Geobiologists Discover Unique 'Magnetic Death Star' Fossil
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Oct 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists has discovered microscopic, magnetic fossils resembling spears and spindles, unlike anything previously seen, among sediment layers deposited during an ...
Probing Question: Does cracking knuckles cause permanent damage?
Apr 13, 2006 |
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Most people have cracked their knuckles more often than they're willing to admit. Against the steering wheel of the car. On the arm of an office chair, or right on the desk. People crack their knuckles mostly ...
New trigonometry is a sign of the times
Sep 16, 2005 |
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Mathematics students have cause to celebrate. A University of New South Wales academic, Dr Norman Wildberger, has rewritten the arcane rules of trigonometry and eliminated sines, cosines and tangents from the trigonometric ...
Are civil unions a 600-year-old tradition?
Aug 23, 2007 |
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A compelling new study from the September issue of the Journal of Modern History reviews historical evidence, including documents and gravesites, suggesting that homosexual civil unions may have existed six centuries ago in ...
Three from MIT envision grow-your-own home
Aug 01, 2006 |
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In the future, homeowners may grow their houses instead of building them. That's the vision of MIT architect Mitchell Joachim of the Media Lab's Smart Cities group.
Beyond Mesopotamia: A radical new view of human civilization reported
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Aug 02, 2007 |
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A radically expanded view of the origin of civilization, extending far beyond Mesopotamia, is reported by journalist Andrew Lawler in the 3 August issue of Science.
Researchers find pre-Clovis human DNA
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Apr 03, 2008 |
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DNA from dried human excrement recovered from Oregon's Paisley Caves is the oldest found yet in the New World -- dating to 14,300 years ago, some 1,200 years before Clovis culture -- and provides apparent ...
Mechanism and function of humor identified by new evolutionary theory
Jun 27, 2008 |
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A new publication answers centuries' old questions regarding the mechanism and function of humour, identifying the reason humour is common to all human societies, its fundamental role in the evolution of homo sapiens and ...
Fossil record supports evidence of impending mass extinction
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Oct 24, 2007 |
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Global temperatures predicted for the coming centuries may trigger a new ‘mass extinction event’, where over 50 per cent of animal and plant species would be wiped out, warn scientists at the Universities of York and Leeds.
Earth's First Rainforest Unearthed
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Apr 23, 2007 |
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A spectacular fossilised forest has transformed our understanding of the ecology of the Earth’s first rainforests. It is 300 million years old.
Early academic skills, not behavior, best predict school success
Nov 13, 2007 |
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An educational study unprecedented in scope finds that children who enter kindergarten with elementary mathematics and reading skills are the most likely to experience later academic success -- whether or not they have social ...
Britain’s last Neanderthals were more sophisticated than we thought
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Jun 23, 2008 |
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An archaeological excavation at a site near Pulborough, West Sussex, has thrown remarkable new light on the life of northern Europe’s last Neanderthals. It provides a snapshot of a thriving, developing population – rather ...
Lovers and liars: How many sex partners have you really had?
Feb 13, 2006 |
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Lovers and public health officials want an answer to the following question: How many opposite-sex partners have you had in your lifetime?
Titanic sunk faster than thought
Dec 12, 2005 |
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After visiting the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in August 2005, scientists have discovered that Titanic took just five minutes to sink – much faster than previously thought.
How a simple mathematic formula is starting to explain the bizarre prevalence of altruism in society
Jul 18, 2008 |
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Why do humans cooperate in things as diverse as environment conservation or the creation of fairer societies, even when they don’t receive anything in exchange or, worst, they might even be penalized?
