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Teeth of Columbus' crew flesh out tale of new world discovery

Teeth of Columbus' crew flesh out tale of new world discovery

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The adage that dead men tell no tales has long been disproved by archaeology.





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Passage Grave 'Nordenhoj'

Passage graves from an astronomical perspective

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 18, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Passage graves are mysterious barrows from the Stone Age. New research from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen indicates that the Stone Age graves' orientation in the landscape could ...


Researchers find new way to attack inflammation in Graves' eye disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms — and improved vision — following treatment with the drug rituximab. Inflammation around their eyes and damage to the ...


Hospital infections cost $1 billion in lost bed days

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Infections caught in hospital are costing the Australian healthcare system more than 850,000 lost bed days, according to a new study by Queensland University of Technology.


Australian first: Kangaroo genome mapped

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created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Australian researchers will today launch the world first detailed map of the kangaroo genome, completing the first phase of the kangaroo genomics project.


Intact ancient tomb uncovered in Bethlehem (AP)

Intact ancient tomb uncovered in Bethlehem

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created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(AP) -- Workers renovating a house in the traditional town of Jesus' birth accidentally discovered an untouched ancient tomb containing clay pots, plates, beads and the bones of two humans, a Palestinian ...


Diabetes weakens your bones

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Current research suggests that the inflammatory molecule TNF-α may contribute to delayed bone fracture healing in diabetics. The related report by Alblowi et al, "High Levels of TNF-α Contribute to Accelerated ...


Did the North Atlantic fisheries collapse due to fisheries-induced evolution?

Biology / Ecology

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The Atlantic cod has, for many centuries, sustained major fisheries on both sides of the Atlantic. However, the North American fisheries have now largely collapsed. A new paper in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ON ...


Ancient volcano may have caused mass extinction

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 0

A previously unknown giant volcanic eruption that led to global mass extinction 260million years ago has been uncovered by scientists at the University of Leeds.


World's earliest nuclear family found

World's earliest nuclear family found

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created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0

The researchers dated remains from four multiple burials discovered in Germany in 2005. The 4,600-year-old graves contained groups of adults and children buried facing each other – an unusual practice in Neolithic ...


Ultra-fine coatings on sediment grains influence nitrate and sulfate storage in soil

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tiny sediment grains are covered with a very fine-grained, complex mixture of minerals in an open fabric that results in a large surface area in contact with water between the grains. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey ...



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