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In barren patch of ocean, hope for life
An area of the Pacific Ocean once thought to be cold and barren is warmer than scientists thought, a new study finds. The seafloor there might be teeming with life.
NIH Supports Transformative Research
Agency names Director's Pioneer Award and New Innovator Award recipients for 2008
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.
Climate change, animal diversity studied
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have determined climate change 8 million years ago in what's now Pakistan forced most animal species in that area...
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...
Some colleges checking students' social-networking sites
Lauren Pfeiffer said she doesn't have to worry about what's on her Facebook profile, but she can't say the same about her fellow students.
7,000 years ago, Neolithic optical art flourished
An egalitarian Neolithic Eden filled with unique, geometric art flourished some 7,000 years ago in Eastern Europe, according to hundreds of artifacts on display at the Vatican.
VIDEO: World's Largest Stone Dome Rises
The world's largest stone dome built without pillars is near completion in India at the site of a gigantic pagoda.
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...
Is the rich-hued Kodachrome era fading to black?
(AP) -- It is an elaborately crafted photographic film, extolled for its sharpness, vivid colors and archival durability. Yet die-hard fan Alex Webb is convinced the digital age soon...
Opinion: The incompatibility of science and religion
The publication of Darwin's Origin of Species was followed by bitter controversy between those who believed in the divine creation of species, and those who were persuaded by the logic...
All-red dragonfly found in Tokyo
TOKYO, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- An unusual all-red dragonfly has been found at a Tokyo museum, experts said.
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.