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Sea cows were once more plentiful and diverse
Today's sea cows are lonely: They share their habitat only with others of their species. This wasn't always the case, new research suggests. In the past, multiple species of sea...
Pass notes No 3,139: The Man in the Moon
Scientists have finally uncovered the reason why the satellite appears to have a face, and why that face is always looking back at usAge: As old as the first caveman's primitive cry...
Oldest animal with skeleton found
Scientists have found the world's oldest animal with a skeleton in Australia, providing a link between ancient and modern animals.
The joy of books [video] | @GrrlScientist
What happens in your local bookshop after the lights go out? What happens in your local bookshop after the lights go out? This magical freeze-frame video reveals the answer to that very...
Giant rock ends its journey to LACMA
Journalists from around the world and hundreds of onlookers, armed with cellphone cameras and noisemakers, turn out to welcome the 340-ton granite boulder as it arrives before dawn.After an arduous,...
Did Stone Age cavemen talk to each other in symbols?
Previously overlooked patterns in the cave art of southern France and Spain suggest that man might have learned written communication 25,000 years earlier than we thoughtVisit the caves of Pech Merle, Font-de-Gaume and...
Sellafield: 'Everything was contaminated: milk, chickens, the golf course'
Six decades after Britain's worst nuclear accident, an oral history of Sellafield reveals what it felt like to live near the plantI t says something for how Britain's nuclear establishment worked from the...
Who was Captain Lawrence Oates?
As a new exhibition dedicated to Antarctic explorer Capt Lawrence Oates opens, the BBC examines the man who entered the history books with his final famous words.
Mystery bird: orange-flanked bush-robin, Tarsiger cyanurus | @GrrlScientist
This small Chinese mystery bird is popping up in the most unlikely places all over the world (includes video & audio) Orange-flanked bush-robin, Tarsiger cyanurus (synonyms, Luscinia cyanura, Nemura cyanura and Ianthia cyanura;...
Dot Earth Blog: Students Seek Books For a Peopled Planet
A student-driven project builds a library for planetary stewards.
One box, two box, white box, blue box... [video] | @GrrlScientist
In this Caturday morning video smile, we check in with Maru, the Japanese Scottish-fold cat, and find he is inspecting rubbish recycle bins It's been awhile, so I thought you would enjoy visiting...
Las Vegas' Sprawling Growth Seen from Space
The gambling mecca has experienced significant growth over four decades.
5 things you should know about food expiry dates
Checking the "best before" and "expiry date" labels on foods is one of the first things consumers should do before throwing them in their grocery carts, but there are some...
Pimped out dinosaurs got the babes
The detailed feather pattern and color of Microraptor–a pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur that lived about 120 million years ago–had a glossy iridescent sheen. Its tail was narrow and...
Add To The Collection Of My Favorite Ratio
In another mirage of the Crystal Ball of Science, I noticed that few people of the next century will collect shells, coins, stamps, baseball cards or event memorabilia. Instead they...
It's an ancient armored fish vs. a flying reptile
An ancient armored fish was fossilized in the act of attacking and drowning a pterosaur in a toxic Jurassic lake, revealing that the winged reptiles were victims of a wide...
On the nature of modern thought
A long-lost poem found in a monastic library transmits across a millennium the ideas of an ancient Greek philosopher, changing the course of thought from the Renaissance through the modern age. The story...
Spring is arriving earlier, Thoreau tells us
Springtime in Concord, Mass., has changed since the town was home to Henry David Thoreau, and the writer himself has helped scientists figure out how.
Mystery bird: ringed teal, Callonetta leucophrys | @GrrlScientist
This London duck nests in tree cavities (includes video) Ringed teal, Callonetta leucophrys (protonym, Anas leucophrys), Vieillot, 1816, also known as the ring-necked teal and as the red-shouldered teal, photographed at the London...
Angry Birds go to outer space
Angry Birds are heading to outer space, and NASA is lending a hand.
Open for Business: UC Berkeley's New 'Skydeck' Incubator-Accelerator Inspires Startup Companies to Reach Markets Faster
Perched in the 10,000 square-foot penthouse of downtown Berkeley's tallest building, Berkeley Skydeck may have the best 360-degree views in the city, but it's what is happening inside this new...
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Names 2012 Honorees
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) will honor members who have made remarkable contributions this past year at the 141st TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, in Walt Disney World,...
New discovery shines light on the three faces of neutrinos
Neutrinos not only have mass, but they oscillate or change their identity as they travel. Scientists measured the third of three numbers that describe how these neutrinos change identity. Because...
Volvo Deploys World's First Pedestrian Airbag
Human pedestrians may get a fighting chance with a pedestrian airbag that deploys during car accidents.
World record find: Oldest evidence of lobsters living together discovered in gas shale
(PhysOrg.com) -- Discovering direct animal behavior from the fossil record can only be done in exceptional circumstances. Such circumstances exist in the German Posidonia gas shale from the Jurassic period...
Green Blog: 2 Manmade Marshes: One Planted, One Left to Nature
Ultimately, the plant life that flourished in each marsh was roughly identical. But the unplanted one sequestered more carbon.
Brucellosis pathogen persists in Botswana buffalo
The term "bush meat" conjures up images of exotic animals hunted by men in traditional dress using handmade weapons. But in reality, bush meat is a lot closer to our...
Multiple species of seacows once coexisted
Sirenians, or seacows, are a group of marine mammals that include manatees and dugongs; Today, only one species of seacow is found in each world region. Scientists have discovered that...