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Archaeologists find oldest paintings of apostles

12 years ago from Reuters:Science

ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists and art restorers using new laser technology have discovered what they believe are the oldest paintings of the faces of Jesus Christ's apostles.

Green energy from algae

12 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Visitors to this year`s UK Royal Society Summer Exhibition will have a chance to discover how scientists from the University of Cambridge are studying ways to harness algae...

Rape in war 'a deliberate military strategy' argue researchers

12 years ago from

Since the second world war, the use of rape as a weapon of war has assumed strategic importance, and is now a deliberate military strategy, argue researchers in an editorial...

British study aims to help animal welfare

12 years ago from UPI

LEICESTER, England, June 24 (UPI) -- Scientists say a postgraduate research study at Britain's University of Leicester is designed to promote animal welfare in Cyprus and the United Kingdom. ...

Mammals chewed on dinosaur bones

12 years ago from MSNBC: Science

Squirrel-sized animals gnawed on the skeletons of Triceratops and other dinosaurs, leaving behind distinct tooth marks on the bones of these extinct giants. Dinosaur - Triceratops...

Prominent Paleontologist Honored by Alberta Order of Excellence

12 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

Dr. Phillip Currie, Vice President of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, professor at the University of Alberta, and a world-renowned expert on dinosaurs, has been honored with investiture in the...

Link between iron overload and macular degeneration under study

12 years ago from Science Daily

The most common -- and under-diagnosed -- genetic disease in humans just may be a cause of the worst form of macular degeneration, researchers report. They are pursuing a link...

Asteroid capsule opening begins

12 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Japanese scientists start to open the Hayabusa capsule which it is hoped contains samples of asteroid Itokawa.

Separation between Neanderthal and Homo sapiens might have occurred 500,000 years earlier

12 years ago from

The separation of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens might have occurred at least one million years ago, more than 500.000 years earlier than previously believed after DNA-based analyses. A doctoral thesis...

NY exhibit imagines utopian, green cities in 2030

12 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Imagine no cars - or fewer, anyway. In New York, a two-mile stretch of the FDR Drive parkway is torn down to open lower Manhattan for parks...

Builders urged to support swifts

12 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

House builders and homeowners need to provide more nest sites for swifts to reverse the bird's falling numbers.

Dino-holocaust linked to monster storm

12 years ago from MSNBC: Science

Scientists have revealed what may be the world's largest dinosaur graveyard. The dinosaurs may have been part of a mass die-off resulting from a monster storm, comparable to today's hurricanes,...

Oldest-known black carp found in Mongolian plateau

12 years ago from Physorg

Dr. Pingfu Chen, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Dr. Gloria Arratia at the Biodiversity Research Center of the University of Kansas, described an oldest-known...

Scientific Academies: In the best company

12 years ago from News @ Nature

The grandfather of scientific national academies is staging major celebrations this week for its 350th birthday. But, like similar elite groups around the world, Britain's Royal Society has had to...

King Tut died of blood disorder: German researchers

12 years ago from Physorg

Legendary pharaoh Tutankhamun was probably killed by the genetic blood disorder sickle cell disease, German scientists said Wednesday, rejecting earlier research that suggested he died of malaria.

Humans have a mighty bite

12 years ago from

The robust jaws and formidable teeth of some of our ancestors and ape cousins may suggest that humans are wimps when it comes to producing a powerful bite: but a...

Fossil Finding Could Upend "Lucy" Theory

12 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Remains of "Big Man" Triggers New Debate on Origins of Human Walking

Video: Environmentalists Bury Hummer

12 years ago from CBSNews - Science

"CBS News RAW": An environmental group said farewell to a symbol of gas guzzling driving in the U.S.. Members of the peace group 'Code Pink' buried the burned out body...

Fungi, Feces Show Comet Didn't Kill Ice Age Mammals?

12 years ago from National Geographic

Tiny balls of fungus and feces may disprove the theory that a space rock exploded over North America, triggering an ancient cooling event. ...

Find may predate oldest carvings in N.M.

12 years ago from UPI

ALBUQUERQUE, June 22 (UPI) -- A New Mexico man says he discovered inscriptions in the mountains he believes date back to the 1580s.

Medvedev To Tour Silicon Valley, Seek Investors

12 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Kremlin Chief On Hunt For American Investors, Advice In Silicon Valley

Archaeologists find oldest paintings of apostles

12 years ago from Reuters:Science

ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists and art restorers using new laser technology have discovered what they believe are the oldest paintings of the faces of Jesus Christ's apostles.

Honeybees survive in desert oasis

12 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Honeybees living deep in the Sahara desert have survived without contact with other bees for millennia, a new study reveals.

Turkish delight for scientists who discover a new type of algae

12 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is less than one hundredth of a millimeter in diameter and has a delicately sculptured silica shell - meet Clipeoparvus anatolicus, a microscopic alga of a diatom...

They kick like grannies, proudly

12 years ago from LA Times - Science

Frail, elderly women in South Africa started playing soccer as a joke. Now they are running and competing on the field, leaving cultural expectations in the dust. ...

Mosquito sterilization studied in Man.

12 years ago from CBC: Health

A researcher at the University of Manitoba is looking to cut the mosquito population by sterilizing the insects.

For Life Thriving on Gulf of Mexico’s Seabed, Many Unknowns

12 years ago from NY Times Science

Researchers are deeply concerned about what the BP oil spill means for the creatures flourishing in the dark, frigid ecosystems known as cold seeps.

Observatory: Ancient Mesoamerica’s Rubber Industry

12 years ago from NY Times Science

The Mesoamericans were robust users of rubber, according to historical and archaeological records.