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Mosquito hunters comb Mumbai
The Indian monsoon season provides mosquitos with the ideal breeding ground, and in Mumbai cases of malaria are on the rise.
Scientists show there's nothing boring about watching paint dry
It turns out that watching paint dry might not be as boring as the old adage claims. A team led by Yale University researchers has come up with a new...
Stephen Hawking Says Humanity Won't Survive Without Leaving Earth
If humanity is to survive long-term, it must find a way to get off planet Earth - and fast, according to famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking.
Kon-Tiki: An Ancient Technology to Prove a Modern Point
In August 1947, Thor Heyerdahl Finished a 4100 Mile Journey Across the Pacific in a Balsa Raft
Traps set for coyote that bit teen
A hunt is underway for a coyote that bit a sleeping teenager at Cape Breton Highlands National Park.
An ancient Earth like ours
An international team of scientists including Mark Williams and Jan Zalasiewicz of the Geology Department of the University of Leicester, and led by Dr Thijs Vandenbroucke, formerly of Leicester and...
Observatory: Ancient Crocodile Was No Bigger Than a House Cat
A fossil of a crocodile from 144 million years ago includes teeth that could chew — unlike the modern version’s — and a body about the size of a house...
Is It Really Appendicitis?
In today's "18 and Under" column, pediatrician Dr. Perri Klass explores the murky world of appendicitis.
Scientists regrow section of bone
Scientist Paul Wooley has regrown a section of bone in a mammal's leg, a breakthrough he and collaborators say will revolutionize bone medicine worldwide. It will dramatically improve treatment for...
Ancient Meteorite Impact Shattered Santa Fe
In the mountains of New Mexico, scientists have found evidence for an ancient meteorite strike — even though the impact crater is long gone.
Evidence Early Reptiles Were First Vertebrates to Live on Dry River Plains
It has long been suspected by scientists that reptiles were the first to make the continental interiors their home. A new discovery of trackways proves this theory.
From the archive, 7 August 1926: The "Abler" Savage
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 7 August 1926Our civilisation has come in for some shrewd blows from this year's meeting of the British Association. Professor Graham Kerr yesterday gave it another...
London Guildhall: Cradle of English literature
Researchers have found evidence that the London Guildhall served as the cradle of English Literature in the late Middle Ages. It was the home to scribes who copied the first...
Could car park ruins get World Heritage status?
Ancient ruins in a south London car park could be shortlisted for World Heritage Site status. Rajini Vaidyanathan finds out what criteria need to be fulfilled.
Competing for a mate can shorten lifespan
Men who reach sexual maturity in a context where males outnumber females don't live as long as men whose numbers roughly equaled females' and faced less competition for a mate.
Competing for a mate can shorten lifespan
BOSTON, Mass. (Aug 9, 2010) -- "Love stinks!" the J. Geils band told the world in 1980, and while you can certainly argue whether or not this tender...
Conservationists begin mass 'frog hunt'
Conservationists are preparing to scout the world for traces of amphibian species that are believed to be extinct, but may just be clinging to existence.
Weird foreign words every traveller should know
Impress foreigners with your extraordinary command of their native languageIf, on holiday, you try to speak in the local vernacular and the reply comes back in English, offer them a word from...
Archaeologists working on American Indian reservation in Mont. uncover ancient bison kill site
BROWNING, Mont. (AP) — Archaeologists working on the Blackfeet Indian reservation in northwestern Montana say they have uncovered a vast former hunting complex where bison were stampeded over a cliff...
'Delicious' invader: More fishing, higher consumption might help reverse lionfish invasion
A new study looking at how to curb the rapid growth of lionfish, an invasive species not native to the Atlantic Ocean, suggests that approximately 27 percent of mature lionfish...
Who wants to live for ever?
Studies show that a child born today can confidently expect to reach 100. But, as life expectancy rises by the day, does our happiness increase with it? Here, one man attempts to...
The secret of life may be as simple as what happens between the sheets - mica sheets
That age-old question, 'where did life on Earth start?' now has a new answer. If the life between the mica sheets hypothesis is correct, life would have originated between sheets...
Disfigured Afghan teen to have surgery in Calif.
By 2010-08-07T03:30:30Z LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The disfigured Afghan teenager whose photo was recently featured on a Time magazine cover has arrived in Southern California where a...
Study: ‘Carved-out’ voters often struggle at ballot box
The age-old practice of dividing congressional districts evenly by population speaks to such American ideals as fairness and equality. But when a county’s residents are carved into separate...
Isaiah Scroll Gets A Close-Up - Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery Solved?
The Isaiah Scroll is the oldest-known copy of any book of the Bible and after 12 years of researching the Dead Sea Scrolls, Robert Cargill, an archaeologist from UCLA, got...
Pygmy Hippo Birth Spotlights Dwarf Animals
Pygmy animals come in all shapes and levels of cuteness from the odd-looking mini hedgehog to the cuddly pygmy marmoset.
Unusual orange lobster saved from the pot
What's unusual about this orange lobster? Its alive! Lobsters are usually a brownish-green colour when living and turn orange when they have been cooked. But a rare live reddish-orange coloured...
Video: Elon Musk: The real-life Iron Man
Elon Musk, founder of Space X, gives Paul Harris a tour of the company's Californian rocket plant – and tells him how it feels to be compared to Iron Man's...