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Fox's 'House' pregnancy scenario rare yet possible
The season opener piles on one diagnosis after the other to reach a (mostly) realistic conclusion. ...
Research pushes back history of crop development 10,000 years
Researchers led by Dr Robin Allaby of the University of Warwick's plant research arm Warwick HRI have found evidence that genetics supports the idea that the emergence of agriculture in...
Fla. Medicaid recipients want out of nursing homes
(AP) -- Charles Todd Lee spent a lifetime going backstage at concerts, following politicians on the campaign trail and capturing iconic shots of everyone from Martin Luther King Jr....
Ike Helps Uncover Mystery Vessel on Ala. Coast
When the waves from Hurricane Ike receded, they left behind a ragged shipwreck.
Are Fires More Important Than Rain For The Savannah Ecosystem?
Natural grass fires are evidently more important for the ecology of savannahs than has previously been assumed. This is the finding of a study carried out in Etosha National Park...
Firing the coach does not help team
OSTERSUND, Sweden, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A slumping team may think changing the coach is the answer, but researchers in Sweden say a new coach rarely solves problems,...
Archaeology at Smuttynose reveals fate of fisheries
(PhysOrg.com) -- The name Smuttynose Island may recall the infamous 1873 ax murders or even Smuttynose Craft Beer, made in Portsmouth, N.H. But the island, one of the Isles of...
Conservancy Buys Slice of Adirondacks
The Nature Conservancy purchased a 14,600-acre piece of land long prized by environmentalists, including a pond where Ralph Waldo Emerson led a “philosophers’ camp.”
Pollen Alert!
When you stroll through your front door in the morning, does the yellow haze coating the porch send you leaping back into the house? Can the mere word "pollen" make...
Using novel tool, researchers dig through cell 'trash' and find treasure
A person's trash can reveal valuable information, as detectives, historians and identity thieves well know. Likewise, a cell's "trash" may yield certain treasures, University of Delaware researchers have found.
A minute here and there can add up to functional fitness
I knew motherhood would change my life, but sabotage my workouts? I never dreamed it could happen.
Renowned archaeologist dies at temple dig
Archaeologist Georgi Kitov — an expert on the treasure-rich Thracian culture of antiquity — died of a heart attack while excavating a temple in central Bulgaria considered to be one...
'Time eater' - Stephen Hawking unveils £1m 'strangest clock'
A £1m hand-less clock called the "time eater" is unveiled at Cambridge University by Professor Stephen Hawking.
Unknown Mozart Fragment Found in French Library
Scientists say they've found a previously unknown manuscript by Mozart.
Malaysian archaeologists find complete Neolithic skeletons: report
Archaeologists have found two groups of complete Neolithic human remains in peninsular Malaysia and on Borneo island that may better explain prehistoric human life, reports said Friday.
Black widow spider established in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The black widow spider, known for its powerful venom, is breeding in Sweden, scientists at the National Museum of Natural History say.
'Redesigned Hammer' That Forged Evolution Of Pregnancy In Mammals Found
Researchers have shown that the origin and evolution of the placenta and uterus in mammals is associated with evolutionary changes in a single regulatory protein, according to new report.
Divers find 1784 British shipwreck
LONDON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Two divers say they have found the wreck of the Nancy, a vessel bound from India to London that sank in 1784 off...
NSF Awards $15 Million to North Dakota EPSCoR Program
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year grant award totaling $15 million to the North Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (ND EPSCoR). The grant covers a...
60-million-year-old croc skeleton found in ND
Researchers are hoping a large cache of ancient crocodile bones in western North Dakota will yield the state's first complete croc skeleton.
1,000-year-old Viking shield found in Denmark
Danish archaeologists say they have found a well-preserved Viking shield that is more than 1,000 years old.
Labrador crater studied as lunar training ground
A team of three scientists from Memorial University will spend more than two weeks in a remote region in northern Labrador studying a crater millions of years old, in hopes...
Georgi Kitov, Excavated Thrace, Dies at 65
Mr. Kitov gained fame for making sensational discoveries about the ancient people of Thrace and helping scientists develop a sharper picture of the kingdom.
PHOTO IN THE NEWS: DNA-Based Neanderthal Face Unveiled
Redheaded like her Flintstones namesake, Wilma—the first recreation of a Neanderthal based on DNA evidence—makes her debut this week.
Viking Age triggered by shortage of wives?
During the Viking Age from the late eighth to the mid-eleventh centuries, Scandinavians tore across Europe attacking, robbing and terrorizing locals. According to a new study, the young warriors were...
Neighbors from hell: Infanticide rife in guillemot colony
Guillemot on Isle of May, Scotland. One of Britain's best-known species of seabird is increasingly attacking and killing unattended chicks from neighbouring nests due to food shortages.
Iberian Peninsula’s Earliest Agricultural Systems Were Unsustainable
Researchers in Spain have found that the first agricultural systems on the Iberian Peninsula became ever more unsustainable with the passage of time. Their study involved the analysis of fossilised...
Plan to fence off Cornish moors, pits roamers against conservationists
Objectors argue that any attempt to tamper, tidy, cultivate or refine will inevitably diminish historic integrity