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Ancient graves in Greece shed light on early Macedonia
Gold jewelry, weapons and pottery are found near Pella, birthplace of the kingdom's legendary leader Alexander the Great. ...
Pregnancy deaths uncovered
Nearly twice as many women in New South Wales die due to factors surrounding pregnancy or childbirth as previously thought, according to research.
VIDEO: Pregnant Woman Sacrificed?
Peru archaeologists have found what may have been a pre-Inca pregnant woman sacrificed for an important religious event.
Zoologists capture first photos of okapi in wild
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...
Stroock lab creates first synthetic tree
(PhysOrg.com) -- In Abraham Stroock's lab at Cornell, the world's first synthetic tree sits in a palm-sized piece of clear, flexible hydrogel -- the type found in soft contact lenses.
Giant Buddha statue unearthed in Afghanistan
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
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
Deposits of undiscovered copper, molybdenum, gold and silver may be present in the Andes Mountains of South America, according to a new scientific assessment.
Tiny Frog Thought Extinct Rediscovered
The Armoured Mistfrog, long thought extinct, was rediscovered in Australia.
Geologists Dig Up One Of The Largest Lakes In The World, Dammed By Ice During Last Ice Age
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
(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...
Oct. 21 Court Date Set for Ex-Astronaut
Former astronaut Lisa Nowak has an Oct. 21 court date set.
How collecting insects landed a pair of Czech scientists in an Indian jail
A Czech scientist is fined and his colleague jailed after being found guilty of illegally collecting rare insects in India.
Pompei-style eruption of Vesuvius can't be ruled out: study
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
Palaeontologists in Argentina are exploring a trove of fossils that is rewriting evolutionary history. Rex Dalton reports.
Scientists uncover miscalculation in geological undersea record
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
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
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
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?
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
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 ...
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
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
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
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.
France: Woman, 59, is oldest mother of triplets
Controversial birth reignites debate over late pregnancy and so-called fertility tourism
VIDEO: Quake Pandas Hanging On
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
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