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'97 UK descendants' of cloned cow
The cloned cow whose calves entered the UK food chain could have scores of descendants here, records suggest.
The Defeat of the Spanish Armada: How Changing Maritime Tech Changed the World
England's Sleeker Faster Boats Routed Spain's Bigger, Slower Galleons - and the World Changed Forever
From stone age to space age
The study is the result of a collaboration between the IAU Working Group on Astronomy and World Heritage and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), the advisory body...
Ancient reptiles 'make tracks': Discovery of fossilized footprints reveals when reptiles first conquered dry land
A discovery of fossilized footprints reveals when reptiles first conquered dry land. The 318-million-year-old reptile footprints were found in sea-cliffs on the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. They show...
Book explains coming famine
A new book explains why major food shortages are expected to happen mid-century – and raises ways these problems could be solved.
Book Review - Long for This World - The Strange Science of Immortality - By Jonathan Weiner
A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer examines the scientific battle against aging through the bizzare career of the English gerontologist Aubrey de Grey.
Weapons Dumped Off Hawaii Should Remain There, Army Says
A university study finds that the chemical weapons, five miles south of Pearl Harbor, pose no hazard but are deteriorating and should be monitored.
How the humblebee became the bumblebee
Darwin's name for the bee was replaced in the 20th centuryWhatever happened to the humblebee, the old name for the bumblebee, asked Angus Doulton of Oxfordshire in a letter to the Guardian...
Video: Fast Draw: History of Drinking
With bottles of rye whiskey made from George Washington's original recipe now on the market, Mitch Butler and Josh Landis of "The Fast Draw" team discuss the history of drinking...
The aurochs: due for a comeback? | Palaeontology
Robin McKie on how scientists aim to bring back the aurochs, wild ancestor of modern cows"They are a little below the elephant in size and… their strength and speed are extraordinary. They...
Giant hailstone breaks US record
A hailstone weighing almost a kilo that fell in the state of South Dakota has been confirmed as the largest ever recovered in the USA.
If spiders and worms can do it, why can't we?
Imagine a material that is tougher than Kelvar or steel, yet remarkably flexible. It's something you can easily find in your attic or a lingerie store. It's as instantly recognisable...
Do soy isoflavones boost bone health?
Scientists already know much about the more than 200 bones that make up your body. But mysteries remain regarding the exact role that many natural compounds in foods might play...
The Most Dangerous Things in a National Park
A bear attack in a Montana campground near Yellowstone National Park earlier this week left one man dead. But other causes of death are much more common in national parks.
Living in the Past and Looking Toward the Future
Making sense of the shards, scraps and other clues left behind by past societies compels archaeologists to study far-ranging topics, from agriculture to art and chemistry to linguistics. Until recently,...
The Ascent of Man: Museum of Natural History Offers a New iPhone App
The American Museum of Natural History Explorer provides a GPS and detailed information on its displays.
Carole Jahme goes ape at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Agony aunt and 'humanzee' Carole Jahme prepares to take audiences on an evolutionary journey in her new show at the Edinburgh Festival FringeI have devised a comic science show to mark the International...
Conservators restore valuable maritime logbook
Experts have painstakingly restored the logbook from a celebrated warship from the era of the Napoleonic Wars which Nelson himself sailed upon.
Ancient Mayans Inspire Modern Fade Proof Dye
Physicists have created a dye that promises to last for a thousand years. The secret to this extraordinary durability? Its formula is based on a Mayan pigment, a brilliant blue...
A Lively Debate on Climate Change
Christopher Monckton, the Third Viscount Monckton of Benchley, debated Eric Bates, executive editor of Rolling Stone magazine, on the topic of climate change.
Pictures: Human-Sacrifice Chamber Discovered in Peru
Built for the "presentation," in which prisoners' cuts filled cups with blood, an ancient chamber has emerged in Peru with burials intact. ...
3-D Models Promise Better Bone Healing
3-D modeling soon could help bones heal.
Behind the secrets of silk lie high-tech opportunities
Tougher than a bullet-proof vest yet synonymous with beauty and luxury, silk fibres are a masterpiece of nature whose remarkable properties have yet to be fully replicated in the laboratory...
Rocks on Mars may provide link to evidence of living organisms roughly 4 billion years ago
A new paper reveals groundbreaking research on the hydrothermal formation of Clay-Carbonate rocks in the Nili Fossae region of Mars. The findings may provide a link to evidence of living...
Mars site may hold 'buried life'
Researchers identify rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.
Jumbo Squid Flash, Flail in First Ever Squid-cam Video
Filmed away from humans for the first time, jumbo squid light up during an expedition that also found them to have superstrong bites. ...
World's oldest living creatures found in Scottish field
Two colonies of age-old and endangered tadpole shrimps discovered alive and well near Solway coastA field near Gretna in Dumfriesshire might not be an obvious place to find the world's oldest living creatures,...
Discovered: Audubon’s first engraving of a bird
PHILADELPHIA — In 1824, three years before he began to publish his famous “double elephant folio” The Birds of America, John James Audubon (1785-1851), the eminent artist of...