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WikiLeaks says Afghan document source unknown
WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief says his organization doesn't know who sent it some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents, adding the website was set up to hide the source.
Machu Picchu: The Rediscovery and the Wonder
Voted One the New Seven Wonders of the World, the Ancient Inca Citadel was Rediscovered July 24, 1911
British Royals Turn to Flickr
After Twitter, YouTube, British Royals Expand Online Presence With Flickr Photo-share Account
Now that's what I call a rat
Archaeological research in East Timor has unearthed the bones of the biggest rat that ever lived, with a body weight around 6 kg. The cave excavations also yielded a total...
Remarkable Creatures: Translating the Stories of Life Forms Etched in Stone
A once-worrisome gap in the fossil record preceding the Cambrian has ignited intense interest among geologists and paleontologists.
Well-preserved tomb provides insight into Mayan culture
U.S. and Guatemalan archaeologists have found an unusually well-preserved burial chamber that they believe is the tomb of the founder of a Maya dynasty, a find that promises new information...
Books: Drama! Intrigue! A Mystery? No, Malaria’s Story
In her new book, Sonia Shah has spun a disease yarn that’s not a yawn.
Indonesia's puzzling Banda arc: New findings explain mystery behind geological development
The Banda arc – a gigantic 1,000km long, 180-degree curve in eastern Indonesia – has puzzled geologists for many years, with much debate and controversy surrounding its complex origin and...
Discovered: The biggest rat that ever lived
Watch out, Heathcliff: There's a rat out there bigger than you. Or at least there was. Just a couple of thousand years ago, the world's largest rat scuttled about Southeast...
Dinosaurs dressed to impress
Dinosaurs evolved fancy head crests and sails along their backs to attract mates, according to a new study.
Remains of Roman villa discovered
Archaeologists find the remains of a 4th Century Roman villa near Aberystwyth after an aerial photograph showed up an outline.
In Pictures: petrified arthropods
The public are being asked to name four new species of fossilised spider and insect, but at a price.
Saving America's Mother Vine
A North Carolina brush crew's weedkiller almost ends the 400-year run of the nation's oldest cultivated grapevine. ...
A plane that lands like a bird
Everyone knows what it's like for an airplane to land: the slow maneuvering into an approach pattern, the long descent, and the brakes slamming on as soon as the plane...
Afghanistan war logs: Reaper drones bring remote control death
Unmanned planes that unleash missiles have become an effective but expensive weapon for US forces and the RAF It flies at 50,000ft, is virtually invisible and carries a deadly payload of missiles...
Chinese archaeologists' African quest for sunken ship of Ming admiral
Search for remains of armada which came to grief on a pioneering voyage to Kenya 600 years agoIt's another chapter in the now familiar story of China's economic embrace of Africa. Except...
Deep in Colombian jungle, a first in eco gold
His worn hands have worked tirelessly since dawn, churning the soil, cleaning sand in a pan and finally revealing tiny flakes of "green gold", the world's first certified fair trade...
Solar boat launch sets Mediterranean conservation campaign ablaze
A catamaran powered exclusively by the sun cast off from Spain's southeastern coast, starting a journey that is completely free of fossil fuels...
New Evidence on How Americas Got Populated
Remains of 10,000-Year-Old Woman Expands Evidence On Where People In Americas Originated
Pictures: Stonehenge "Twin" Revealed
See the ghostly images that revealed Stonehenge's sister site, how the new henge may have looked, the gear that got the job done, and more. ...
Gear: Back Bay bikes
The Back Bay loop, a 10.5-mile nearly car-free bike route around Upper Newport Bay filled with birds, scenic vistas, a museum, exhibits, side paths, headwinds and a few quick, steep...
Oldest dog debated
Fossil jaw may, or may not, come from oldest known example of man’s best friend
Mexico: Ancient woman suggests diverse migration
A scientific reconstruction of one of the oldest sets of human remains found in the Americas appears to support theories that the first people who came to the hemisphere migrated...
How one jellyfish stung 100 people
How can one jellyfish sting up to 100 people? With lots of stinger-equipped tentacles, the largest jellyfish in the world may be up to the job, though scientists aren't sure...
Australia's earliest contact rock art discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered evidence of Southeast Asian sailing vessels visiting Australia in the mid-1600s -- the oldest contact rock art in Australia.
Secrets of Stonehenge | Nicholas Taylor
The mysteries of Stonehenge remain as deep as they ever were after the discovery of a 'twin' site on Salisbury PlainThough there was much in the recent series of Doctor Who that...
Study of Death Penalty in North Carolina Shows That 'Race Matters'
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study examining death sentences in North Carolina over a 28-year period ending in 2007 shows that among similar homicides, the odds of a death sentence for...
Alberta researchers preserve live cartilage
A soccer player has received the first transplant of live cartilage into his repeatedly dislocated shoulder, thanks to two decades of Alberta research.