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Resilience in the face of disaster
Genetics, problem-solving skills and relationships affect how well someone bounces back. But resiliency can also be learned. ...
Backyard Skywatchers Find Tool Bag Lost in Space
A tool bag lost in space is making appearances above North America and Europe.
Study of ancient and modern plagues finds common features
In 430 B.C., a new and deadly disease - its cause remains a mystery - swept into Athens. The walled Greek city-state was teeming with citizens, soldiers and refugees of...
Rocks reveal South Australia's real age
A high-tech microprobe has identified South Australian rocks to be 3,150 million years old, making the state half a billion years older than previously thought.
Discovery casts doubt on animals' past
The earliest evidence of animal life could actually have been tracks left by a giant unicellular 'ball', suggests a deep sea discovery off the coast of the Bahamas.
Race bigotry falling in Britain
Racial prejudice in Britain has been declining sharply in Britain since the 1980s thanks to the greater tolerance of younger generations - according to a new study.
Webcam Streams As Fla. Teen Kills Self
A South Florida college student killed himself by overdosing on drugs in front of a live online audience.
Solar panels on graves give power to Spanish town
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- A new kind of silent hero has joined the fight against climate change....
"AWESOME!": YouTube goes live
YouTube has broadcast its first live event, an extravaganza which was part concert and part variety show and which drew comments from viewers ranging from "AWESOME!" to "train wreck."
Deep-sea protists may explain trace fossil evidence attributed to ancient animals
A new discovery challenges one of the strongest arguments in favor of the idea that animals with bilateral symmetry—those that, like us, have two halves that are roughly mirror images...
Khaled Diab: If humans are hardwired to fight wars, can we ever end the cycle of conflict?
Khaled Diab: Does scientific evidence that war is hardwired into human society mean that we are doomed to live in perpetual conflict?
Would-be Japanese space tourist wants $21M back
(AP) -- Japanese millionaire Daisuke Enomoto had planned to dress up as his favorite cartoon character in outer space and spent $21 million to make it happen. Now he...
"Screaming Mummy" Is Murderous Son of Ramses III?
An Egyptian mummy preserved with a pained facial expression could be Prince Pentewere, suspected of plotting the murder of his father, according to a new analysis.
Biblical City Where David Battled Goliath Found?
The remains of a gate in an ancient Israeli fortress has pinpointed the location of a biblical city, Sha'arayim, which one expert says may have been part of King David's...
Massive Prehistoric Fort Emerges From Welsh Woods
An vast Iron Age settlement hidden for centuries under lush forests has been reconstructed using computer analysis.
Video - "Spinneroids:" When Asteroid Dance
The two parts of asteroid 1999 KW4 whirl around each other while hurtling through space.The larger piece, Alpha, would break apart if it spun any faster.
Portuguese dinosaur tail's sale sparks controversy
A Portuguese bulldozer driver has sparked controversy in his country by up putting a dinosaur fossil he found 10 years ago for sale on the Internet.
Bulgarian archaeologists unearth ancient chariot
(AP) -- Archaeologists have unearthed an elaborately decorated 1,800-year-old chariot sheathed in bronze at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Friday. "The...
Painful Labor: A Modern Thing
A new fossil pelvis upends evolutionary thinking about painful labor during birth.
It's that time of year: Medicare shifts
This is the time of the year when we give thanks. And also talk about Medicare. The two topics are not necessarily related.
Beavers arrive for spring release
Four Norwegian beaver families arrive in the UK as part of an historic plan to reintroduce the mammals to Scotland.
Close Call for Galápagos Native
Fossil pollen establishes plant's right to spread
Probing question: What is a molecular clock?
It doesn't tick, it doesn't have hands, and it doesn't tell you what time of day it is. But a molecular clock does tell time -- on an epoch scale....
Did asteroid cause ancient N.Y. tsunami?
Long before New York City was the Big Apple, or even New Amsterdam, a giant tsunami crashed ashore. No one knows for sure what caused it, but new clues found...
Single-celled giant upends early evolution
Slowly rolling across the ocean floor, a humble single-celled creature is poised to revolutionize our understanding of how complex life evolved on Earth.
U.S. recession: Things will get worse before they get better
Economists at the University of Michigan confirmed today what many Americans already believe—that the nation is in the throes of recession.
Beer Brings Yeast Together
As any brewer will tell you, the yeast used to make beer tends to bunch up during fermentation. However, despite thousands of years of brewing and decades of genetic research...
6,500-year-old village found in Greece
Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 6,500-year-old farming settlement in an antiquities-rich area of central Greece.