News tagged with queens
Designer behind Apple's products knighted in UK
(AP) -- Fans of the clean, inviting look of the iPhone, iPad and other blockbuster Apple products are legion, and that includes Queen Elizabeth II.
Jan 01, 2012 |
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Explorers track down Queen Elizabeth II
Some of Britain's greatest adventurers, explorers and astronauts trekked to Buckingham Palace on Thursday to meet Queen Elizabeth II.
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Vicious queen ants use mob tactics to reach the top
Leptothorax acervorum ants live all over the Northern hemisphere, but their reproductive strategy depends on habitat. Colonies are polygynous (more than one queen) in the forest of Siberia and central Europe, but functionally ...
Sep 30, 2011 |
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Queen bee or worker bee? New insights into famous honeybee society caste system
Scientists are reporting deep new insights into whys and hows of the famous caste system that dominates honey bee societies, with a select few bee larvae destined for royalty and the masses for worker status. ...
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Breeding a better bee
The population of honeybees remains endangered, threatening the world's food supply, and scientists have decided that the best way to save the insects may be to breed a better bee.
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Sexual reproduction works thanks to ever-evolving host, parasite relationships: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems we may have parasites to thank for the existence of sex as we know it. Indiana University biologists have found that, although sexual reproduction between two individuals is costly ...
Jul 07, 2011 |
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The myth of the 'queen bee': Work and sexism
Female bosses sometimes have a reputation for not being very nice. Some display what's called "queen bee" behavior, distancing themselves from other women and refusing to help other women as they rise through the ranks. Now, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Where have all the flowers gone?
It's summer wildflower season in the Rocky Mountains, a time when high-peaks meadows are dotted with riotous color. But for how long?
Jun 16, 2011 |
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Blackbeard's anchor recovered off NC coast (Update)
Archaeologists recovered the first anchor from what's believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship off the North Carolina coast Friday, a move that might change plans about how to save the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 27, 2011 |
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Secret of royal jelly's super-sizing effect on queen bees appears to be special protein royalactin
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper published in Nature, Japanese researcher Masaki Kamakura describes a process he used to determine that the protein royalactin, is at least one of the components responsible for tu ...
Apr 27, 2011 |
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Internet goes crazy for first online royal wedding
The first British royal wedding of the Internet age is generating one mention every 10 seconds online and will be streamed live to an estimated audience of several hundred million viewers.
Apr 26, 2011 |
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'King's Speech' earns praise from kids who stutter
(AP) -- A movie about a stuttering monarch, without sex, car chases or sinewy super heroes, hardly sounds like blockbuster box-office fare.
Feb 04, 2011 |
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Rhythmic vibrations guide caste development in social wasps
(PhysOrg.com) -- Future queen or tireless toiler? A paper wasp's destiny may lie in the antennal drumbeats of its caretaker.
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Identifying Eadgyth
When German archaeologists discovered bones in the tomb of Queen Eadgyth in Magdeburg Cathedral, they looked to Bristol to provide the crucial scientific evidence that the remains were indeed those of the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 26, 2010 |
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The Socialite Network: UK's Queen joins Facebook
(AP) -- Britain's royal household says Queen Elizabeth II is launching her own fan page on Facebook.
Nov 07, 2010 |
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