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States Enlist Ultrasound to Raise Bar for Abortions
Anti-abortion groups argue that pre-abortion sonograms can help persuade women to preserve pregnancies.
Divers Explore Cleopatra's Sunken Palace
Archaeologists Retrieve Artifacts From Royal Quarters Submerged for Centuries in Alexandria's Harbor
Scientists measure extinct species' temps
GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 26 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have found a way to measure the body temperatures of extinct vertebrates and reconstruct the temperatures of ancient environments.
Hillary Clinton pledges U.S. support for South Korea
The secretary of State calls the sinking of a South Korean navy ship 'an unacceptable provocation by North Korea.' Although South Korea is seeking U.N. sanctions against the North, there are few options...
The story behind SOFIA, 13 years in the making
(PhysOrg.com) -- SOFIA, carrying the Cornell-built telescope FORCAST, has a colorful history that includes Bill Nye '77 the Science Guy.
'Nature's batteries' may have helped power early lifeforms
Researchers at the University of Leeds have uncovered new clues to the origins of life on Earth...
Scientists conclude asteroid ended the age of dinosaurs
University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist Michael Whalen is part of a team of distinguished scientists who recently compiled a wide swath of evidence striking a definitive blow in the ongoing...
Study links climate with mass extinction
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 25 (UPI) -- A Danish-led international team of scientists has linked climate change with the mass extinction of mammals during the late quaternary era 50,000 years...
One of Mesoamerica's oldest tombs found
The discovery in the Mexican state of Chiapas, an elaborate crypt at least 2,500 years old, includes the remains of what is believed to be an early ruler of the Zoque people,...
Revealing China's ancient past
A U.S. archeologist is helping to reveal for the first time a snapshot of rural life in China during the Han Dynasty. The rural farming village of Sanyangzhuang was flooded...
South Korean's uphill climb, on and off the mountains
Oh Eun-sun, 44, became the first woman to scale the planet's 14 highest peaks. But some question her methods and even her truthfulness. ...
57 Ancient Tombs Cracked Open in Egypt
Some Tombs Almost 5,000 Years Old, Shedding Light on Ancient Religions; Many Contain Mummified Remains
Mineral Isotopes Could Reveal Whether Dinosaurs Were Cold- or Warm-Blooded
The great spine-chilling Tyrannosaurus rex has a reputation for having killed its prey in cold blood . But was this ancient dinosaur really a cold-blooded ectotherm...
Grant Will Help Researcher Build High-Tech Micoscope
A major grant from the National Science Foundation is funding the South Dakota State University researcher's work building a high-tech microscope that will allow scientists to make movies of unprecedented...
Couple who ran over USC students get maximum sentence
A judge handed down the maximum sentence Monday to a husband and wife convicted in a hit-and-run crash that killed one USC student and left another seriously injured as they...
Mesoamerican people perfected details of rubber processing more than 3,000 years ago: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Spanish explorers encountering an advanced civilization in Mesoamerica in the 16th century had plenty of things to be astonished about, but one type of object in particular was...
Odds 1-in-3 for Northwest Mega-Quake Within 50 Years
There's more than a one-in-three chance that a titanic temblor will happen within the next 50 years in the Pacific Northwest.
FYI: What Do Dolphins and Rodeo Bulls Have in Common?
Dolphins iStockOur absurd-but-useful comparison of the month All vertebrates have tiny structures called semicircular canals inside their ear that help them to maintain balance even when their heads are bobbing around vigorously. That's...
Theoretical Man: A Caltech Particle Physicist Comes to Iron Man's Aid
(PhysOrg.com) -- When Iron Man can't do the job, who ya gonna call? Well, how about Caltech theoretical physicist Mark Wise? In Iron Man 2, the blockbuster science-fiction film based...
Climate change wiped out woolly mammoths
Mighty swings in climate played a major role in causing mass extinctions of mammals, such as woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats, in the last 50,000 years, researchers now suggest. ...
New Game-Changing Army Weapon Destroys Hidden Targets
The U.S. Army will equip troops with the new high-tech XM25 airburst grenade launcher.
Matt Ridley: 'We can overcome disease, poverty and climate change'
The author of The Rational Optimist on why life on earth is bound to get betterLet's get the bad news over with first: we can't talk about Northern Rock. Well, not much,...
It's the little things: Everyday gratitude as a booster shot for romantic relationships
Chapel Hill (University of North Carolina), NC -- Our busy lives sometimes feel like they are spinning out of control, and we lose track of the little things we can...
Rogers holds of Leipheimer, Zabriskie, wins Amgen Tour of California
The Amgen Tour of California finished with a Stage 8 that is harmlessly called a circuit race, 83.5 miles of riding in a circle through Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village and...
Charlie Brooker | So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…
And while we're at it let's create crocodiles with breasts and cross a cow with a sharkOK, time to revise those nightmare visions of the future. Rather than being laser-gunned in the...
Did megafauna extinction cool the planet?
The rapid decline of mammoths and other megafauna after humans spread across the New World may explain a bone-chilling plunge in global temperatures some 12,800 years ago, researchers reported Sunday.
Odd geometry of bacteria may provide new way to study Earth's oldest fossils
Deciphering the few clues about ancient bacterial life that are seen in these poorly preserved rocks has been difficult, but researchers may have found a way to glean new information...
Tattoos: the naked truth about our forebears | Discover
The cultural significance of tattooing is explored in a new exhibition that features 300 samples of skin recovered from French prisons in the 19th centuryPeter Johnston-Saint was an agent for Sir Henry Wellcome,...