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Clawed dino caught in act of digging for prey
A clawed, predatory dinosaur may have been caught in the act of digging for mammalian prey, scientists now reveal. Dinosaur - Predation - Mammal - Paleontology...
UBC researcher discovers ancient 'stress hormone' in pre-historic fish
A University of British Columbia zoologist has discovered a new corticosteroid hormone in the sea lamprey, an eel-like fish and one of the earliest vertebrates dating back 500 million years....
Disease genes that followed the Silk Road identified
Scientists have identified key genes responsible for a severe inflammatory disease that has spread along the old silk trading routes from the Far East to the edge of Europe.
Divers find 200-year old champagne in Baltic wreck
Now that's some vintage bubbly. Divers have discovered what is thought to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, one of the finders said...
Where the wild veggies are: Cultivated cucumber and melon originated in Asia and Australia
Sites of origin and regions of domestication of many of our most important cultivated plants are still unknown. The botanical genus Cucumis, to which both the cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and...
Geoffrey Dutton obituary
Biomedical researcher and wide-ranging author and poetThe poet and scientist Geoffrey Dutton, who has died aged 85, took the same meticulous care of his words as he did his molecules. His poems...
A plane that lands like a bird (w/ Video)
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...
From the archive, 20 July 1983: Dinosaur "find of the century"
Originally published in the Guardian on 20 July 1983The 125-million-year-old skeleton of a flesh-eating dinosaur previously unknown to science has been unearthed after its gigantic clawbone, at least half as long again as...
"Lost" Languages to Be Resurrected by Computers?
A new program has deciphered writing last used in Biblical times, a feat that may lead to the "resurrection" of mysterious ancient texts. ...
Observatory: Fossil Primate Skull Could Help Date When Monkeys and Apes Split
A primate skull unearthed in Saudi Arabia suggests the split may have occurred 24 million to 29 million years ago.
"Extinct," Pop-Eyed Primate Photographed for First Time
The pop-eyed Horton Plains slender loris has been seen for the first time in 60 years—alive and cute, if not exactly well. ...
Chicago Science Museum Seeks Temporary Roommate; No Smokers, No Pets, Must Love Nerds
Month at the Museum Museum of Science + Industry Has anyone ever told you -- maybe because of your Star Trek knowledge, your impressive gadget collection, or your propensity to use phrases like...
Tomb of ancient Mayan king discovered
A well-preserved tomb believed to be the final resting place of an ancient Mayan king has been discovered in Guatemala, scientists announced last week. Guatemala -...
There's a lot more to science than space and dinosaurs
David Willetts has said they're the way to get children interested in science. But it's a naive view, as young people will tell youAccording to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), subjects traditionally...
Environment quangos 'to be cut'
Environment quangos will be cut as part of coalition spending reductions, the environment secretary indicates.
Can Humans Survive?
Experts weigh in on whether humanity can defy extinction and use its technological tools to survive on Earth.
Laughter is not just funny
(PhysOrg.com) -- Everybody enjoys a laugh but new research from an international team shows it's not as simple as you might think.
Chavez exhumes Bolivar's bones
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez exhumes the bones of independence hero Simon Bolivar to see if he was murdered.
Testing a 'Cycle Superhighway'
The first of London's Cycle Superhighways is being launched, covering an 8.5 mile commuter route from south London into the city centre.
Tutankhamun goes online
Howard Carter spent years documenting the thousands of artefacts from Tutankhamun's tomb. Now, thanks to the efforts of an Oxford archaeologist, this remarkable archive of pictures and notes can be viewed onlineFrom the...
Book Review - The German Genius - By Peter Watson
A compendium of German contributions in philosophy, art and natural and social science.
Advanced weapon system helps respond to attacks by small swarming boats
The Low-Cost Imaging Terminal Seeker (LCITS) could soon give the U.S. Navy and coalition military ships an upper hand in swiftly defeating multiaxis attacks by small swarming boats.
Paul Nurse to Midwife Birth of London Super Lab
The man with the plan now has to make it a reality while moonlighting...
'Game Over' for British Science?
The Royal Society and the British Academy today strongly warned the British government that...
Segmentation is the secret behind the extraordinary diversification of animals
Segmentation, the repetition of identical anatomical units, seems to be the secret behind the diversity and longevity of the largest and most common animal groups on Earth. Researchers from CNRS...
Ice Age baby mammoth on display at French museum
(AP) -- After tens of thousands of years under the Siberian frost, a baby woolly mammoth is taking a summer vacation in southeast France.
Cambridgeshire Quarry throws up 4,500-year-old find
(PhysOrg.com) -- A remarkable piece of Neolithic rock art, unlike anything previously found in Eastern England, has been unearthed in the Cambridgeshire village of Over.
Online gambling expansion launched by B.C.
The B.C. government has launched a major expansion of its online gambling operations, including a plan to open North America's first government-run online poker rooms later this year.