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"Anonymous" hurt by arrests but hard to kill
LONDON (Reuters) - In turning one of its best-known hackers into an informant and breaking open the highest profile elements of the "Anonymous" movement, authorities have dealt a serious blow...
Burial ground is slave trade reminder
BRISTOL, England, March 8 (UPI) -- British archaeologists say they've discovered a relic of the 19th century slave trade, unearthing a slave burial ground on a remote South Atlantic...
'Tight' cultures may hold back women
TORONTO, March 8 (UPI) -- The cultural "tightness" of a country can hold back female leadership -- but not always, a Canadian study has found.
Genetic tests show Central Australian palm trees diverged from Northern trees more recently than thought
(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, tourists visiting central Australia’s famous Alice Springs have been told that the palm trees in the area are relics left over from the days millions of...
If he builds it, the artists come
The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts is one of the most famous buildings at Harvard. And like many important structures, Le Corbusier’s only North American masterpiece has been preserved down to the...
Clams, snails, and squids, oh my!
Escargot, anyone? The Harvard Museum of Natural History is offering a molluskan feast — for the eyes, anyway — in the new exhibit “Mollusks: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm,” which recently opened...
When prejudices become a disadvantage
(PhysOrg.com) -- Swiss researchers from ETH Zurich have been exploring the question of whether prejudices might be rational under certain conditions. Using game theory, they created various scenarios and played...
Barking up the wrong tree
Besides attacking North Americas lodgepole pines, a combination of climate change and the mountain pine beetle are threatening to wipe out the remaining population of Albertas whitebark pinea tree endangered...
Forensics study in Texas focuses on vultures
(AP) -- For more than five weeks, a woman's body lay undisturbed in a secluded Texas field. Then a frenzied flock of vultures descended on the corpse and reduced...
Los Angeles Zoo's new reptile house to open
The LAIR — for Living Amphibians, Invertebrates and Reptiles — was five years in the making and will be one of just a few reptile houses to open in North...
Why should we care about the new iPad?
While retina displays and A5X processors may sound like unimportant trivialities, they are in fact small pieces of a puzzle that, when fitted together, point to the future of computing...
Ocean life adapts to hydrothermal seeps
LA JOLLA, Calif., March 7 (UPI) -- Scientists say strange creatures live in an area of deep sea off Costa Rica where two extreme environments collide.
Niger rare giraffe population makes a comeback
The last West African giraffes, now living in the wild only in southwestern Niger, are making a comeback with numbers standing at 310 last year, the environment ministry said here...
Trouble at the text mine
Trouble at the text mineNature 483, 134 07032012 doi: 10.1038/483134aRichard Van NoordenComputers can rapidly scan through thousands of research papers to make useful connections, but work is being slowed by...
Dinosaur guts reveal velociraptor's last meal
A pterosaur bone was discovered in the gut of the skeletal remains of a Velociraptor that lived in what is now the Gobi Desert
Chancellor Merkel speaks with André in space
The world's largest IT trade show opened on Monday with a live call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to ESA astronaut André Kuipers on the International Space Station. Students from...
Mechanism for Burgess Shale-type preservation
The Burgess Shale of British Columbia is arguably the most important fossil deposit in the world, providing an astounding record of the Cambrian "Explosion," the rapid flowering of complex life...
Traditional bra-fitting doesn't give the best fit, study reveals
Women shopping for new bras should throw away the tape-measure and focus on how the garment fits, according to new research.
Lower jaw shape reflects dietary differences between human populations
New research from the University suggests that many of the common orthodontic problems experienced by people in industrialised nations is due to their soft modern diet causing the jaw to...
Study over 145-year period: Murder-suicides occur at home, in close relationships
(PhysOrg.com) -- After examining murder-suicides over a 145-year period, a Ball State research team has found the majority of such acts occur in the home and the perpetrator and victim...
Horse racing: Scientists say secret of success is the pack
Racehorses that stay in the pack longest before breaking for the final sprint have the best chance of earning prize money, scientists said on Wednesday.
Basque roots revealed through DNA analysis
The Genographic Project has announced the most comprehensive analysis to date of Basque genetic patterns, showing that Basque genetic uniqueness predates the arrival of agriculture in the Iberian Peninsula some...
Boundless Carpet of Worms Coats Bizarre Deep-Sea Vent
A strange undersea world off Costa Rica.
Foot fossil dates life's emergence on land
BURNMOUTH, Scotland, March 6 (UPI) -- A fossil foot found in Scotland pushes back the timeline for the appearance of the first four-legged creatures to spend their lives on...
"Cute" Tropical Camels: Prehistoric Species Found in Panama
Two new species of tiny, tropical camels with croc-like snouts have been found in Panama, a new study says.
In Sicily, a Treasure Trove of Wine Yeast
Diverse microbes hiding in the island's vineyards help impart unique characteristics to its wine
Americans More Likely than Canadians to Believe in Bigfoot
A new poll has found that Americans are more likely than Canadians to believe in Bigfoot, while Scots believe in the Loch Ness monster more so than the English.
Pass notes No 3,137: Pikaia gracilens
It's tiny worm with tentacles – and it's related to all of us. That's the beauty of evolutionAge: 505m years.Appearance: A bit like a worm, a bit like an eel, a bit like...