Archaeologist uses satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Satellite imagery obtained from NASA will help archeologist Bill Middleton peer into the ancient Mexican past. In a novel archeological application, multi- and hyperspectral data will help build the most accurate and most ... | |
Small primate ancestors had a leg up May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Smaller primates expend no more energy climbing than they do walking, Duke University researchers have found. This surprising discovery may explain the evolutionary edge that encouraged the tiny ancestors of modern humans, ... | |
 Britain releases batch of files on UFO sightings May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official ... | |
Religion and the narrative of biological science May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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There exists much ethical controversy brought about by advances in biology and medicine and the relationship to religion. In a new essay in The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Laurie Zoloth takes an approach to ... | |
 Scientists solve gravity-defying bird beak mystery May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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As Charles Darwin showed nearly 150 years ago, bird beaks are exquisitely adapted to the birds' feeding strategy. A team of MIT mathematicians and engineers has now explained exactly how some shorebirds use ... | |
 Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(AP) -- In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out ... | |
Researchers document rapid, dramatic 'reverse evolution' in the threespine stickleback fish May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Evolution is supposed to inch forward over eons, but sometimes, at least in the case of a little fish called the threespine stickleback, the process can go in relative warp-speed reverse, according to a study led by researchers ... | |
Maths plus 'geeky' images equals deterred students May 12, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Images of maths ‘geeks’ stop people from studying mathematics or using it in later life, shows research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. | |
Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday. | |
 Women want bargains but men prefer brand names May 15, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Women are better bargain hunters than men, with male shoppers seeking known brand names when deciding which store to go to, a Massey University study of consumers has found. | |
 US lists polar bear as threatened species May 14, 2008 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The Interior Department has decided to protect the polar bear as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming, officials said Wednesday. | |
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