News tagged with early history

Distant galaxies reveal the clearing of the cosmic fog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have used ESO's Very Large Telescope to probe the early Universe at several different times as it was becoming transparent to ultraviolet light. This brief but dramatic phase in ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Fuzzy math in health law formula

(AP) -- Older adults of the same age and income with similar medical histories would pay sharply different amounts for private health insurance due to what appears to be an unintended consequence of the new health care law.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First galaxies were born much earlier than expected (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the amplifying power of a cosmic gravitational lens, astronomers have discovered a distant galaxy whose stars were born unexpectedly early in cosmic history. This result sheds new light ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 26 | with audio podcast

Brain Versus Gut: Our Inborn Food Fight

(PhysOrg.com) -- The relatively larger human brain makes us the most intelligent of the primates. But if we're so smart, how come we've eaten our way into an obesity epidemic? One reason is the relatively ...

Biology / Evolution

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The color of dinosaur feathers identified

(PhysOrg.com) -- The colour of some feathers on dinosaurs and early birds has been identified for the first time, reports a paper published in Nature this week.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (17) | comments 3 | with audio podcast