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Atlanta Floods Extremely Rare
The epic flooding that hit the Atlanta area in September of 2009 was so extremely rare that, six weeks later this event has defied attempts to describe it. Scientists have...
Archaeologists Uncover Prehistoric Landscape Beneath Oxford University, England
Archaeologists excavating the former Radcliffe Infirmary site in Oxford have uncovered evidence of a prehistoric monumental landscape stretching across the gravel terrace between the Thames and Cherwell rivers.
New duck-billed dinosaur discovered
BILBAO, Spain, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A new hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur, has been discovered in Huesca, Spain, scientists at the University of Basque Country said.
Discovery Of The Oldest European Marsupial In SW France
Remains of one of the oldest known marsupials have been recovered in Charente-Maritime, France, by palaeontologists. This discovery raises a new hypothesis about the dispersal route of the earliest marsupial...
Ancient muscle tissue extracted from 18 million year old fossil
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have extracted organically preserved muscle tissue from an 18 million years old salamander fossil. The discovery by researchers from University College Dublin, the UK and Spain, reported...
Pollination in the pre-flower-power era
Scorpionflies may have aided plant reproduction long before blossoms evolved
The E-book Battle: You Win
With so many ebook readers vying for the honor of replacing your library, how does a bookworm choose?
PICTURES: "Extraordinary" Ancient Skeletons Found
Several graves dating as far back as the early Stone Age--complete with dog-tooth jewelry and even a sitting woman--have been discovered during extensive digs in central Germany, archaeologists say.
Why JFK Assassin Photo Wasn't Faked
Hany Farid explains why an incriminating photo of JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald isn't a fake, as Oswald and others claimed.
National Briefing | South: Georgia: September Floods Analyzed
Scientists knew the recent flooding that enveloped parts of Georgia was rare but a new analysis is showing just how unusual the heavy rains were.
The music of the Spheres | Andrew Brown
Kepler founded modern astronomy by looking for a harmony that we wouldn't recognise as scientific at allPaper darkens as it grows old, but vellum just goes duller white, like the belly of...
Archaeologists Track Infamous Conquistador Through Southeast
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of Hernando de Soto's 1540 journey through the Southeast. No evidence of De Soto's path from Tallahassee to North Carolina has been found until now, and...
Spread of Western Juniper Seeds Studied
(PhysOrg.com) -- Aromatic, evergreen foliage and plump, dusty-blue to nearly purple berries make western juniper appealing, whether it's a small shrub or a lofty tree. The trouble is, during the...
History in 3-D
If you don't have the time to travel to Florence, you can still see Michelangelo's statue of David on the Internet, revolving in true-to-life 3D around its own axis. This...
Conserving historic apple trees
The apple trees of yesteryear are slowly disappearing. Many apple varieties common in the United States a century ago can no longer be found in today's orchards and nurseries. But...
Portable 3-D Laser Technology Preserves Texas Dinosaur's Rare Footprint
Using portable 3-D laser technology, scientists have electronically preserved a rare 110 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur footprint excavated in 1933, and built into the wall of a bandstand at a Texas...
T. rex's oldest relative discovered
Spanning just 10 feet in length and sporting a tiny horn on its nose, a newly identified dinosaur has been identified as the oldest known relative of the fierce meat-eater...
Jurassic Start: Fossil Pushes Tyrannosaurs' Origin Back 10 Million Years
Tyrannosaurus rex and its relatives were North America's dominant predators in the late Cretaceous period, about 99 million to 65 million years ago, but a new analysis...
The humble beginnings of a king
Tyrannosaurus rex and related large carnivorous dinosaurs together form the family Tyrannosauridae.
Metal detectorist on first trip finds iron-age treasure
A man who bought a metal detector because he wanted a hobby that got him out in the fresh air struck gold the first time he used it when he discovered an...
Ancient Anglo-Saxon gold on display in London
The British Museum is displaying a small selection of a gold hoard found last July in a Staffordshire field by an amateur with a metal detector.
X-ray named top achievement by British museum
The X-ray was named the most important modern scientific achievement Wednesday in a poll conducted for Britain's Science Museum, beating Apollo spacecraft and DNA.
MSU researcher: Obesity significantly cuts odds of successful pregnancy
Obese women are as much as 28 percent less likely to become pregnant and have a successful pregnancy, according to research that earned a Michigan State University professor a national...
Biologist Richard Dawkins on the evolution debate
Author of 'The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution' shares his passion for spreading an understanding of scientific processes with the layperson. In the 150 years since the publication of Charles...
T. rex's Oldest Relative Discovered
A small relative of the prehistoric killing machine lived some 170 million years ago.
Country diary: Wenlock Edge
Wenlock EdgeA band of 100 siskins flew over Lea North quarry. Low cloud and rain began to lift and the sun lit the yellow-green birds against blue-grey walls of limestone. I was...
How safe is your ejector seat?
A passenger in a fighter plane in South Africa last week accidentally activated the ejector seat but escaped unharmed. Was he just incredibly lucky?Of all the things that you hope you wouldn't be...
Seafloor Fossils Provide Clues on Climate Change
Deep under the sea, a fossil the size of a sand grain is nestled among a billion of its closest dead relatives. Known as foraminifera, these complex little shells of...