Rare bats discovered in Oklahoma forest 2006-01-16 02:05:21
A colony of Ozark bats, believed to be almost extinct, has been discovered while cutting timber in eastern Oklahoma.Full Story...
DNA may expose the shady origins of Columbus 2006-01-15 05:53:43
Spanish scientists are to test the DNA of hundreds of Catalans with the surname Colom to determine whether Christopher Columbus, far from the Italian gentleman he has long been believed to be, was in fact a pirate born in Catalonia.Full Story...
Old map shows China beat Columbus to it 2006-01-16 02:04:40
A Chinese seafarer may have discovered America long before Columbus, according to an old map that is to be presented in Beijing and London.Full Story...
Bird of prey killed Taung child - researcher 2006-01-13 03:05:41
The 2-million-year-old "cold case" of the Taung Child's death has been solved by palaeo-anthropologists who can now say "without a shadow of a doubt" that the killer was a bird of prey. Jillian Green reports...Full Story...
Eagle killed Taung child, scientists say 2006-01-12 11:31:29
After more than 80 years of debate and scientific investigation, an eagle has been found to have been the killer of the Taung child almost two million years ago, a conference in Johannesburg has heard.Full Story...
Iron Age man was a bit of a metrosexual 2006-01-08 23:07:54
The well-preserved remains of two prehistoric men discovered in an Irish bog have revealed a couple of surprises...Full Story...
Sunken Egyptian treasure sees light of day 2006-01-06 11:49:54
Egyptian treasures from the port of Herakleion, recovered after lying under the sea for centuries, will go on show for the first time in Berlin this year.Full Story...
Have scientists found Mozart's skull? 2006-01-05 02:46:02
Researchers plan to reveal the results of DNA tests taken from a skull purported to be that composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.Full Story...
Ancient dodo bones discovered on Mauritius 2005-12-23 12:56:56
A Dutch-Mauritian research team has discovered remains of the extinct dodo bird dating back 2 000 to 3 000 years on the Indian Ccean island.Full Story...
Ancient prints give fresh view on Aborigines 2005-12-22 05:21:34
Hundreds of human footprints dating back 20 000 years to the Ice Age have been discovered in a dry lake bed in Australia, scientists say.Full Story...
N Koreans claim to develop anti-smoking candy 2005-12-21 02:25:54
A North Korean pharmaceutical company says they have found a way to cure nicotine addiction, as well as heal any afflictions smoking may have caused.Full Story...
Calling all Neanderthals to go online 2005-12-20 08:10:19
A German museum says it is about to create an Internet database for researchers studying Neanderthal man.Full Story...
Cancer vaccine more active in girls - study 2005-12-19 02:26:21
An experimental vaccine that targets two viruses responsible for most uterine cancer cases has been shown to be more effective in pre-teen girls, according to studies conducted by the British pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline.Full Story...
Scientists rebuild part of mammoth's genome 2005-12-19 02:06:52
German scientists have taken us one step closer to the Ice Age by reconstructing some genetic material belonging to the woolly mammoth - an animal which has been extinct for almost 11 000 years.Full Story...
Zebrafish crucial in black and white puzzle 2005-12-17 08:02:29
A little striped fish has helped scientists begin to solve one of the biggest mysteries in biology - which genes are responsible for differences in human skin, eye and hair colour.Full Story...
Ancient mural provides new insight on Maya 2005-12-14 08:25:35
Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known Maya painting inside a ruined pyramid in the Guatemalan jungle.Full Story...
Hunt starts for Hawaiian king's time capsule 2005-12-10 09:16:45
Military specialists will use high-technology equipment for finding human remains in the hope of locating a long-lost time capsule that was buried more than a century ago by King Kamehameha V.Full Story...
Mbeki hails centre at Cradle of Humankind 2005-12-08 00:01:50
At the new visitors' centre at the Cradle of Humankind, called Maropeng, which is seTswana for "returning to the place of origin", one can get in contact with the past, present and future of humankind.Full Story...
New discoveries made on Titanic wreck 2005-12-06 03:27:25
Scientists studying the wreck of the Titanic on the North Atlantic ocean floor found evidence that the legendary luxury liner broke into three pieces when it hit an iceberg and not two as previously believed.Full Story...
Third World fit for wind power - UN study 2005-12-05 03:36:26
Windmills have a greater-than-expected potential for generating electricity in the Third World, according to new UN wind maps of countries from China to Nicaragua.Full Story...
Renowned Romanian museum to be restored 2005-12-04 06:36:29
Romania has decided to return the country's oldest museum including a priceless art collection, the Brukenthal Palace in the Transylvanian town Sibiu, to the protestant parish from which it had been expropriated in the Communist era.Full Story...
