Humans hot, sweaty, natural-born runners April 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 192 vote(s)
| User comments: 2
Hairless, clawless, and largely weaponless, ancient humans used the unlikely combination of sweatiness and relentlessness to gain the upper hand over their faster, stronger, generally more dangerous animal prey, Harvard Anthropology ... | |
Research confirms theory that all modern humans descended from the same small group of people May 08, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 163 vote(s)
| No comments yet
Researchers have produced new DNA evidence that almost certainly confirms the theory that all modern humans have a common ancestry. | |
 Ancient predator had strongest bite of any fish, rivaling bite of large alligators and T. rex November 28, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 111 vote(s)
| No comments yet
It could bite a shark in two. It might have been the first “king of the beasts.” And it could teach scientists a lot about humans, because it is in the sister group of all jawed vertebrates. | |
 Researchers Discover the 'Big Sperm Paradox' June 08, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
| No comments yet
Syracuse University Ph.D. student Adam Bjork is a man on a mission: to unlock the mysteries of cryptic female choice. He’s not studying psychology or trying to get a date—he’s a student of biology in SU’s College ... | |
Gene mutation linked to cognition is found only in humans May 08, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 101 vote(s)
| No comments yet
The human and chimpanzee genomes vary by just 1.2 percent, yet there is a considerable difference in the mental and linguistic capabilities between the two species. A new study showed that a certain form of neuropsin, a protein ... | |
Clever plants chat over their own network September 25, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 82 vote(s)
| No comments yet
Recent research from Vidi researcher Josef Stuefer at the Radboud University Nijmegen reveals that plants have their own chat systems that they can use to warn each other. Therefore plants are not boring and passive organisms ... | |
The benefits of 80 million years without sex October 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
| No comments yet
Scientists have discovered how a microscopic organism has benefited from nearly 80 million years without sex. | |
 Researchers Decipher The Buzzing Of Bees March 06, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
| No comments yet
Everyone has heard of the canary in the coal mine, which sways or drops dead in the presence of poisonous gas, alerting miners to get out. Now a University of Montana research team has learned to understand ... | |
 Researchers discover hummingbird secret November 29, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
| No comments yet
University of Alberta researchers have pinpointed a section in the tiny hummingbird's brain that may be responsible for its unique ability to stay stationary mid-air and hover. | |
 Why Are Pygmies Short? December 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
| User comments: 11
The question is controversial. Traditional explanations attribute pygmies' small stature to minimizing caloric requirements and walking in dense forests. However, a new study by researchers at the University ... | |
Ancient organisms discovered in Canadian gold mine August 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 58 vote(s)
| No comments yet
Scientists have suspected that the three known domains of life -- eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea -- branched off and went their separate ways around three billion years ago. But pinning down the time of that split has ... | |
 No sex for 40 million years? No problem March 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 59 vote(s)
| No comments yet
A group of organisms that has never had sex in over 40 million years of existence has nevertheless managed to evolve into distinct species, says new research published today. The study challenges the assumption ... | |
 Arctic seed vault opens doors for 100 million seeds February 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
| User comments: 7
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened today on a remote island in the Arctic Circle, receiving inaugural shipments of 100 million seeds that originated in over 100 countries. With the deposits ranging from ... | |
 First genome transplant changes one species into another August 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 118 vote(s)
| No comments yet
For the first time, scientists have completely transformed a species of bacteria into another species by transplanting its complete set of DNA. The achievement marks a significant step toward the construction ... | |
 New hypothesis for origin of life proposed December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 100 vote(s)
| User comments: 9
Life may have begun in the protected spaces inside of layers of the mineral mica, in ancient oceans, according to a new hypothesis. | |
Pages: 1
Next »
PhysOrg Video
- The Corn Controversy: Food or Fuel - video , August 20
- Police in India Aim to Head Off Cyber Crime - video , August 19
- Science of Origami - video , August 18
- Measuring Lightning - video , August 18
- Man-Made Hurricanes - video , August 18
- NASA Saving Lives - video , August 18
- PhysOrg Video »
Most popular stories
-
Hackers hacked at infamous DefCon gathering,
August 12, 2008
-
Robot with a Biological Brain: new research provides insights into how the brain works,
August 13, 2008
-
Intel's new chip to be called Core i7,
August 11, 2008
-
Physicists Seek Answers to Quantum Correlations,
August 14, 2008
-
Evolution as Described by the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
August 11, 2008
- Most popular »
News Pix
-
hES Cells on Matrigel Alone,
August 20, 2008
-
Large Hadron Collide,
August 19, 2008
-
Rifamycin antibiotics attack tuberculosis bacteria with walls, not signals,
August 19, 2008
-
The M2-F1: 'Look Ma! No Wings!',
August 19, 2008
- More news pix »
PhysOrg Forum
Video
Editorials
Free Magazines
Free White Papers
PhysOrg Jobs
Newsletter
Goto Archive
Suggest a story idea
Send feedback
