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Video: Assange Denies Knowing Manning
Katie Couric asks WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange what he hoped to accomplish by leaking the U.S. documents, whether he knew the private who allegedly supplied them, and the rape charges...
2nd study traces Haitian cholera to South Asia
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Scientists reported Thursday the strongest evidence yet that a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 2,000 people in Haiti can be...
America’s colonial hydrologic history recreated
Once lost in the mists of time, the colonial hydrology of the northeastern U.S. has been reconstructed by a team of geoscientists, biological scientists and social scientists. The results, which...
Study: Dinosaurs spread as forests shrank
LONDON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The collapse of ancient rainforest 300 million years ago helped clear the way for the rise and proliferation of dinosaurs, British researchers say.
Science sees further: How science will answer some of the world's biggest questions
Science is an unending quest for understanding: as old questions are settled, new ones come into sharper focus.I've been lucky to meet and interact with a variety of people at the Royal...
Mystery dissolves with calcium pump discovery
Geo-microbiologists from Arizona State University have solved a long-standing conundrum about how some photosynthetic microorganisms, endolithic cyanobacteria, bore their way into limestone, sand grains, mussel shells, coral skeletons and other...
Germany faces massive power grid overhaul
BERLIN, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Germany is facing an unprecedented overhaul of its power grid, a new study suggests.
Space technologies help historians to virtually reassemble tomb monuments
A group of Renaissance Tomb-Monuments in Suffolk is being analysed with tools developed in Space Science, to unlock their mysterious past and offer new insights into the Tudor Reformation.
Extinctions feared as ocean dead zone grow
Scientists fear the planet is on the brink of another mass extinction as ocean dead zones continue to grow in size and number.
Humans, climate change responsible for megafauna extinctions: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- The impacts of humans, through protracted hunting, were probably decisive in the extinction of Australian megafauna around 40,000 years ago, but climate change and fire activity probably fuelled...
Exhibit brings fossils to life
Ailsa Barry explains how augmented reality can be used to bring exhibits to life
Dinosaur fossils brought to life by interactive film
Dinosaurs and other extinct creatures are brought to life in a new interactive film being shown by the the UK's Natural History Museum in London.
Discovering the secrets of Stonehenge
A revolutionary new idea on the movement of big monument stones like those at Stonehenge has been put forward by an archaeology student. He discovered that many of the late...
Screening tool may better identify heart disease in African-Americans
CHICAGO -- In a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), researchers say they may have an explanation as to...
Ancient flying reptiles soared gently
BRISTOL, England, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Giant pterosaurs, ancient flying reptiles, were at their best in gentle tropical breezes, soaring over hillsides and coastlines, a British researcher says.
Apes unwilling to gamble when odds are uncertain
Humans are known to play it safe in a situation when they aren't sure of the odds, or don't have confidence in their judgments. We don't like to choose the...
Amazon biodiversity linked to Andes
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The Amazon Basin's impressive biodiversity was started by the creation of the Andes, pushing its beginnings earlier than previously thought, a researcher says.
400-Year-Old Personalized Pipes Found at Jamestown
Bearing perhaps the earliest printing in English America and an Indian design, the pipes may have been made to butter up British bigwigs.
Rutgers scientists: Asteroids did kill the dinosaurs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes, you just cant trust the iridium. A silvery-white natural metal thats a member of the platinum family, iridium is a key ingredient in the manufacture of spark...
Blast from the past: Jack pine genetics support a coastal glacial refugium
Can a road-trip across eastern North America, ancient ice sheets, and DNA samples unlock the ancestral history of jack pine trees? Julie Godbout and colleagues from the Université Laval,...
Killer shrimp found at two sites
A "killer" shrimp that feeds on native counterparts, young fish and insect larvae has been found at two sites in Wales, says the Environment Agency.
Afghanistan's treasure comes to the British Museum
Exhibition includes golden artefacts that were thought lost as war engulfed the countrySome of Afghanistan's most beautiful treasures will be on display at the British Museum this spring, including a crown made for...
Remarkable preservation of African fossils explained
The mystery of how an abundance of fossils have been marvelously preserved for nearly half a billion years in a remote region of Africa has been solved by a team...
Mystery bird: yellow-throated longclaw, Macronyx croceus
This beautiful African mystery bird closely resembles the Meadowlarks which are found in North America due to a phenomenon known as convergent evolutionYellow-throated longclaw, Macronyx croceus, photographed at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania, Africa. Image:...
Q&A with the Chronicler of Homophobia's Disappearance
Among the youth of America and England, homophobia is going extinct, according to sociologist Eric Anderson.
Sea noise adventures
In 1953, Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau published his groundbreaking book The Silent World, which has since sold five million copies and captured the imagination of generations of armchair adventurers. While breathtaking...
Amazonian biodiversity much older than originally thought
Amazonia's huge biodiversity originated with the formation of the Andes and, as such, dates back further than previously realised, claims an article written by an international research group, headed by...
Britton Chance Dies at 97; Biophysicist and Olympian
Dr. Chance, who did pioneering research on how living organisms produce and manage energy, was also a world-class yachtsman and won an Olympic gold medal in sailing in 1952.