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Northern lights expected in south again
Southern Canadians may have a second chance this week to see the aurora borealis due to the arrival of another geomagnetic storm Thursday.
'97 UK descendants' of cloned cow
The cloned cow whose calves entered the UK food chain could have scores of descendants here, records suggest.
Supply and demand
Most organisms need iron to survive, but too much iron is toxic, and can cause fatal organ failure. The same is true inside cells, where iron balance must also be...
King Tut's chariots were Formula One-like
King Tutankhamun, the pharaoh who ruled Egypt more than 3,300 years ago, rode full speed over the desert dunes on a Formula One-like chariot, according to new investigations into the...
Snails 'have a homing instinct'
A 69-year-old amateur scientist discovers that, contrary to common belief, garden snails have a homing instinct.
Leaving Astoria for Hydrate Ridge
Jeffrey Marlow, a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology, embarks on a research expedition to study micro-organisms in the cold seeps of Hydrate Ridge.
Mystery as Tokyo loses track of its centenarians
(AP) -- Japanese authorities admitted Tuesday they'd lost track of a 113-year-old woman listed as Tokyo's oldest, days after police searched the home of the city's official oldest man...
Pest-resistant soybeans grow out of MSU research lab
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Two lines of pest-resistant soybean painstakingly developed by a Michigan State University scientist promise healthier harvests for growers and a little green for the...
Tongue Piercing May Cause Gapped Teeth
A dental case study shows one woman with a tongue piercing created a gap between her two front teeth big enough to require braces.
Can Science Be Justified?
“John is a man. All men are mortal. Therefore, John is mortal.” This argument from two premises to the conclusion is a deductive argument. The conclusion logically follows from the...
Cleopatra pearl cocktail proven possible
Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt, might have indeed drunk a pearl cocktail in a gulp, an experimental study has concluded. Egypt - Cleopatra VII -...
Oxygen fuels the fires of time
Variations in the Earth's atmospheric oxygen levels are thought to be closely linked to the evolution of life, with strong feedbacks between uni- and multicellular life and oxygen. Over the...
Ancient treasure rises from Berlin rubble
When an incendiary bomb hit in World War II, Berlin's Tell Halaf archaeological museum went up in flames and its 3,000-year-old statues were smashed to smithereens.
Ancient bone find may change Filipino history
Archaeologists have found a foot bone that could prove the Philippines was first settled by humans 67,000 years ago, thousands of years earlier than previously thought, the National Museum said...
In pictures: Census of the deep maps the world's sea creatures
Census of Marine Life scientists have drawn up an inventory of the world's underwater citizens – and warned of mass extinctions
Fossil sparks whale of a row for Egypt customs
The fossil of a whale is at the centre of a bizarre customs wrangle at Cairo airport, the BBC's Jon Leyne reports.
Tracing Oil Reserves to Their Tiny Origins
If you thought petroleum came from dinosaurs, think again, and much smaller.
Tomorrow, in a Year | Theatre review
Barbican, LondonBilled as a "Darwin electro-opera", Tomorrow, in a Year is a vivid convergence of dance, opera (mezzo-soprano Kristina Wahlin), pop and intricate electronic soundscapes courtesy of Swedish brother-sister duo the Knife, and...
Device can locate hidden, buried bodies
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Researches say new technology could help law enforcement find the grave site of a body buried by someone who wanted it to stay undiscovered. ...
Outsiders blamed for Easter Island's historic demise
(PhysOrg.com) -- An archaeologist studying a remote Pacific island, world famous for its strange stone statues, says outsiders - and not its ancestors - should be blamed for its historic...
11 Technologies in Danger of Going Extinct
Here are 11 devices — some you'd expect and some you might not — that are still roaming the streets but facing rapid extinction.
John Coates obituary
Naval architect best known for his work on the reconstruction of an ancient Greek triremeJohn Coates, who has died of cancer aged 88, stood astride the centuries as a designer of state-of-the...
Caring for animals may have shaped evolution
Our love of all things furry has deep roots in human evolution and may have even shaped how our ancestors developed language and other tools of civilization. ...
Researchers uncover 'oldest' dog remains in Swiss cave
Researchers have found that fragments of a dog's skull and teeth discovered in a cave in Switzerland date back more than 14,000 years in what could be the oldest known...
Everest tragedy: Did extreme weather cause Mallory and Irvine disappearance?
Their legend has inspired generations of mountaineers since their ill-fated attempt to climb Everest over 80 years ago, and now a team of scientists believe they have discovered another important...
Book explains coming famine
A new book explains why major food shortages are expected to happen mid-century – and raises ways these problems could be solved.
Weapons Dumped Off Hawaii Should Remain There, Army Says
A university study finds that the chemical weapons, five miles south of Pearl Harbor, pose no hazard but are deteriorating and should be monitored.
How the humblebee became the bumblebee
Darwin's name for the bee was replaced in the 20th centuryWhatever happened to the humblebee, the old name for the bumblebee, asked Angus Doulton of Oxfordshire in a letter to the Guardian...