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Ancient Nubians drank antibiotic-lacked beer
People have been using antibiotics for nearly 2,000 years, suggests a new study, which found large doses of tetracycline embedded in the bones of ancient African mummies. ...
Most penguin populations continue to decline
Penguin biologists from around the world, who are gathered in Boston this week, warn that ten of the planet's eighteen penguin species have experienced further serious population declines. The effects...
Will Aging Chimps Get to Retire, or Face Medical Research?
A move of some of 186 chimpanzees to a research center in Texas has spurred outrage among animal rights advocates, primate experts and politicians.
Hawaii plant thought to be extinct found in Kohala
A Hawaiian plant species thought to be extinct has been found on the Big Island. Hawaii - United States - Hawaii Island - Travel and Tourism...
Response: No, I don't believe science holds all the answers to our existence
Our consciousness paves the way for our spirituality, but there's little consensusIn finger-wagging style, Mary Midgley warns that "serious scientists know that their enquiries are endless; any answers always raise a swarm of...
Making money from Peruvian bird poo
An island off Peru is making money from selling bird poo to use as organic fertiliser
The Mosasaur's kinky tail | Brian Switek
For centuries scientists routinely straightened the tails of Mososaur fossils in the reconstruction process. But a recent re-examination has changed the way they see the sea-going lizards over nightBrian Switek blogs at brianswitek.comOn...
Exploring an Explorer's Old Idea; Improve Semiarid Grasslands with Yellow-Flowered Alfalfa
More than 100 years after an explorer first brought yellow-flowered alfalfa from Siberia to North America, South Dakota State University scientists are exploring one of his century-old ideas: use yellow-flowered...
Serengeti’s Great Migrations May Be on Road to Ruin
Commercial road could cut off millions of animals, if built.
At Flea Market, Fear of a Different Insect
Buyers in secondhand stores are concerned about bedbugs coming along with the clothing or furniture.
Kids swap DNA for fairground rides
Researchers' efforts to collect samples at a fair raise ethical questions.
Poland, Germany face off over LNG terminal
WARSAW, Poland, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Germany and Poland have faced off over a Polish LNG terminal to be built on the Baltic Sea coast. ...
Ancient skull reveals 'killer bilby'
A study of a fossil skull has shown that the ancestors of Australia's gentle, rabbit-like bilby were 'the pitbulls of the bandicoot world'.
3,000-year-old Iron Age temple unearthed in Jordan
The Jordanian antiquities department announced Wednesday the discovery of a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple boasting a trove of figurines of ancient deities and circular clay vessels used in religious rituals. ...
New study suggests migration does not bring happiness
The grass might not be greener on the other side of the border, a new study from the University of Leicester has found...
Evolution rewritten, again and again
A team of researchers at the University of Bristol decided to find out, with investigations of dinosaur and human evolution. Their study, which is published this week in Proceedings of...
Scenes from a 12,000 Year-Old Feast
Archeologists Uncover a Site in Northern Israel Where Cow Meat, Tortoises Led the Menu
Canadian student finds 19 new bee species
TORONTO, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A Canadian doctoral student has identified 19 new species of bees, including one in downtown Toronto close to his research lab, researchers say. ...
Thinnest eggs belonged to largest Moas
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a detailed online study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on August 30th, scientists investigate questions surrounding New Zealand's moa eggs and the...
Edge Learning And SpaceUpDC
Edges are where topics intersect. Edges are where uncomfortable thoughts reside. Edges define a topic by being just barely part of that topic. They are the border between what is...
Expedition Explores Violent Russian Volcanoes
Scientists seek to date massive explosion that brought down a mountain.
Killer space blast 'off the hook'
The theory that the great beasts living in North America 13,000 years ago were killed off by a space impact can now be discounted, a new study claims.
Most Fragile Eggs Belonged to Huge Flightless Birds
Perhaps the hefty birds hovered slightly above the fragile eggs to keep them from breaking.
WikiLeaks founder questioned by Swedish police
(AP) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been questioned by Swedish police about an allegation that he mistreated a woman, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Kiev in gas transit talks with Berlin
BERLIN, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Germany could play a role in revitalizing the natural gas transit system in Ukraine, the Ukrainian president said during a meeting in Berlin. ...
Geo findings boost reserves
New geological findings in New Zealand, dating back 40 million years, could affect the search for new petroleum reserves.
Study suggests dinosaurs killed off by more than one asteroid
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dinosaurs, along with over half of other species, became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous period about 65.5 million years ago, and many scientists believe this was...
Radioactive decay rates vary with the sun's rotation: research
Radioactive decay rates, thought to be unique physical constants and counted on in such fields as medicine and anthropology, may be more variable than once thought.