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Six Super Bowl apps you must have
It will be New York Giants vs. New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, now the only thing left to do is prepare for your big game celebration.
Lego man in space: one (very) small step - video
Two teenagers from Toronto sent a Lego man carrying a Canadian flag into the stratosphere
Oldest dinosaur nest discovered
A 190-million-year-old dinosaur nest has been unearthed in South Africa, revealing information about the reproduction of early dinosaurs.
Ancient fish traps in Russia described
MOSCOW, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- An international team of archaeologists has discovered 7,500-year-old fish seines and traps near Moscow, said to be the oldest in Europe.
Medieval mass grave hints at gruesome secret
Were the decapitated remains found in southern England the final resting place of 11 century Viking mercenaries?
Straus Center curator recognized
Francesca Bewer has won the 2012 College Art Association/Heritage Preservation Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation. Bewer is research curator in the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies...
Underwater archaeology: Hunt for the ancient mariner
Underwater archaeology: Hunt for the ancient marinerNature 481, 426 25012012 doi: 10.1038/481426aJo MarchantArmed with high-tech methods, researchers are scouring the Aegean Sea for the world's oldest shipwrecks.
Elk Island bison head to Montana
Bison calves from Elk Island National Park are headed to the American Plains Reserve in Montana to help with herd conservation efforts.
OPINION: Googling the past: how I uncovered prehistoric remains from my office
New technology is helping archaeologists to discove some of the world's most ancient sites - without leaving their desks.
Cultural history holds back Chinese research
Cultural history holds back Chinese researchNature 481, 411 25012012 doi: 10.1038/481411aPeng GongConfucius and Zhuang have produced a culture in China that values isolation and inhibits curiosity. Neither is good for...
Feather color suggests dinosaur flight
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers studying the winged dinosaur Archaeopteryx say they've found evidence the creature's feathers were rigid and durable enough to allow it to...
Neanderthals and their contemporaries engineered stone tools
(PhysOrg.com) -- New published research from anthropologists at the University of Kent has scientifically supported for the first time the long held theory that early human ancestors across Africa, Western...
Wasp found in upstate New York shows up in Southern California
In August 2010, an entomologist at the University of California, Riverside discovered a tiny fairyfly wasp in upstate New York that had never been seen in the United States until...
Just a few ancestors give Thoroughbreds speed
Thoroughbred horses owe their amazing sprinting capabilities to just a couple of ancestors, according to a new study that traces the genetics of these racehorses.
Mystery bird: Fan-tailed raven, Corvus rhipidurus | @GrrlScientist
This Ethiopian mystery bird has several characters that set it apart from its congeners Fan-tailed raven, Corvus rhipidurus, E. Hartert, 1918, photographed at Debre Libanos, a monastery northwest of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Africa)....
Research team finds evidence of red ochre use by Neanderthals 200,000 years ago
(PhysOrg.com) -- Until recently, archeologists have thought of Neanderthals, an early relative of humans, as thick, slow thinking and likely uncreative. Now, new evidence dispels part of that image. Archeologists...
ScienceShot: Tulip-Shaped Creature Found in Canadian Rockies
Bizarre animal anchored itself to bottom of Cambrian seas
Scientists discover new clue to chemical origins of life
Organic chemists have made a significant advance towards establishing the origin of the carbohydrates (sugars) that form the building blocks of life. The researchers have re-created a process which could...
Horseshoe crabs are one of nature's great survivors
It may look like something out of a science fiction movie, but the horseshoe crab is definitely real. In fact it is one of natures great survivors, lasting through 3...
How the European conquest affected Native Americans
Researchers from Germany and the United States suggest that the European conquest triggered the loss of more than half the Native American population. The results of their study provide new...
Decision due in Megaupload founder's N.Z. bail bid
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is set to learn Wednesday if he will remain behind bars in New Zealand while US authorities seek his extradition on allegations of massive copyright theft.
Ancient dog skull gives domestication clue
TUCSON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- A 33,000-year-old dog skull found in a Siberian cave is among the oldest evidence of dog domestication ever found, researchers say.
Explosive Volcano May Lurk Beneath Death Valley
New evidence reveals a Death Valley crater is far younger than thought, and could be ready to blow.
Istanbul Yields a Treasure Trove in Ancient Bathonea
Bathonea, a harbor town dating from the second century B.C., was discovered by archaeologists on a peninsula jutting into Lake Kucukcekmece.
Dog skull dates back 33,000 years
If you think a Chihuahua doesn’t have much in common with a Rottweiler, you might be on to something. An ancient dog skull, preserved in a cave in the Altai...
After Homelessness, Honors From a National Science Fair
Samantha Garvey, an 18-year-old senior in Long Island, was named a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search for her work with mussels.
Digitizing the Past
Collaborating with the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), an archaeologist and his team work to develop high-tech, digital solutions to preserve ancient sites.
Remarkable Creatures: At La Brea Tar Pits, Relics From Long Before Freeways
At the La Brea Tar Pits, fossils preserved in tar provide a time capsule of the creatures that roamed Southern California 10,000 to 40,000 years ago.