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4,000-Year-Old "Missing Pyramid" Found
Egyptian archaeologists have unveiled a 4,000-year-old "missing pyramid" that is believed to have been discovered by an archaeologist almost 200 years ago and never seen again.
Study: Prehistoric people fought for women
DURHAM, England, June 5 (UPI) -- British anthropologists say they have found the first evidence that suggests fighting over women occurred as early as prehistoric times in Europe.
Fibonacci sequence fronts new nanoscience building at Bristol University
A famous mathematical pattern has inspired the stunning curved sail façade of Bristol University`s new £11 million Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information.
Rope bridge for wildlife successful
Preliminary research has found that a rope bridge built to help native animals safely cross a highway is being used succesfully, and by more species than imagined.
Rewriting Greenland's Immigration History
The first immigrants in Greenland were not Indians from the North American continent or Canadian Inuit as previously suggested. And it is not just a question of revising the Greenlandic...
PHOTOS: Human Sacrifices Found at Ancient Peru Site?
A headless skeleton and disembodied pairs of legs are among possible evidence of ritualized killing at the 4,000-year-old settlement—despite their period's peaceful reputation.
Darwin still causing waves after 150 years
LONDON (Reuters) - Speeches and a scientific meeting next month will kick off 18 months of events to celebrate the impact and lasting legacy of Charles Darwin, whose theories on...
Of Hobbits and Humans
Big, Little: From left to right, a modern human female skull, a fragment of an older Palauan skull, and a model of a Homo floresiensis skull. Photo by Stephen...
Bigfoot Bounty: Reward Offered for Mysterious Monsters
Bigfoot and lake monsters, beware: There's a price on your heads.
Online database shows Britain-Australia links
Details of millions of Britons who travelled to Australia in the late 19th and early 20th century in search of economic success were released online Wednesday as part of a...
Decline at biggest UK puffin site
Puffin numbers at the UK's biggest single colony are declining, scientists report, amid signs of dwindling food.
Genome race and climate change vision vie for science book prize
Craig Venter's Life Decoded and Mark Lynas Six Degrees have seen off competition from the likes of Stephen Pinker to reach the shortlist of the Royal Society's Science book prize
Rat Remains Suggest Humans Came Late to New Zealand
Polynesian explorers and possibly their rat stowaways arrived on the Pacific island in A.D. 1280, new carbon-dating analyses show.
Museum PR guy finds new dinosaur fossil
A public relations coordinator for a Texas museum recently spotted the fossilized bones of a 75-million-year-old duckbilled dinosaur while taking a tour of the area where a mummified duckbill was...
Books: On Rounds, Observing the Suits, Not Saints
The scope of Julie Salamon’s energetic book is ambitious but even the book’s problems wind up telling readers a great deal about modern hospitals.
Forest Disappearing in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea has been losing about 1.4 percent of its total forest cover, each year, a new analysis suggests.
Strong Evidence For A Genetic Marker For Nearsightedness
New research supports the theory that the refractive errors known as nearsightedness and farsightedness are primarily inherited. The group also identified the probable location---on the long arm of chromosome 5---of...
Ancient man killed 'love rivals'
Prehistoric man may have executed male rivals in order to steal their women, research by Durham scientists suggests.
Giant Fortress's Remains Found in Egypt
Archaeologists have found more remnants of the ancient fort of Tharu in the Sinai Peninsula, bolstering theories of its political and strategic importance.
Rodent Bones of Contention
Rat fossils may settle dispute over when humans reached New Zealand
DNA reveals sister power in Ancient Greece
University of Manchester researchers have revealed how women, as well as men, held positions of power in ancient Greece by right of birth.
Genetic mutation linked to walking on all fours
What are the genes implicated in upright walking of humans? The discovery of four families in which some members only walk on all fours (quadrupedality) may help us...
Unravelling the mystery of the kitty litter parasite in marine mammals
Researchers at California Polytechnic State University have discovered what may be a clue to the mystery of why marine mammals around the world are succumbing to a parasite that is...
Living Fossils Have Long- And Short-term Memory Despite Lacking Brain Structures Of Modern Cephalopods
Nautilus, the ancient living ancestors of modern cephalopods, have both long and short-term memory, despite lacking the brain structures that modern cephalopods evolved for long-term memory.
Gene Studies Tell Placenta's Tale
Mother-fetus lifeline evolved from a combination of ancient and new genes
Drug gang jungle fires threaten Guatemala ruins
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Illegal settlers likely working for drug smugglers are starting fires to clear land in the Guatemalan jungle and threatening investigations into an ancient Mayan city with...
Cleopatra Bust Among Treasures Found in Egypt Temple
The alabaster carving and a mask that might have belonged to Marc Antony were found at a site where teams have been searching for the famous couple's lost tombs.
Volcanic bug aids 'Children of the Moon'
Scientists probing an ancient microbe have shed new light on a rare condition that causes acute sensitivity to the sun.