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Zoologists capture first photos of okapi in wild

15 years ago from AP Science

LONDON (AP) -- Zoologists have captured the first photos of the okapi in the wild, saying Thursday they offered evidence that the animal once mistaken for...

Giant Buddha statue unearthed in Afghanistan

15 years ago from MSNBC: Science

Archaeologists have discovered a 62-footBuddha statue along with scores of other historical relics in central Afghanistan near the ruins of giant statues destroyed by the Islamist Taliban seven years ago.

Oil-eating Microbes Give Clue To Ancient Energy Source

15 years ago from Science Daily

Microbes that break down oil and petroleum are more diverse than we thought, suggesting hydrocarbons were used as an energy source early in Earth's history, scientists report.

South America Holds Treasure Of Copper, Molybdenum, Gold And Silver

15 years ago from Science Daily

Deposits of undiscovered copper, molybdenum, gold and silver may be present in the Andes Mountains of South America, according to a new scientific assessment.

Geologists Dig Up One Of The Largest Lakes In The World, Dammed By Ice During Last Ice Age

15 years ago from Science Daily

Geologists are digging in the bed on the western bank of what was once a 700-800 kilometre-long lake along the 62nd parallel in Russia. Large lakes, dammed up by a...

Freshwater fish in N. America in peril, study says

15 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- About four out of 10 freshwater fish species in North America are in peril, according to a major study by U.S., Canadian and Mexican scientists. And the...

N.B. medical labs have flaws, inquiry hears

15 years ago from CBC: Health

The resources at New Brunswick's pathology labs are stretched and pathologists are overworked, a public inquiry heard on Wednesday.

Pompei-style eruption of Vesuvius can't be ruled out: study

15 years ago from Physorg

French and Italian scientists said on Wednesday they could not rule out another cataclysmic explosion by Vesuvius, the volcano that destroyed Pompeii in AD79.

Palaeontology: The new mother lode

15 years ago from News @ Nature

Palaeontologists in Argentina are exploring a trove of fossils that is rewriting evolutionary history. Rex Dalton reports.

Scientists uncover miscalculation in geological undersea record

15 years ago from Physorg

The precise timing of the origin of life on Earth and the changes in life during the past 4.5 billion years has been a subject of great controversy for the...

'Dodgy dossier' partly to blame for failure of war against malaria in the tropics

15 years ago from Physorg

The war against malaria in tropical countries was fought and lost in the 20th Century on the basis of faulty intelligence, a 'dodgy dossier' which argued that the same methods...

Special Operations

15 years ago from PopSci

Scene: A Royal Air Force station in Great Britain during World War II. Two medics, Tom and Fred are enjoying tea and toast. An officer arrives and orders the medics...

Massive fossil forests found in Illinois

15 years ago from UPI

LIVERPOOL, England, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Massive fossil forests dating back millions of years have been found in Illinois coal mines, a British researcher says.

Neanderthals beat mammoths, so why not us?

15 years ago from MSNBC: Science

They may have been stronger, but Neanderthals looked, ate and may have even thought much like modern humans do, suggest several new studies that could help explain new evidence that...

Why it doesn't matter if America falls behind in Science

15 years ago from Science Blog

Earlier this year, an article in the New York Times argued that it doesn't matter that the US is losing its edge in science and research. Really? read more

TRAVEL/CULTURE PHOTOS WEEKLY: Giant Spider, Big Baby ...

15 years ago from National Geographic

Liverpool celebrates with a giant mechanical spider, Coney Island's Astroland closes, and more in our new weekly roundup of culture photos.

Morocco "goat plague" poses regional threat: FAO

15 years ago from Reuters:Science

ROME (Reuters) - Millions of sheep and goats in Morocco could be killed by a virus which poses a risk to other north African and European countries but not humans,...

Climate: New spin on ocean's role

15 years ago from Physorg

New studies of the Southern Ocean are revealing previously unknown features of giant spinning eddies that have a profound influence on marine life and on the world's climate.

Neanderthals Grew Fast, but Sexual Maturity Came Late

15 years ago from National Geographic

Our closest relatives also had a harder time of child bearing and possibly child raising—a possible explanation for why modern humans outcompeted Neanderthals, the study says.

As Andean Glacier Retreats, Tiny Life Forms Swiftly Move In

15 years ago from Science Daily

Scientists working at 16,400 feet in the Peruvian Andes has discovered how barren soils uncovered by retreating glacier ice can swiftly establish a thriving community of microbes, setting the table...

France: Woman, 59, is oldest mother of triplets

15 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Controversial birth reignites debate over late pregnancy and so-called fertility tourism

Tiny animals survive exposure to outer space, scientists say

15 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Swedish and German scientists have found at least one animal that can survive in outer space: tiny invertebrates called tardigrades, commonly called water-bears, which are found on wet lichens and...

VIDEO: Quake Pandas Hanging On

15 years ago from National Geographic

A major earthquake this year in China had a lasting impact on the population of giant pandas, killing at least one of the animals—plus five people who had been working...

Martin Rees: We must not limit the scope of scientific research

15 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Martin Rees: I sympathise with David King's call to focus research on urgent problems like climate change, but science must inspire on all fronts

Oxygen Theory Of Mass Extinction Questioned By New Research Findings

15 years ago from Science Daily

Several theories have been proposed by scientists to explain the two mass extinction events which took place on the earth 250 and 200 million years ago. The Permian-Triassic catastrophe (250...

Smart Home exhibit mixes cool green design with easy high-tech living

15 years ago from Physorg

Just inside the first floor of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry's Smart Home, a 20-year-old re-covered Crate & Barrel sofa flanks a cool-to-the-touch, ethanol-burning fireplace that floats in the...

Melting Swiss glacier yields Neolithic trove, climate secrets

15 years ago from Physorg

Some 5,000 years ago a prehistoric person trod high up in what is now the Swiss Alps, wearing goat leather pants, leather shoes and armed with a bow and arrows.

Mammoth skull raised from ground

15 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Palaeontologists lift a "rare" mammoth skull out of its resting place in France and move it to a museum.