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New study finds first inhabitants of Caribbean brought drug heirlooms with them

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (14) | comments 0

A new study led by North Carolina State University's Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick is the first to show physical evidence that the people who colonized the Caribbean from South America brought with them heirloom drug paraphernalia ...





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Tool use in an invertebrate: The coconut-carrying octopus

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists once thought of tool use as a defining feature of humans. That's until examples of tool use came in from other primates, along with birds and an array of other mammals. Now, a report in the December 14th issue ...


Swine flu toll includes a few pets (AP)

Swine flu toll includes a few pets

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A handful of pets have been sickened with swine flu in recent weeks, but here are doctors' orders: Wash your hands and don't panic.


Remains of Minoan-style painting discovered during excavations of Canaanite palace

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The remains of a Minoan-style wall painting, recognizable by a blue background, the first of its kind to be found in Israel, was discovered in the course of the recent excavation season at Tel Kabri. This fresco joins others ...


W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback (AP)

W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.


For economic success, channel your inner bonobo

For economic success, channel your inner bonobo

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Psychology Professor Marc Hauser dispels misconceptions about human and ape behavior with regard to patience, impulsiveness, and economic interactions in Harvard Museum of Natural History talk.


Personality types may contribute to genetic success of bighorn sheep

Personality types may contribute to genetic success of bighorn sheep

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- There must be times when University of Alberta researcher David Coltman wishes his study on animal personalities focused on something small, like a house cat. Coltman would classify cats that ...


Friendship influences eating behavior, particularly when friends are overweight

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study of childhood obesity in the United States has found that some social factors, such as the presence of friends, may put overweight youths at greater risk of overeating.


5 ancient Roman shipwrecks found off Italy coast (AP)

5 ancient Roman shipwrecks found off Italy coast

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(AP) -- Archaeologists have found five well-preserved Roman shipwrecks deep under the sea off a small Mediterranean island, with their cargo of vases, pots and other objects largely intact, officials said ...


Foodies flock to Twitter-savvy food trucks (AP)

Foodies flock to Twitter-savvy food trucks

Technology / Internet

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- For some foodies, Tweets lead to great eats.


New ancient Egypt temples discovered in Sinai (AP)

New ancient Egypt temples discovered in Sinai

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created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(AP) -- Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed four new temples amidst the 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortified city that could have been used to impress foreign ...



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