http://www.physorg.com/science-news/ en-us PhysOrg.com provides the latest news on science, fossils, archaeology, chemistry, mathematics, biology and science technology. Astronomer and long time science advocate Carl Sagan once said that he was "not very good at singing songs." But on Nov. 9 in Washington D.C., his voice could be heard singing about the wonders of universe -- 13 years after his death. http://www.physorg.com/news177269555.html Other Sciences Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:33:02 EST news177269555 There is a tendency to think that only men treat women in a sexist way, but a new study by a University of Miami researcher and his daughter shows that both men and women participate in maintaining a gender hierarchy in our society. The study, titled "Social Dominance and Sexual Self-Schema as Moderators of Sexist Reactions to Female Subtypes," was recently published by the journal of Sex Roles. http://www.physorg.com/news177260107.html Other Sciences Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:55:49 EST news177260107 (AP) -- Israel displayed for the first time Wednesday a collection of rare coins charred and burned from the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple nearly 2,000 years ago. http://www.physorg.com/news177176994.html Other Sciences Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:52:37 EST news177176994 (AP) -- Scientists say they've discovered a new dinosaur species in South Africa that may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land. http://www.physorg.com/news177154893.html Other Sciences Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:41:56 EST news177154893 (PhysOrg.com) -- Although often seen as an inconsequential feature of digital technologies, one's self-representation, or avatar, in a virtual environment can affect the user's thoughts, according to research by a University of Texas at Austin communication professor. http://www.physorg.com/news177100524.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:36:03 EST news177100524 Fossil plants are windows to the past, providing us with clues as to what our planet looked like millions of years ago. Not only do fossils tell us which species were present before human-recorded history, but they can provide information about the climate and how and when lineages may have dispersed around the world. Identifying fossil plants can be tricky, however, when plant organs fail to be preserved or when only a few sparse parts can be found. http://www.physorg.com/news177096593.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:00:02 EST news177096593 Companies that commit fraud can find innovative ways to fudge the numbers, making it hard to tell something is wrong by just looking at their financial statements. But research from North Carolina State University unveils a new warning system that sees through accounting tricks by evaluating things that are easily verifiable, such as the number of employees or the square footage that a company owns. If a company says that its profits are up, but these nonfinancial measures (NFMs) are down, that's a sign something is probably wrong. http://www.physorg.com/news176975440.html Other Sciences Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:56:28 EST news176975440 Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations. http://www.physorg.com/news176809886.html Other Sciences Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:40:05 EST news176809886 (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 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows that soft tissue can be preserved under a broader set of fossil conditions than previously known. http://www.physorg.com/news176660912.html Other Sciences Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:20:01 EST news176660912 (PhysOrg.com) -- 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. http://www.physorg.com/news176577298.html Other Sciences Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:15:33 EST news176577298 (PhysOrg.com) -- Remains of the oldest-known relative of T.rex have been identified, more than 100 years after being pulled out of a Gloucestershire reservoir, according to research published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society today. http://www.physorg.com/news176568098.html Other Sciences Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:10:01 EST news176568098 A study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no performance advantage over counterparts who use their biological legs. http://www.physorg.com/news176565385.html Other Sciences Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:50:01 EST news176565385 (AP) -- A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation. http://www.physorg.com/news176566373.html Other Sciences Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:40:01 EST news176566373 (PhysOrg.com) -- Chief executives in 35 of the top Fortune 500 companies were overpaid by about 129 times their "ideal salaries" in 2008, according to a new type of theoretical analysis proposed by a Purdue University researcher to determine fair CEO compensation. http://www.physorg.com/news176481555.html Other Sciences Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:40:11 EST news176481555 The legendary "man-eating lions of Tsavo" that terrorized a railroad camp in Kenya more than a century ago likely consumed about 35 people--far fewer than popular estimates of 135 victims, according to a new analysis led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The study also yields surprises about the predatory behavior of lions. http://www.physorg.com/news176399116.html