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Thousands of dinosaur footprints uncovered in China
Archaeologists in China have uncovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints, state media reported, in an area said to be the world's largest grouping of fossilised bones belonging to the ancient...
Exoplanet hunting brought down to Earth
Infrared correction technique reveals methane in exoplanet's atmosphere
Video: Campaigners survive homeopathy mass overdose in Oxford
Protesters in Oxford take massive overdoses of homeopathic remedies including 'arsenic' as part of the 10:23 campaign
American-born pandas reach their new home in China
(AP) -- Two American-born giant pandas arrived at their new China home Friday to find just what they'd left in the United States - live TV coverage and a...
Scientists thread fake silk
CSIRO scientists have produced threads of silk fibre without the use of insect silk glands.
Imaging method for eye disease used to eye art forgeries
Scientists in Poland are describing how a medical imaging technique has taken on a second life in revealing forgery of an artist's signature and changes in inscriptions on paintings that...
Genetics may heighten premature birth risk
CHICAGO, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found genetics play a big role in some preterm births, explaining why women can do everything right and still give...
Moss helps chart the conquest of land by plants (w/ Video)
Recent work at Washington University in St. Louis sheds light on one of the most important events in earth-history, the conquest of land by plants 480 million years ago.
Stonehenge's secret: archaeologist uncovers evidence of encircling hedges
Survey of landscape suggests prehistoric monument was surrounded by two circular hedgesThe Monty Python knights who craved a shrubbery were not so far off the historical mark: archaeologists have uncovered startling evidence of...
Scientist's disappearance a mystery to colleagues
A scientist who disappeared from Deep River, Ont., in mid-January showed no changes in his behaviour in the days before he vanished, say those who worked with him.
Vietnamese boy to head home with new face
A Vietnamese boy brought to Canada in 2007 to have a giant growth removed from his face was honoured Wednesday at a celebration of his transformation in Canada and his...
Fossils show earliest animal trails
(PhysOrg.com) -- Trails found in rocks dating back 565 million years are thought to be the earliest evidence of animal locomotion ever found, Oxford University scientists report.
Darwin descended from Cro-Magnon man: scientists
The father of evolution Charles Darwin was a direct descendant of the Cro-Magnon people, whose entry into Europe 30,000 years ago heralded the demise of Neanderthals, scientists revealed in Australia...
Close encounters with Japan's 'living fossil'
BBC News has a rare "up close and personal" look at one of the planet's oldest and oddest creatures, the giant salamander.
Bird migration becoming more hazardous
(PhysOrg.com) -- Can you imagine living your whole life in summer? In one of the most spectacular wildlife migrations on the planet, millions of shorebirds do exactly this by making...
Ancient giant snakes devoured crocodiles
The largest snake the world has ever known likely had a diet that included crocodile, or at least an ancient relative of the reptile. Snake -...
Webcam Helps Save Life of Man Lost at Sea
Woman Admiring Sunset on Tourist Webcam Spots German Man on Frozen North Sea, Alerts Authorities
Is it time for Climate Change: the Comic? | Jonathan Jones
Could graphic novels could be the perfect way to make sense of the recent IPCC controversy?Is there anything comic books can't do? Any subject too big, mature or complex to be encompassed...
New report: University online courses yield impressive results
A report just published by the Danish National IT and Telecom Agency under the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation on distance learning at LIFE - Faculty of Life...
Aznalcollar disaster compared with Cretaceous mass extinction
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have compared the disaster caused by the Aznalcollar spillage in the Donana National Park in Andalusia 11 years ago with the biggest species...
New research rejects 80-year theory of 'primordial soup' as the origin of life
For 80 years it has been accepted that early life began in a 'primordial soup' of organic molecules before evolving out of the oceans millions of years later. Today the...
Feature: Texts and textiles
Rare Greek papyrus texts and Coptic textiles from Egypt form the basis of a dramatic exhibition that gives a fascinating insight into ancient lifestyle.
Notes and queries: Vincent van Gogh's bilingual letters to Theo
Vincent van Gogh's bilingual letters to Theo; A brief history of South Finchley; How to get the mix in a pill rightVincent van Gogh and his brother Theo were Dutch, so why...
Smashed asteroids may be related to dinosaur killer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronomers have found a comet-like object they believe was created by the collision of two asteroids, possible siblings of the rogue rock blamed for killing...
Wiping out human variation | Dan Kennedy
A test allowing people to see if they have 'preventable genetic diseases' gives them the chilling choice of eliminating differenceTwo weeks after our daughter was born we saw a geneticist – a polite,...
A stretch to open up the hips and thighs
This is a great stretch for loosening up the outside of your hips and thighs. It you're not limber enough to hold your foot, you can hook a strap or...
Fossil bed promoted as national monument
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Support is growing to designate a rich fossil bed in the Las Vegas Valley as a national monument, preservationists in Nevada said.
Prairie dogs use complex language
A tiny rodent may use the most sophisticated language of any animal, claims a US-based scientist.