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Stonehenge Due For Major Makeover
Stonehenge Prehistoric Site Raises Millions For Makeover, But Still Seeks Funds For Big Revamp
Evolutionary arms race between plant-eating insects and host plants illuminated
A newly identified relationship between a fly and a weedy mustard-type plant promises to answer many long-standing questions surrounding the evolutionary arms race between plant-eating insects and their host plants.
Angry Taiwan hackers attack taekwondo website
Taiwanese hackers launched cyber-attacks on Asia's top taekwondo body as anger mounted on the island over the controversial disqualification of a female fighter in the Asian Games, reports said Friday.
Genetic 'lifespan' test called flawed
LONDON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A Boston University genetic test that supposedly could indicate if someone would live to age 100 may be flawed, scientists say.
Perceptual changes - a key to our consciousness
(PhysOrg.com) -- With his coat billowing behind him and his right eye tightly closed, Captain Blackbeard watches the endless sea with his telescope. Suddenly the sea disappears as the pirate...
Shows about art and science rarely add up | Jonathan Jones
Galleries often try to bridge the great divide with laboured, text-heavy exhibitions. Is High Society a Wellcome exception?Art and science ought to be perfect bedfellows. That's a funny old phrase, isn't it? But...
Researchers link an African lizard fossil in Africa with the Komodo dragon in Indonesia
University of Alberta researchers have unearthed a mysterious link between bones of an ancient lizard found in Africa and the biggest, baddest modern-day lizard of them all, the Komodo dragon,...
Deep-sea algae may be 'living fossils'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in the US and Belgium say two types of deep-sea seaweed may be representatives of ancient forms of algae previously unrecognized.
Nature's ugly ducklings teetering on the edge of extinction
Tiny bushbaby with over-sized ears and almost blind dolphin join Edge list of most at risk species• In pictures: Weird mamals under threat of extinctionA tiny bushbaby with over-sized ears and an almost...
Ancient trumpets played eerie notes
Scientists analyze tunes from 3,000-year-old conch-shell instruments for insight into pre-Inca civilization
Mystery bird: tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides
This deceptive bird makes its living by pretending to be something it is not: a treeA pair of tawny frogmouths, Podargus strigoides, also known as false owls, photographed in mallee scrub 100 kilometres...
Vital balance brought to elders by Tele-Tai Chi
Imagine swaying to and fro, dancing to the rhythm of a slow love song. Then switch that image to maintaining balance while standing on one foot. How about standing straight...
Video: Video: Remember The Alamo(saurus)
Never-before-seen dinosaur fossils will go on exhibit when a new science museum opens in Dallas in 2013. KXAS-TV's Julie Tam reports. (NBC News Channel)
The Real Roots of 7 Magical Beasts from Harry Potter
The magical creatures that inhabit Harry Potter's world didn't all spring from J. K. Rowling's imagination. Life's Little Mysteries explores the centuries-old myths, folklore and real life occurrences that inspired...
Pocahontas's Wedding Chapel Found at Jamestown
The remains of the church where Pocahontas married an English tobacco farmer have been found in Virginia, archaeologists say.
Pictures: Oldest Dinosaur Embryos Show "Big Surprises"
The most detailed look yet at the 190-million-year-old babies reveal a lack of teeth, suggesting their parents may have cared for them, a new study says.
Go for the Fossils, Stay for the Brains
A behind-the-scenes look at a new brain exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City
Billion-Pixel Image Tool Probes Science Mysteries
Ultra-zoomable panoramas give scientists new tools to explore prehistoric rock art, mysterious bee die-offs, and more. With interactives.
Keeping creature company
José Rosado has spent the past three decades in the basement of Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology with more than 300,000 formerly crawling, slithering, snaking, swimming specimens. And he couldn’t be happier. “It’s...
Orangutans count on stats for survival
Orangutans threatened with extinction could be brought back from the brink with help from a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) statistician...
Disease-in-a-dish approach gives clues to Rett syndrome
Unregulated jumping genes are a possible culprit for the debilitating disease.
Roman settlement uncovered in London
LONDON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A Roman settlement filled with ancient artifacts and human remains has been unearthed on a west London building site, archaeologists say.
Spread the Joy: Laugh with Your Mouth Open
The most infectious laugh is one that comes from an open mouth and engages the vocal folds, according to research
Security Summit to Force Space Station Crew to Land Early
Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut living on the International Space Station will have to return to Earth a few days early to avoid interfering with an international security...
New technology gives on-site assessments in archaeology
DURHAM, N.C. -- The ability to tell the difference between crystals that formed naturally and those formed by human activity can be important to archaeologists in the field. ...
City's 'precious' mix of languages safeguarded by archive
A web-based archive, launched this week, is to document, protect and support the more than 100 languages spoken in one of Europes most diverse cities.
Can 'Rock Stars of Science' Cut Through the Noise?
Last year, men's fashion magazine GQ featured an unusual ad in their June 2009...
Early primates lived fast, died young
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Modern humans are slower to reach full maturity than our early ancestors were, and that may have given us an evolutionary advantage, U.S....