feilden reports on a new theory that dinosaurs actually lived in shallow water
Charles Darwin: my favourite scientist [video] | @GrrlScientist
Charles Darwin was an English naturalist who is known as the co-discoverer, along with Alfred Russel Wallace, of the Theory of Evolution. His ideas about evolution also have made a deep impact upon...
Taiwan find may throw light on Pacific settlers
Taiwanese archaeologists working on an islet off China have unearthed the remains of a Stone Age male who may provide clues about ancient people who eventually dispersed throughout the entire...
You show up, and millions of microbes launch
Merely walking into a room can begin to stir up the microbial soup that fills it — one person can send about 37 million bacteria into the air every hour,...
Explosion At German Chemical Plant Kills Two
Environment: Billowing smoke, butadiene leak force nearby residents indoors
Kim Dotcom allowed back online in New Zealand
(AP) -- The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, is being allowed back online.
Are the Parthenon marbles really so special?
Once again there are calls for these grand sculptures to be returned to Greece. But the repatriation of historical artefacts is rarely straightforwardThe British Museum has had only one request to return something from its...
Quest for Fire Began Earlier Than Thought
New study indicates humans tamed the flame at least 1 million years ago