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No Baby Panda: Mom Was Faking Pregnancy
There will be no baby panda at the National Zoo this year – the mother was faking her pregnancy.
How chimps deal with death: Studies offer rare glimpses
Two studies offer rare glimpses into the ways that chimpanzees deal with the deaths of those closest to them. In one case, researchers describe the final hours and moment of...
Huge Asphalt Volcanoes Discovered Off California
Seven ancient underwater giants lurk off the Santa Barbara coast, and the biggest is as tall as a six-story building, scientists say.
Man who smuggled live birds strapped to legs faces 20 years in prison
A man who fastened live song birds to pieces of cloth around his calves during a plane trip from Vietnam to Los Angeles is scheduled to be sentenced Monday.
Lady bugs to the rescue in the Galapagos: Biocontrol of insect pest is a major success, entomologists say
The Galapagos Islands, made famous by Charles Darwin, have unique flora and fauna threatened by invasive insects brought in by tourism and population growth. One of these insect invaders is...
Ancient artifacts revealed as northern ice patches melt
An interdisciplinary team of Canadian scientists is discovering a treasure trove of ancient hunting tools high in the Mackenzie Mountains of the Northwest Territories. The artifacts are being revealed as...
Smelly, Rare 'Corpse Flower' Set to Bloom
Rare 'Corpse Flower' that smells of rotting meat set to bloom at university greenhouse, likely within a week.
Stephen Hawking takes the hard line on aliens | Leo Hickman
The eminent scientist has issued a warning that if there is life out there, we don't want it messing with usHas Stephen Hawking been rewatching his box set of the Alien movies?...
Genetics Society of America Announces Poster Award Recipients at the 51st Annual Drosophila Research Conference
The Genetics Society of America is pleased to announce that nine postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate students' research work was selected for poster awards at the 51st Annual Drosophila Research Conference...
Theory reveals the secrets of historical paintings
Scientists in Italy are using theoretical calculations to reveal the history of dyes used in ancient artwork
Dutch Wadden Sea may become bottleneck for wading bird
The Dutch Wadden Sea, due to a decline in food resources, may become a bottleneck in the annual cycle of a wading bird known as the knot, according to new...
Ohio State University Professor Receives American Physiological Society's Bowditch Award
Paul M. L. Janssen, Associate Professor of Physiology and Cell Biology at The Ohio State University, has been awarded the Henry Pickering Bowditch Award by the American Physiological Society. The...
Save our Anglo-Saxon stone!
Part of an ancient Northamptonshire monument to England's first female hermit is up for sale. Should it be allowed to leave Britain?At the time it seemed the ideal solution. For eight years, Nick...
‘Informed Consent’ and the Ethics of DNA Research
There is a lot scientists can do with a swab. But their research subjects have begun to question the locked lab door.
New to Nature No 6: Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai
A 73-million-year-old dinosaur is finally offering up its secretsAfter nearly 25 years of excavations at Pipestone Creek, Alberta, Canada, scientists have discovered hundreds of remains of a previously unknown species...
Foreign correspondents of Cambodia civil war hold bittersweet reunion
Journalists gather in Phnom Penh 35 years after the conflict to remember their wild nights and fallen comrades. The first reunion of foreign correspondents who covered the 1970-75 Cambodian civil war — and...
Science enthusiasts chase dream
Amateur scientists will investigate snails, clouds and gigs in the final of a BBC competition.
Vaux's swifts are bunking in a downtown L.A. chimney
The odd locale, the 84-year-old Chester Building, is believed to be one of the most populous roosting sites for the birds in North America, local avian experts said. Two dozen naturalists gathered on...
Larger Dating Pool Means Less Thoughtful Mate Choices
The traits people look for in potential dates depend on the size of their dating pool, a new study suggests.
Giant deep sea jellyfish filmed
Amazing footage of a rarely seen giant deep sea jellyfish has been recorded by scientists in Gulf of Mexico.
Potentially lethal fungus moves south from Canada
Cases are rare, but it can be difficult to diagnose. Officials are on the lookout for it in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California. ...
Ancient ruin reminiscent of Ikea furniture
TORRE SATRIANO, Italy, April 22 (UPI) -- Archaeologists in Italy unearthed the remains of what they say may be an ancient temple with components inscribed with instructions for assembly.
Forensics' evidence could be bruised
(PhysOrg.com) -- Criminal cases where forensic experts determine the age of bruises on victims from photographs could be flawed, according to scientific research.
Asia's most devastating droughts reconstructed
Asia's monsoon rains feed nearly half the world's population. A new study of tree rings provides a detailed record of at least four epic failures of the monsoon that have...
Probing Question: What can we learn from Neanderthal DNA?
Contrary to their image as knuckle-dragging brutes, the Neanderthals on television play tennis and attend cocktail parties - and sell auto insurance. In reality, these mysterious fellow hominids died...
The Rise of the Mind
When and where did the cognitive abilities of modern humans arise? It's a big question -- one debated by anthropologists for decades. It's an even bigger question for an undergraduate...
Mysterious Sheep-Pig Creature's True Identity Revealed
Photos of a sheep-pig creature are circulating the internet. It's a pig, called a mangalista.
Rare gecko seen on NZ mainland for first time in century
New Zealand's largest gecko has been seen on one of the country's main islands for the first time in almost a century -- unfortunately, dead in a mousetrap, an official...