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'Hobbit' island colonised much earlier than thought

Flores, the Indonesian island where skeletal remains of famous "hobbit hominids" were found in 2003, was colonised by humans much earlier than thought, scientists said on Wednesday.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 10

Is the Hobbit's brain unfeasibly small?

(PhysOrg.com) -- The commonly held assumption that as primates evolved, their brains always tended to get bigger has been challenged by a team of scientists at Cambridge and Durham. Their work helps solve ...

Biology / Evolution

created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

'Hobbit' fossils a new species, anthropologist says

An analysis of an 18,000-year-old fossil, described as the remains of a diminutive humanlike creature, proves that genuine cave-dwelling "hobbits" once flourished in Southeast Asia, according to a Long Island anthropologist ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1




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Time Warner 4Q earnings edge up, beats Street

(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. got a boost from its movie studio and cable TV networks in the last three months of the year, and the company expects growth to continue in 2012 even with the end of its lucrative ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mouse to elephant? Just wait 24 million generations

Scientists have for the first time measured how fast large-scale evolution can occur in mammals, showing it takes 24 million generations for a mouse-sized animal to evolve to the size of an elephant.

Biology / Evolution

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 46 | with audio podcast

Hollywood still struggling to focus 3D technology

Two years after breakthrough 3D megahit "Avatar," Hollywood is still struggling to decide how best to use the new technology, as filmgoers tire of the novelty and say no to annoying glasses.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 6

Eat, drink and be scary!

The heart pounds wildly. Breathing hastens. Who is that figure rising from behind the fog? How does that deep droning voice on the other end of the line know what I’m wearing? What lies in the dark abyss around the corner? ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Warner looks beyond movies to find game success

"The Dark Knight Rises" doesn't hit movie theaters for nine months, but Batman is at the heart of what may just be Warner Bros.' most important release of the fall.

Technology / Business

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Happy Feet the penguin begins long swim home

Happy Feet, the lost penguin who became a worldwide celebrity after he washed up on a New Zealand beach was released back into the Southern Ocean on Sunday to begin a long swim home to Antarctica.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 04, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New Zealand's lost penguin heads home

Fattened up on a diet of "fish milkshakes" and escorted by his own personal veterinary team, the world's most famous penguin, Happy Feet, sets sail Monday for the icy waters he calls home.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

Great gray owls find a surprising home on timber firm's land

Flip through a field guide to western birds and you'll discover the great gray owl occupies the narrowest of ecological niches in California: dense conifer forests next to moist mountain meadows.

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Next gen video games let players control the story

Menacing alien machines descend on Earth, and amid all-out war, a soldier searches a building to find a frightened boy hiding in a vent.

Technology / Software

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 12

Christianity in Lord of the Rings: Would Easter fly on Middle Earth?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Without a single chapel on Middle Earth, one might assume that religion has no place in The Lord of the Rings. 

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (6) | comments 106


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