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Ancient Fish Had Primitive Fingers, Toes
A closer look at a 385-million-year-old fish fossil shows the fish had digit-like stubs in their fins--"dismissing" a theory that hands and feet evolved randomly, experts say.
Stonehenge may have been an ancient Lourdes
British researchers think pilgrims congregated at the monument to have their wounds and illnesses healed. ...
Lesotho mine yields one of world's largest diamonds
LONDON (Reuters) - Miners in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho have found one of the world's largest diamonds, a near-flawless white gem weighing nearly 500 carats, mining group Gem...
Fox's 'House' pregnancy scenario rare yet possible
The season opener piles on one diagnosis after the other to reach a (mostly) realistic conclusion. ...
Medieval Jewish Capital Claimed Found
A Russian archaeologist says he has found the lost capital of the Khazars, a powerful nation that adopted Judaism as its official religion more than 1,000 years ago, only to...
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...
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Channel Fire, Horse Fight, More
Horses fight, Hurricane Ike stirs up a storm of memories, Baghdad turns red, painted soldiers celebrate, and more in the week's best news photos.
When did people first come to North America?
For some 85 years, homesteaders, pot hunters and archaeologists have been digging at Paisley Caves, a string of shallow depressions washed out of an ancient lava flow by the waves...
Study: Pythons unlikely to spread far
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A recently published study finds that invasive Burmese pythons are unlikely to spread far beyond South Florida,
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...
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...
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.