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Neanderthal Lacked Anatomical Competitive Edge: Skeletal Remains Tell the Story
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of the skeletal fossils of Neanderthal and Early modern man suggest the lack of a "throwing arm" may have made the difference in human evolution. Researchers Jill A. Rhodes and ...
Male crickets with bigger heads are better fighters, study reveals, echoing ancient Chinese text
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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Observing and betting on cricket fights has been part of Chinese cultural tradition since at least the Sung Dynasty (A.D. 960-1278). This ancient practice has resulted in quite a detailed list of characteristics ...
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Male crickets with bigger heads are better fighters, study reveals
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Observing and betting on cricket fights has been part of Chinese cultural tradition since at least the Sung Dynasty (A.D. 960-1278). This ancient practice has resulted in a detailed list of characteristics ...
Company pulls plug on 'Fallujah' video game
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The publisher behind a video game based on one of the Iraq war's fiercest battles has pulled the plug on the title, called "Six Days in Fallujah."
Why Female Water Buffalo Have Horns but Impala Do Not?
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The reason some female hoofed animals have horns while others do not has long puzzled evolutionary biologists, even the great Charles Darwin. But now a survey of 117 bovid species led by Ted Stankowich, professor ...
U.S. military satellites to be reviewed
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2007 |
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A top U.S. Air Force official has ordered a review of all current military satellites to determine if they are vulnerable to attack.
In the animal world, bigger isn't necessarily better
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Dec 11, 2008 |
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Shocking new research shows size isn't always an advantage in the animal world, shattering a widely-held belief that bigger is better.
World's most endangered gorilla fights back
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Dec 05, 2007 |
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In the wake of a study that documented for the first time the use of weaponry by Cross River gorillas to ward off threats by humans, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced today new field surveys to better protect this ...
Spider love: Little guys get lots more
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Dec 08, 2008 |
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Big males outperform smaller ones in head-to-head mating contests but diminutive males make ten times better lovers because they're quicker to mature and faster on their feet, a new study of redback spiders reveals.
Rare economic espionage case ends in jury deadlock
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two men accused of the rare charge of economic espionage against the U.S. have been acquitted on two counts, but they could face a retrial on three other counts on which a jury deadlocked.
Shanghai Builds New Space Base
Sep 08, 2005 |
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Work on a new space base commenced Tuesday at the Shenzhuang Industrial Zone in Shanghai. The base will take shape in five years in Shanghai in an effort to upgrade research and development in the region, an official said ...
Rare economic espionage case going to trial
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two men accused of stealing computer chip blueprints - and trying to tap the Chinese government to help launch a startup built on the contraband - are becoming the first defendants charged with economic espionage ...
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