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Discovery helps solve mystery of South American trophy heads

Discovery helps solve mystery of South American trophy heads

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The mystery of why ancient South American peoples who created the mysterious Nazca Lines also collected human heads as trophies has long puzzled scholars who theorize the heads may have been used in fertility ...


Trophy heads reveal secrets about ancient South American civilization

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Nasca civilization is perhaps best known for the drawings its people etched onto the desert floor in southwest Peru, a massive and mysterious body of simple and intricate works that span several hundred square miles.





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GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard

GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists hope to improve the survival odds of the endangered snow leopard in Nepal by venturing into the remote Himalayas to study its main prey, the Bharal or blue sheep.


Baby with two heads born in Philippines

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Doctors at a Philippine hospital were Wednesday trying to save a baby girl born with two heads, officials said.


Coin tosses can be easily rigged: study

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 12

The ubiquitous coin toss is not so random after all, and can easily be manipulated to turn up heads, or tails, a Canadian study has found.


2 heads better than 1 in new antibiotic method

Medicine & Health / Research

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

An antibiotic that binds to a well-established target in a novel and unexpected way could be the inspiration for designing new, more potent antibacterial drugs.


Hammerhead shark

Wide heads give hammerheads exceptional stereo view

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Hammerhead sharks are some of the Ocean's most distinctive residents. 'Everyone wants to understand why they have this strange head shape,' says Michelle McComb from Florida Atlantic University. One possible ...


CDC concedes vaccine production behind schedule

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A top-ranking official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says production of a vaccine for swine flu virus is behind schedule and people should take precautionary steps to prevent its spread.


Breeding better broccoli

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Carotenoids—fat-soluble plant compounds found in some vegetables—are essential to the human diet and reportedly offer important health benefits to consumers. Plant carotenoids are the most important source of vitamin A in ...


Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit (AP)

Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials said Sunday.


A Pakistani passenger bus is seen passing by a bill-board displaying a mobile phone advertisement in Islamabad

Mobile phones ring in growth in emerging markets

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Once just a simple telecommunications tool, the mobile telephone has in recent years become a driver of economic growth in emerging countries, experts said at one of the industry's biggest fairs.


Yellow-bellied sea snake

Venomous sea snakes play heads or tails with their predators

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In a deadly game of heads or tails venomous sea snakes in the Pacific and Indian Oceans deceive their predators into believing they have two heads, claims research published today in Marine Ecology.



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