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Alberta's hidden valleys offer both resources and danger
Alberta is criss-crossed with hidden glacial valleys that hold both resource treasures and potential danger. University of Alberta researcher Doug Schmitt discovered a 300 metre deep, valley hidden beneath the...
South African dinosaur bones fill in gaps
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Dinosaur bones found in South Africa have filled in some blanks in the long evolutionary history of the extinct giant reptiles, a...
California Academy of Sciences becomes first aquarium in US to breed dwarf cuttlefish
Anchored to an algae-covered rock in a 120-gallon tank at the California Academy of Sciences' Steinhart Aquarium, a cluster of inky-colored cuttlefish eggs is beginning to swell -- evidence of...
Dinosaurs were warm-blooded runners, skeletons hint
New research has added strength to the theory that dinosaurs were warm-blooded like mammals and birds, not cold-blooded like reptiles.
FOR KIDS: The bug that may have killed a dinosaur
The holes in the jaw bone of a world-famous T. Rex suggest the dino died from a parasite infection
BMVIT’S NANO INITIATIVE A GREAT SUCCESS – EVENT FULLY BOOKED
Vienna, 11 November 2009 (BMVIT). The "NANO: Wissenschaft. Wirtschaft. Wirkung.
Covalent Gold
Chemical Bonding: Study firms up knowledge on the true nature of gold's bonding.
Earth's early ocean cooled more than a billion years earlier than thought: Stanford study
The scalding-hot sea that supposedly covered the early Earth may in fact never have existed, according to a new study by Stanford University researchers who analysed isotope ratios in 3.4...
I Humbly Propose A Biologically Accurate Episode Of Spongebob Squarepants
Today's scapegoat for my rant about the place of cephalopods in society is, as I predicted, Squidward Quincy Tentacles, of Spongebob Squarepants fame: What IS that? Six appendages, a misplaced mouth,...
Auctioneer: T. rex fossil headed for museum
A fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex that failed to sell at auction in Las Vegas last month has been bought by a private buyer who intends to see it displayed in a...
Pass notes No 2,682: Tyrannosaurus Rex
Is our image of the prehistoric predator a little wide of the mark?Age: 68m years, give or take.Appearance: Does just what it says on the etymological tin – it looks like a...
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Kilo of metal found in Peruvian's stomach: surgeon
Doctors in northern Peru have removed almost a kilogram of nails, coins and scrap metal from a man's stomach, a surgeon that operated on him said Wednesday.
Following Feathers from Birds to Dinosaurs
Ornithologist follows the evolution of feathers, shedding light on dinosaur colors.
Israel displays coins from ancient Jewish revolt
Israel displayed for the first time Wednesday a collection of rare coins charred and burned from the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple nearly 2,000 years ago. ...
Africa's rarest monkey had an intriguing sexual past, DNA study confirms
Durham, NC -- The most extensive DNA study to-date of Africa's rarest monkey reveals that the species had an intriguing sexual past.
European biosafety labs set to grow
Bioterrorism and emerging diseases spur building boom, although some question the need for more facilities.
Why can't chimps speak?
If humans are genetically related to chimps, why did our brains develop the innate ability for language and speech while theirs did not?
Human Evolution: The Origin of Tool Use
Why did we start using tools? What do other tool users in our family tree say about our early evolution?
Human extinction: How could it happen?
It would take a combination of severe and catastrophic events to drive the hardy human race to extinction, research concludes. Human - Human extinction - Earth...
Fossil confirms ancient link
Australia was once connected to a warm, tropical version of South America, according to researchers looking at a new fossil find.
A motley collection of boneworms
MOSS LANDING, CA -- It sounds like a classic horror story -- eyeless, mouthless worms lurk in the dark, settling onto dead animals and sending out green "roots"...
Why the red deer failed to rut
There has been no deer rut in the New Forest this autumnFor centuries, the autumnal red deer rut has been one of the stunning sights of the British countryside. The annual event...
Video: Many Rape Kits Go Untested
While thousands of rape kits throughout the nation never make it to crime labs for testing, Armen Keteyian reports that even the kits which are sent to the labs can...
Small ancestor of giant sauropods unearthed
Fossils suggest bipedal dinosaur occasionally walked on all fours, could open its mouth wide to gather foliage
Central Africa's tropical Congo Basin was arid, treeless in Late Jurassic
The Congo Basin — with its massive, lush tropical rain forest — was far different 150 million to 200 million years ago. At that time Africa and South America were...
New fossil plant discovery links Patagonia to New Guinea in a warmer past
Fossil plants are windows to the past, providing us with clues as to what our planet looked like millions of years ago. Not only do fossils tell us which...
Arabian "Sea Cows" Going Hungry?
Along the coast of Abu Dhabi, development is spilling into the sea, smothering the sea grass beds that nourish rare marine mammals called dugongs. Video.