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Finding love has no expiration date: People over 60 are fastest growing demographic in online dating
People may think that online dating is only for the young, but individuals over the age of 60 are the fastest growing demographic in online dating. However, they may be...
2012 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Awarded to Books That Explore Lincoln's Relationship with Border States, Jag Joseph Holt
The 2012 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize has been announced, and the $50,000 prize will go to co-winners William C. Harris of North Carolina State University, for "Lincoln and the Border...
Trouble afloat: Ocean plastics
On one of the world’s most remote islands, the carcasses of dead albatrosses show how completely humanity has fouled the oceans. Photos of decomposing birds show bones, a ring of feathers, and...
Sonic Cradle lands spot in TED exhibition
A Simon Fraser University graduate student project that melds music, meditation and modern technology has landed a rare spot as an exhibit at TEDActive 2012 in Palm Springs, California this...
Donations Add Teeth To St. Lawrence Anthropology Class
St. Lawrence University Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology Mindy Pitre asked dentists to donate teeth to help students learn identification techniques.
Found: The Oldest Animal Ever on Planet Earth
Otavia antiqua could be the earliest human ancestor, predating the previous earliest known animal by tens of millions of years. Our earliest evolutionary ancestor may have been found in the form of microscopic...
Chilean miners' rescue capsule on show in London
The capsule used to rescue Chilean miners trapped underground for two months goes on display Saturday at the Science Museum in London -- the first time it has been seen...
The question of life in the ancient world
Theres a general feeling that we dont get the Greeks ancient or modern. Many, including heads of state like Angela Merkel, visibly shake their head in exasperation, rightly or...
Bad News For Kids: Your Favorite Dinosaur Did Not Exist
I am pleased to present once again an interesting TED talk. O.K., the talk is a little on the slow side, but Jack Horner’s Shape Shifting Dinosaurs is worth watching,...
Survival of the Beautiful by David Rothenberg - review
An exceptional study shows patterns in natureSomething is stirring in art and science that could have major consequences for our whole culture. Endless Forms, the 2009 Darwin exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge,...
Sinister Sparkle Gallery: 13 Mysterious & Cursed Gemstones
Diamonds and rubies and sapphires, oh my! All of these 13 precious stones are famous for their beauty and worth, but some are infamous for the misfortune they're believed to...
Rare pygmy crocodiles found in new areas
Conservationists working in Uganda are finding new areas that are home to one of the least known crocodilians in Africa, the pygmy Nile crocodile.
New supercontinent in Earth's future
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The earth's next supercontinent will form as North and South America fuse together and head for an eventual collision with Europe and...
Mystery bird: crimson-collared tanager, Ramphocelus sanguinolentus | @GrrlScientist
This dramatic little Central American mystery bird is notable because it has no sister species Crimson-collared tanager, Ramphocelus sanguinolentus (synonyms, Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta and Tachyphonus sanguinolentus; protonym,Tanagra sanguinolentus), Lesson, 1831, photographed at the Arenal Volcano...
Is this Iceland's River Worm?
Scotland has the Loch Ness monster, Canada the Sasquatch. And in Iceland, the national mystery creature is known as the River Worm.
Arnold Sanderson obituary
My father, Arnold Sanderson, who has died aged 78, and my mother, Dorothy, were together for more than 61 years. They fell in love as teenagers when Mum had to attend the...
Mexican experts excited to find ancient home ruins
The ruins aren't particularly impressive, just some stone and clay footings for houses that probably supported walls of wood or clay wattle. And it's that very ordinariness that has experts...
New Zealand team finds early plant arrivers dominated landscape
(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems intuitive that not all plant species could have taken a foothold on land at the same time all those millions of years ago as conditions on Earth evolved...
Hunting could hurt genetic diversity of sandhill cranes, research suggests
(PhysOrg.com) -- As Wisconsin lawmakers debate whether to establish a hunting season for sandhill cranes, they may want to consider more than just the sheer number of birds, suggests a...
Bird populations near Fukushima are more diminished than expected
(PhysOrg.com) -- Low-level radiation in Fukushima Prefecture appears to have had immediate effects on bird populations, and to a greater degree than was expected from a related analysis of Chernobyl,...
VIDEO: Tribes untouched by civilisation
Saving the mysterious Amazon tribes untouched by modern world
Mighty Martian meteorite lands at UK's Natural History Museum
A rare Martian meteorite that could help unravel the mysteries of Mars has arrived at the Natural History Museum in London today, obtained with the support of a donor.
New "Porta Potty" Flower Discovered
A new relative of the "corpse flower" growing in Madagscar smells like rotting meat and feces, researchers say.
America and Asia 'will join up'
Researchers say most of the world's continents will merge somewhere over the Pacific 'ring of fire' in 50-200 million years
Mystery bird: Canada goose, Branta canadensis & cackling goose, B. hutchinsii | @GrrlScientist
These two North American species appear nearly identical, except for their extreme size difference Foreground: cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii (synonym, Branta canadensis hutchinsii; protonym, Anser Hutchinsii), Richardson, 1832, also known as the Baffin Canada...
Coffee grounds can make sewage less stinky
For coffee lovers, the first cup of the morning is one of life’s best aromas. But did you know that the leftover grounds could eliminate one of the worst smells...
Royal Society seeks young people to choose prize-winning science book | @GrrlScientist
The Royal Society is inviting youth groups to help select the winner of the 2012 Royal Society Young People's Book PrizeYou may recall the video I recently shared with you about the...
Study: Ocean fish may have freshwater ancestor
Most saltwater fish seem to have evolved from a common freshwater ancestor, despite all life originating oceans, study finds