Italian scientists find ancient Ur tablets
Mar 28, 2006 |
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Italian archeologists working in Iraq have announced the discovery of numerous stone tablets from the ancient civilization of Ur.
King Solomon's (copper) mines? Deep dig finds confluence of science and the Bible
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Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Did the Bible's King David and his son Solomon control the copper industry in present-day southern Jordan? Though that remains an open question, the possibility is raised once again by research ...
Study: Electricity kills cancer cells
Mar 13, 2006 |
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Scientists from Old Dominion University and Eastern Virginia Medical School say they've killed melanomas in mice using high-powered jolts of electricity.
Choosing a mate: what we really want
Sep 03, 2007 |
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While humans may pride themselves on being highly evolved, most still behave like the stereotypical Neanderthals when it comes to choosing a mate, according to research by Indiana University cognitive scientist Peter Todd. ...
Study maps network of 7 million cell phone users
May 14, 2007 |
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Scientists have constructed a map of a societal communication network based on the mobile phone usage of 7 million individuals during a span of 18 weeks. As the first study to have access to a large amount ...
Brown mathematicians prove new way to build a better estimate
Feb 29, 2008 |
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How do you sift through hundreds of billions of bits of information and make accurate inferences from such gargantuan sets of data? Brown University mathematician Charles “Chip” Lawrence and graduate student Luis Carvalho ...
Fate might not be so unpredictable after all, study suggests
Dec 03, 2007 |
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Why does it take so long for soul mates to find each other? How does disease spread through a person’s body? When will the next computer virus attack your hard-drive?
Mathematicians predict the future of the past tense
Oct 10, 2007 |
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Verbs evolve and homogenize at a rate inversely proportional to their prevalence in the English language, according to a formula developed by Harvard University mathematicians who've invoked evolutionary principles to study ...
Stonehenge 'No Place for the Dead', Says Expert
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Nov 16, 2006 |
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Professor Timothy Darvill, Head of the Archaeology Group at Bournemouth University, has breathed new life into the controversy surrounding the origins of Stonehenge by publishing a theory which suggests that ...
Researcher finds materialism in children and adolescents linked to self-esteem
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Peer pressure, targeted marketing campaigns and bad parenting have all been blamed for increasing materialism in children. Until now, there has been little evidence showing when this drive for material goods emerges in kids ...
Historian predicts the end of 'science superpowers'
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Is the sun beginning to set on America's scientific dominance? Much like the scientific superpowers of France, Germany and Britain in centuries' past, the United States has a diminishing lead over other nations in financial ...
How's your father, Father? Sex not ungodly, priests told
Mar 17, 2008 |
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The traditional view of priestly abstinence as a ' godly calling' has been challenged by new evidence from Latin commentators of 1000 years ago.
Newly discovered worm fences with penis
Jan 20, 2006 |
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Australian scientists are set to announce the discovery of a species of flatworm which is a member of group of predators known as oyster leeches.
Mankind benefits from eating less meat
Apr 06, 2006 |
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If people were to eat more vegetable proteins instead of animal proteins, this would result in multiple – and much-needed – benefits. Such a 'protein transition' will positively affect sustainable energy production, sustainable ...
Scientists Sequence Complete Genome of Woolly Mammoth
Feb 07, 2006 |
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Scientists have completed the oldest mitochondrial genome sequence from the 33,000-year-old remains of a woolly mammoth; results show mammoths and Asian elephants are a sister species that diverged soon after ...
