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Spain's science budget could be slashed
Amid rumours of cuts, Spanish researchers face a tense wait before the next budget announcement.
T. Rex Ancestors Turned Out to be Tiny Rex
Researchers: Tyrannosaurus Rex Ancestors Stood No Taller Than Humans for Almost 100 Million Years
Asian 'unicorn' photographed for first time in over 10 years
For the first time in more than ten years, there has been a confirmed sighting of one of the rarest and most mysterious animals in the world, the saola of...
Were Australian Aborigines the World's First Astronomers?
A study has pulled together clues that Australian Aborigines may have been the world's first astronomers, according to a press report.
Giant Vacuum to Help Bugs in Oiled Marshes?
Using huge hoses, researchers are vacuuming up marsh bugs to determine the effects of the Gulf oil spill on insects and other arthropods. Video. ...
Bird tool use evolved for better grub, literally
Some birds, such as New Caledonian crows, use sticks as tools, and now researchers think they know why: better grub. The discovery helps to explain how and why tool use...
British archaeologists find cave paintings at 100 new African sites
UK scientists unearth 5,000-year-old rock art, including drawing of a mounted hunter, in SomalilandStriking prehistoric rock art created up to 5,000 years ago has been discovered in eastern Africa by a UK-based team...
Pope's visit: 'Science cannot explain human existence'
Benedict tells religious leaders that science provides invaluable understanding but has its limitationsThe pope intervened in the debate over the origins of the universe today by claiming that science could not explain the...
500 million year old fossils discovered on new site
During an expedition into the Canadian Rocky Mountains in 2008, a Canadian-led team including Swedish researchers from Uppsala University found a new site with exceptionally preserved fossils. The site and...
Detergent keeps pathogen from destroying roses
A major pathogen in roses, the mold Botrytis cinerea, can be easily kept at bay with a dash of chlorine. Dutch researchers discovered this by chance.
Technology helps China brace for population growth
BAIHUA, China (Reuters) - Chinese geneticist Du Yutao peers at an ultrasound monitor scanning the underbelly of a pregnant sow -- one of China's latest technological tools to feed its...
Giant spiders cast webs over river using super biomaterial
(PhysOrg.com) -- The antithesis of the isty-bitsy spider, Caerostris darwini, a giant orb spider and namesake of Charles Darwin, weaves a web of super strength never before seen, says Dr....
Tulane University researchers find ancient roots for SIV
The HIV-like virus that infects monkeys is thousands of years older than previously thought, according to a new study led by researchers from Tulane University...
Toward resolving Darwin's 'abominable mystery'
What, in nature, drives the incredible diversity of flowers? This question has sparked debate since Darwin described flower diversification as an 'abominable mystery.' The answer has become a lot clearer,...
Fire aided early flowering plants
A study highlights the importance of wildfires in allowing flowering plants to become widespread during the Cretaceous period.
Scientific understanding of T. rex revised by a decade of new research and discovery
We've all heard this story: the Late Cretaceous of Asia and North America - about 65 million years ago - was dominated by several large-headed, bipedal predatory dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus...
Why did Ireland's science minister agree to launch an anti-evolution book? | Eoin Butler
That Conor Lenihan even considered endorsing such a preposterous piece of work is outrageousThe decision, since reversed, by Ireland's minister for science, Conor Lenihan, to speak at the launch of a book that...
Shape of fish, shrimp shoals examined
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Schools of fish and swarms of ocean krill get together in almost identically-shaped shoals, seeming to follow an unknown "rule," Scottish researchers say. ...
Tyrannosaurs Were Human-size for 80 Million Years
T. rex may have towered, but for their first 80 million years, most tyrannosaur species were no bigger than humans. ...
Greek Gods In The Land Of Jesus
Tolerance has meant different things in different eras. For some religions in the past, there was a 'convert or die' mentality, which tended to drive out competitors but, at least...
When T. Rex Became Tyrannical
A new tyrannosaur family tree shows how T. Rex grew from a line of small dinosaurs.
Science 2.0 In Expert Mode
I occasionally get questions about usage of Science 2.0 that go beyond the FAQ so I decided I would write up a short article on using the site for non-beginners....
A chip off the early hominin tooth
Were our early mammalian ancestors vegetarians, vegans or omnivores? It's difficult for anthropologists to determine the diet of early mammalians because current fossil analysis provides too little...
Archeological find halts N.B. roadwork
Roadwork in southwestern New Brunswick has been suspended in the Pennfield area after an unexpected archeological find.
A slice of life | Stephen Curry
The La molecule shows that the deeper you look, the more complicated life becomes Stephen Curry is a professor of structural biology at Imperial College and writes a regular blog at Reciprocal SpacePlease...
Tiny cow becomes a record-breaker
A cow whose tiny stature saved her from the abattoir enters the record books as the world's smallest.
Scots Pine shows its continental roots
By studying similarities in the genes of Scots Pine trees, scientists have shown that the iconic pine forests of Highland Scotland still carry the traces of the ancestors that colonized...
Study: Snails can find home, sweet home
LONDON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- British gardeners were advised to dump unwanted snails at least 300 feet away from plants after an amateur scientist said he found they have...