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Technical glitch grounds homemade Danish rocket
The first launch attempt of a homemade rocket built by two Danes failed on Sunday because of a technical glitch, according to Danish media.
Edible Clothes: The Haute Cuisine Of Haute Couture
Most fashion students keep finished designs in a wardrobe but Emily Crane has to use a freezer. Unlike the stereotypical fashion designer, Crane is more likely to be found...
Chinese laborers finally rest in peace
Those whose bodies were excavated during construction of the Metro Gold Line's Eastside extension and then reinterred at a nearby cemetery in Boyle Heights are honored with a memorial wall...
My bright idea: Timothy Taylor
From the moment our ancestors began making primitive tools, Homo sapiens and technology have existed symbiotically, argues the author of The Artificial Ape. Without it, we would be very different creaturesTimothy Taylor is...
Intact Roman lantern discovered in Britain
IPSWICH, England, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A British man using a metal detector has found what is thought to be the only intact Roman bass lantern ever found in...
The Artificial Ape: How Technology Changed the Course of Human Evolution by Timothy Taylor | Book review
Peter Forbes is fascinated by a study of the role of early technology in human evolutionThere has been a rash of books on human evolution in recent years, claiming that it was...
Cambodian vultures defying extinction
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Vultures in Cambodia are increasing in number, making it the only country in Asia with an increasing population of the scavengers, researchers...
Pictures: Crab Swarms Overtake Island—Mystery Solved
A surge in hormones allows millions of migrating Christmas Island red crabs to make their epic annual trek to the ocean, a new study says. ...
Fire-Tornado Pictures: Why They Form, How to Fight Them
Recent "firenadoes" in Brazil and Hawaii aren't rare, just rarely reported, an expert says: Large-scale versions occur once a year in the U.S. ...
1st century wall paintings restored in Jordan
British archeologists have completed conservation of rare wall paintings near the city of Petra, Jordan, that are more than 2,000 years old.
World's oldest 'drinkable' beer salvaged
HELSINKI, Finland, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Divers have discovered what is being called the world's oldest beer in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea east of Stockholm, researchers say. ...
Mystery of the floating octopus solved
As far back as Aristotle, naturalists have wondered why the females of a strange group of octopuses sport a thin, papery shell when plenty of their tentacled cousins are essentially...
Hodder Cleans House at Famed Çatalhöyük Dig
Researchers finishing the dig season at Turkey’s Çatalhöyük—a 9500-year-old site famed for its art...
Readers' Questions on Deep-Ocean Biology
Jeffrey Marlow answers questions about deep-sea vents at Hydrate Ridge.
Rockies fossils yield 8 new species
A surprise fossil field at a glacier in B.C.'s Kootenay National Park contains at least eight new species that lived 505 million years ago.
Britain leads world for environmentally friendly burials
Britain is leading the world in green burials as more and more people decide to be laid to rest in woodlands, meadows, farmlands and other habitats which are rich in...
Stephen Hawking gets some PR help from God
By invoking the deity, the eminent scientist has discovered the formula for creating a popular success from abstruse scienceHold onto your mitres, folks: Stephen Hawking is back in the news, with the revelation...
Rolling the dice with evolution: Massive extinction will have unpredictable consequences
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by Macquarie University palaeobiologist, Dr John Alroy, predicts major changes to the rules of evolution as we understand them now. Those changes will have serious consequences...
Video: Meet the Man Tweeting the Entire Bible
CBSNews.com's Shira Lazar spoke to Chris Juby of Durham, England who, on August 8, 2010, began tweeting the entire Bible under the Twitter handle @biblesummary.
Sundews vs. Spiders: Plants and Arachnids Compete for Food
Carnivorous plants and spiders may compete for insects in the wild.
Listening to ancient colours
A team of McGill chemists have discovered that a technique known as photoacoustic infrared spectroscopy could be used to identify the composition of pigments used in art work that is...
Highest-Paid Athlete Ever? A Charioteer
Roman racer Gaius Appuleius Diocles, an illiterate charioteer, earned the modern equal of $15 billion.
U.S. hunter's caribou may be record size
A Montana bow hunter may have claimed the largest recorded mountain caribou in the Northwest Territories, which could make it one of the largest in the world.
Mixed Bag of Space Rocks Found Near Earth
Survey of asteroids near Earth finds a much wider variety of the space rocks than previously thought.
Test-tube calf embryos more likely to survive Texas summers
STEPHENVILLE -- Think you're uncomfortable in the extreme Texas summer heat? Try being an ovulating 1,200-pound mother cow. Studies have shown that heat-stressed dairy cows suffer from damage to...
Earth's animals face grim future
Corals, big mammals and many tropical species could all go extinct in the not too distant future, predict scientists who are attempting to forecast the fate of today's animals by...
Slabs of North America are layered like cake
The continent of North America is not a single, thick, rigid slab, but is instead more similar to a layer cake, with a section of 3-billion-year-old rock sitting atop much...
Berkeley Debates the Demise of a Cougar
A mountain lion wandered into the uniquely tolerant town of Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, and was ultimately shot by police. Heated debate has ensued.