Other Sciences Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:00:01 EST news176399116 We all know adolescents get testy from time to time. Thank goodness we don't have young tyrannosaurs running around the neighborhood. http://www.physorg.com/news176386597.html Other Sciences Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:17:02 EST news176386597 (PhysOrg.com) -- Pieces of amber containing parts of a spider's web have been found in East Sussex and dated back to the Cretaceous period 140 million years ago, which makes it the oldest spider's web known. http://www.physorg.com/news176364340.html Other Sciences Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:40:01 EST news176364340 (PhysOrg.com) -- An ancient South American civilisation which disappeared around 1,500 years ago helped to cause its own demise by damaging the fragile ecosystem that held it in place, a study has found. http://www.physorg.com/news176368228.html Other Sciences Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:24 EST news176368228 (PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Museum of the Rockies have wiped out two species of dome-headed dinosaur, one of them named three years ago - with great fanfare - after Hogwarts, the school attended by Harry Potter. http://www.physorg.com/news176132721.html Other Sciences Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:46:07 EST news176132721 A new study reveals the important role inherited wealth plays in sustaining economic inequality in small scale societies. A team of 26 anthropologists, statisticians, and economists based at the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico amassed an unprecedented data set allowing 43 estimates of a family's wealth inheritance and found that financial inequality among populations largely depends on the "technologies" that produce a people's livelihood. http://www.physorg.com/news176120588.html Other Sciences Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:24:03 EST news176120588 A husband and wife team of American paleontologists has discovered a new species of dinosaur that lived 112 million years ago during the early Cretaceous of central Montana. http://www.physorg.com/news176119692.html Other Sciences Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:08:52 EST news176119692 North American car manufacturers have come bottom of the league in the largest ever international study of the global automobile sector's sustainability performance. http://www.physorg.com/news176100931.html Other Sciences Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:20:03 EST news176100931 The so-called "silver spoon" effect -- in which wealth is passed down from one generation to another -- is well established in some of the world's most ancient economies, according to an international study coordinated by a UC Davis anthropologist. http://www.physorg.com/news176046539.html Other Sciences Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:50:54 EST news176046539 An Indian doctor working in 600 B.C. might have been the world's first plastic surgeon, according to a new exhibition that challenges Western domination of the history of science and technology. http://www.physorg.com/news176015733.html Other Sciences Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:50:03 EST news176015733 For kids, ringing a neighbor's doorbell, yelling "trick or treat," and receiving candy brings plenty of smiles, but for many the real fun of Halloween happens when you turn your plastic jack-o'-lantern candy bucket upside down, unleashing a candy tsunami onto a tabletop or bedspread. From there it's easy to pick out the holiday-inappropriate items that somehow made it into the mix -- kids need pencils, and eating the occasional apple is swell, but not on Halloween night. http://www.physorg.com/news175971356.html Other Sciences Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:56:33 EST news175971356 (PhysOrg.com) -- If your best friend is a guy from "The Office" or a young doctor on "Grey's Anatomy," you may be relying too much on TV shows to fill a social void in your life. http://www.physorg.com/news175970817.html Other Sciences Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:48:06 EST news175970817 People who watch forensic and crime dramas on TV are more likely than non-viewers to have a distorted perception of America's criminal justice system, according to new research from Purdue University. http://www.physorg.com/news175957269.html Other Sciences Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:04:17 EST news175957269 The fossilised skull of a pliosaur, the largest marine reptile that ever lived, has been discovered along the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. http://www.physorg.com/news175895874.html Other Sciences Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:58:48 EST news175895874 (PhysOrg.com) -- Caspar Hare would like you to try a thought experiment. Consider that 100,000 people around the world tomorrow will suffer epileptic seizures. "That probably doesn't trouble you tremendously," says Hare, an associate professor in MIT's Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. http://www.physorg.com/news175767654.html Other Sciences Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:22:07 EST news175767654 (PhysOrg.com) -- The origins of altruism, the willingness to make personal sacrifices for the benefit of others often unknown to us, has perplexed evolutionary social scientists and biologists for years. http://www.physorg.com/news175522198.html Other Sciences Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:10:33 EST news175522198