Bird dinosaur would have 'fallen off' twigs 2005-12-02 01:36:07
An ancient flying reptile that is believed to have been the forerunner of modern birds would not have been capable of perching in a tree, according to German scientists.Full Story...
Chile's child mummy secrets unwrapped 2005-11-27 11:36:56
The Chinchorro mummies are the oldest known artificially preserved dead, dating from thousands of years before Egyptian mummies, and the life quest of the archaeologists who study them is to discover why this early society developed such a complex death ritual.Full Story...
Japan space probe to make asteroid touchdown 2005-11-25 04:18:34
The Japanese space probe Hayabusa is close to making a new landing on an asteroid nearly 300 million kilometres from Earth, from which it is expected to take rock samples to be tested upon its return.Full Story...
Saxon slave whip is star of London exhibition 2005-11-21 07:39:21
A multi-tailed leather whip that was used as a slave scourge one thousand years ago is proving to be the main attraction of a new exhibition in London.Full Story...
Dung shows dinosaurs grazed on grass 2005-11-19 01:03:32
Traces of grass found in fossilised dinosaur dung suggest that grass grew on Earth much earlier than previously thought.Full Story...
Californian claims to have Beethoven's skull 2005-11-18 02:46:18
The great-great nephew of an Austrian doctor says that recently completed tests show a high likelihood that bones he inherited 15 years ago belong to the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven.Full Story...
Goliath's name found at Israeli dig 2005-11-14 05:47:39
An Israeli researcher says he has made a Goliath of a find - the first archaeological evidence suggesting that the biblical story of David slaying the Philistine giant actually took place.Full Story...
Minoan treasures found off the Cretan track 2005-11-12 09:15:28
Archeologists in Crete have found an important trove of archeological treasures containing some of the earliest known examples of Greek writing, the ministry of culture has said.Full Story...
Ice worms have much to offer, says prof 2005-11-12 08:03:06
If you go out on the ice tonight, you might find biologist Daniel Shain and his trusty spoon, hunting for worms that might shed light on how life can survive at very cold temperatures.Full Story...
Scientists agog at 'Godzilla' discovery 2005-11-11 02:47:48
It's the stuff of little boys' wildest imaginations - a crocodile having the head of a dinosaur and the tail of a fish - which paleontologists believe roamed the seas 135 million years ago.Full Story...
Hunters not farmers tamed central Europe 2005-11-12 02:36:45
DNA testing on 24 skeletons from early farming settlements in Germany, Austria and Hungary has yielded surprising results, and scientists are now questioning their previous assumptions about the ancestry of modern central Europeans.Full Story...
Archaeologists unearth ancient burial mounds 2005-11-10 02:31:04
Archaeologists have unearthed burial mounds in Armenia dating back to the third millennium. They believe the mounds contain remains and trinkets from ancient Aryan nomads.Full Story...
Early Christian church uncovered in Israel 2005-11-08 07:13:59
Prisoners excavating a site in Israel have uncovered what archaeologists believe may be the Holy Land's - or even the world's - oldest church.Full Story...
China showcases nautical hero Zheng He 2005-11-06 09:49:29
As China and the world mark the 600th anniversary of the voyages of famed navigator Zheng He, a newly excavated shipyard where much of his ancient fleet was built has finally opened to the public.Full Story...
Copernicus remains believed found in Poland 2005-11-05 08:46:05
Polish archaeologists are all but certain they have located the skeletal remains of Nicholas Copernicus, the 16th-century cleric whose heliocentric theory was to revolutionise astronomy.Full Story...
'Curse of the Iceman' claims 6th victim 2005-11-04 03:01:11
A sixth person connected to the discovery of the 5 300-year-old frozen corpse of a man who became known as Oetzi the Iceman has died, fuelling claims of a curse surrounding the mummified body.Full Story...
Mice become new Sinatras of the animal world 2005-11-02 00:13:48
Scientists have known for decades that male lab mice produce high-frequency sounds when they pick up the scent of a female mouse, but it turns out those sounds are more complex and interesting than previously thought...Full Story...
Bosnian explorer hails 'pyramids of Europe' 2005-10-30 05:38:02
Semir Osmanagic, a hobby archaeologist, has spent about R130 000 researching the Visoko valley in Bosnia and believes that he has found Europe's first pyramids.Full Story...
King Tut had a penchant for red wine 2005-10-26 13:11:53
Wine bottles from King Tutankhamun's time were apparently labelled with the name of the product, the year of harvest, the source and the vine grower, but not the colour. But the king drank red, says a researcher who analysed very dry traces of the vintage found in his tomb.Full Story...
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