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Pictures: 12 New Sphinxes Confirm Legendary Egypt Route
Long known from Egyptian texts, a storied stretch of the Avenue of Sphinxes has been confirmed by the discovery of 12 new sphinxes.
Genetics Society of America Announces Journalism Award Winner
The Genetics Society of America announces that Tina Hesman Saey, a molecular biology writer with Science News, is the first recipient of the GSA Excellence in Research Journalism Award. ...
Vikings brought Amerindian to Iceland 1,000 years ago: study
The first Native American to arrive in Europe may have been a woman brought to Iceland by the Vikings more than 1,000 years ago, a study by Spanish and Icelandic...
Scientists: Haiti's wildlife faces mass extinction
Haiti may be headed for a massive extinction event, one comparable to the sudden disappearance of dinosaurs, a group of biologists from Penn State warns. The group is currently taking...
T. rex's tail made it speedy
Tyrannosaurus rex was likely one of the fastest predators of the Cretaceous era, thanks to a massively muscular tail, Alberta researchers have found.
Sticky snack for elephant-shrews
Long-nosed Cape rock elephant-shrews are fond of sticky treats, according to Dr Petra Wester from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. Her investigations show for the first time that...
Length of pregnancy influenced by placenta structure
The nine-month pregnancy in humans is influenced by the structure of the placenta, according to new research into the evolution of reproduction in mammals which ends a 100-year mystery...
Study: Important grasses evolved early
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Grasses important to humans such as corn, sugar cane, millet and sorghum evolved many millions of years earlier than previously thought, U.S. researchers...
Study: T. rex was a runner, not a plodder
CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Tyrannosaurus rex, far from the plodding scavenger conventionally imagined, was in fact one of the fastest hunters of its time, a Canadian researcher...
Relics from King Richard II's tomb discovered
LONDON (Reuters) - Relics from the tomb of the medieval English King Richard II have been found by an archivist researching the papers of the National Portrait Gallery's first director...
One of France's largest dinosaur fossil deposits found in the Charente region
The first excavations at the Audoin quarries in the town of Angeac, in the Charente region of south-western France, have confirmed that the site is one of the richest dinosaur...
Budding research links climate change and earlier flowering plants
According to research published today by a University of Cincinnati faculty member, native plants in southwestern Ohio are flowering significantly earlier, a finding he attributes, at least in part,...
Mystery bird: long-crested eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis
This distinctive African raptor frequently hangs around on fence posts and light poles alongside the roadLong-crested eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis, photographed along the highway to Tanga, eastern Tanzania, Africa. Image: Dan Logen, 11 January...
Gloves Come Off in Debate Over Earliest Tool Use
Growing Debate Over When Prehistoric Human Ancestors Began to Use Tools
Acoustic archaeology yields mind-tripping tricks
Researchers are uncovering the secrets of ancient civilizations who built fun house-like temples that may have scared the pants off worshipers with scary sound effects, light shows and perhaps drug-induced...
See Yourself Reflected
Reflections on art, writing and scienceI am a scientist and I know something about science.I don't know much about art but I know what I like, and I like the works of...
Anthropologist challenges Lucy`s butchery tool use
(PhysOrg.com) -- An anthropologist in Spain has challenged recent evidence the ancient hominin species Australopithecus afarensis, represented by "Lucy," used sharp stones to butcher animals for meat some 800,000 years...
Eroded Kinder Scout to be fenced
The site of a famous mass trespass in the Peak District is being fenced to allow the eroded landscape to recover.
The historical importance of pee
"It cleaned roman togas, it dyed wool, it made gunpowder, it healed wounds" - Author Sally Magnusson on the historical importance of pee
American arrested in U.K. museum theft
TRING, England, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- British authorities say they've arrested an American suspected in the theft of hundreds of rare bird skins from a U.K. natural history museum.
Observatory: Researchers Dispute Report on Early Butchers
Researchers said a report in August dating the use of stone tools to 3.4 million years ago wrongly interpreted marks on bone fossils.
Large Size Didn't Keep Pterosaurs Grounded
Group argues that ancient reptiles flew just fine, despite their massive weight
A Conversation With Jane Goodall: 50 Years of Chimpanzees
Decades after her first trip to study primates in Kenya, Dr. Goodall says, “The more I learned about chimpanzees, the more I realized there was more to learn — until...
New research changes understanding of C4 plant evolution
Frostburg, Md. (November 15, 2010) -- A new analysis of fossilized grass-pollen grains deposited on ancient European lake and sea bottoms 16-35 million years ago reveals that C4 grasses...
Cuba launches next phase of African malaria project
Cuba is set to build factories in Africa to produce biolarvicides that can kill disease-carrying mosquito species.
Microsensors offer first look at whether cell mass affects growth rate (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Illinois researchers are using a new kind of microsensor to answer one of the weightiest questions in biology the relationship between cell mass and growth...
DNA reveals Neolithic farmers' near Eastern affinities
During an international research project, scientists from the Institute of Anthropology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the University of Adelaide worked with a number of additional partners to...
Tanzania's First Elected Albino MP Fears for His Life
In the east African country of Tanzania, albino hunters kill their victims and use the blood and body parts for witchcraft.