- Fossil Dealer Seeks to End Disputed Dinosaur Case Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer - LiveScience.com - 20 hrs ago
The Mongolian government has no claim on a fossilized tyrannosaur skeleton at the center of an international ownership dispute, say attorneys for the Florida fossil dealer … More »Fossil Dealer Seeks to End Disputed Dinosaur Case
- Paleo-Artists Breathe Life, and Color, into Dinosaurs Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor - LiveScience.com - Sat, Sep 1, 2012
Dinosaurs, the mystical and often fierce giants that once roamed planet Earth, seem to come alive in the minds of many a child. It was this imagination that led one young … More »Paleo-Artists Breathe Life, and Color, into Dinosaurs
- Science Fiction or Fact: A Planet-Destroying Superweapon Adam Hadhazy, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor - LiveScience.com - Fri, Aug 31, 2012
In this occasional series, Life's Little Mysteries explores the plausibility of popular science fiction concepts. More »Science Fiction or Fact: A Planet-Destroying Superweapon
In this occasional series, Life's Little Mysteries explores the plausibility of popular science fiction concepts.
- Genome of Mysterious Extinct Human Reveals Brown-Eyed Girl Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor - LiveScience.com - Thu, Aug 30, 2012
The genome of a recently discovered branch of extinct humans known as the Denisovans that once interbred with us has been sequenced, scientists said today (Aug. 30). More »Genome of Mysterious Extinct Human Reveals Brown-Eyed Girl
- Storms, drought overshadow UN climate talks Apilaporn Vechakij - AFP - Thu, Aug 30, 2012
World climate change negotiators faced warnings Thursday that a string of extreme weather events around the globe show urgent action on emission cuts is needed as they … More »Storms, drought overshadow UN climate talks
- Extreme Stargazing: The Biggest, Brightest and Best Night Sky Sights Joe Rao - SPACE.com - Wed, Aug 29, 2012
This week we delve into some "extreme astronomy," for a number of skywatching superlatives are overhead now. More »Extreme Stargazing: The Biggest, Brightest and Best Night Sky Sights
- Last Meal Found in Stomach of Fuzzy Dinosaur Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor - LiveScience.com - Wed, Aug 29, 2012
Dinosaur fossils found with the bones of birds and small dinosaurs in their stomachs reveal the beasts may have been adept hunters capable of downing prey more than a … More »Last Meal Found in Stomach of Fuzzy Dinosaur
- Thawing permafrost frees millions of tons of carbon: study AFP - Wed, Aug 29, 2012
A vast outcrop of the Arctic Siberian coast that had been frozen for tens of thousands of years is releasing huge carbon deposits as rising temperatures thaw parts of … More »Thawing permafrost frees millions of tons of carbon: study
- Climate landmark as Arctic ice melts to record low Shaun Tandon - AFP - Tue, Aug 28, 2012
The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has melted to its smallest point ever in a milestone that may show that worst-case forecasts on climate change are coming true, US scientists … More »Climate landmark as Arctic ice melts to record low
- Don't Make Your Kids Creationists, Bill Nye Says Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer - LiveScience.com - Mon, Aug 27, 2012
Science educator and former TV host Bill Nye has struck out against creationism in a new video, calling the worldview "untenable" and "inconsistent." More »Don't Make Your Kids Creationists, Bill Nye Says
- 230-Million-Year-Old Mite Found in Amber Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor - LiveScience.com - Mon, Aug 27, 2012
A long, wormlike, sap-sucking mite is now one of the oldest creepy-crawlies found preserved in amber yet, researchers say. More »230-Million-Year-Old Mite Found in Amber
- Prehistoric tiny bugs found trapped in amber SETH BORENSTEIN - AP - Mon, Aug 27, 2012
Scientists have found three well preserved ancient insects frozen in amber — and time — in what is Earth's oldest bug trap. More »Prehistoric tiny bugs found trapped in amber
- Prehistoric bugs from 230 million years ago found SETH BORENSTEIN - AP - Mon, Aug 27, 2012
Scientists have found a few ancient insects frozen in what is Earth's oldest bug trap. More »Prehistoric bugs from 230 million years ago found
- Ancient Termite-Digging Creature Added to Mammal Family Tree Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer - LiveScience.com - Mon, Aug 27, 2012
A new look at a fossil mammal with powerful front legs for digging is clearing up questions about the origin of a group of strange and scaly modern-day creatures called … More »Ancient Termite-Digging Creature Added to Mammal Family Tree
- Most Neanderthals Were Right-Handed Like Us Megan Gannon, News Editor - LiveScience.com - Fri, Aug 24, 2012
Right-handed humans vastly outnumber lefties by a ratio of about nine to one, and the same may have been true for Neanderthals. Researchers say right-hand dominance in … More »Most Neanderthals Were Right-Handed Like Us
- Arctic Expedition to Probe Ocean Acidification's Effects OurAmazingPlanet Staff - LiveScience.com - Fri, Aug 24, 2012
Scientists are setting sail this week for frigid Arctic waters, for an expedition to one of the least-explored ocean regions on Earth. More »Arctic Expedition to Probe Ocean Acidification's Effects
- UN launches 'Heritage of Astronomy' portal AFP - Fri, Aug 24, 2012
Observatories in Britain, France and the United States, a pharaonic temple in Egypt, a 3,000-year-old pillar in China and a 1920s tower in Berlin have been inscribed … More »UN launches 'Heritage of Astronomy' portal
- Climate vs. weather: Extreme events narrow doubts Richard Ingham - AFP - Fri, Aug 24, 2012
Heatwaves, drought and floods that have struck the northern hemisphere for the third summer running are narrowing doubts that man-made warming is disrupting Earth's climate … More »Climate vs. weather: Extreme events narrow doubts
- HP has $8.9B loss on expected charge for EDS flop Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer - AP - Thu, Aug 23, 2012
Hewlett-Packard absorbed the largest quarterly loss in its history as the Silicon Valley pioneer owned up to past mistakes that have left it scrambling to adapt to a … More »HP has $8.9B loss on expected charge for EDS flop
- Scary Mollusk Mouths Had Humble Beginnings LiveScience Staff - LiveScience.com - Thu, Aug 23, 2012
The inside of a mollusk's mouth is a fearsome sight to behold. Most mollusks, from giant squids to predatory slugs, have radulas, or tonguelike structures covered with … More »Scary Mollusk Mouths Had Humble Beginnings
The inside of a mollusk's mouth is a fearsome sight to behold. Most mollusks, from giant squids to predatory slugs, have radulas, or tonguelike structures covered with interlocking teeth that move like a conveyor belt to slice and steer prey down the throat. But a new analysis of 500-million-year-old fossils suggests that …
- From the mouths of molluscs -- ancient snail relative found AFP - Wed, Aug 22, 2012
Fossils of toothy, slug-like creatures that grazed the sea floor 500 million years ago have shed light on the origins of modern-day snails, shellfish and squid, a study … More »From the mouths of molluscs -- ancient snail relative found
- 'Baywatch' Star Abandons Search for Noah's Ark Fearing Abduction Benjamin Radford, LiveScience Contributor - LiveScience.com - Tue, Aug 21, 2012
"Baywatch" star Donna D'Errico was recently injured on a mountain in Turkey while on a quest to find Noah's Ark. The former model and actress was on Mount Ararat with … More »'Baywatch' Star Abandons Search for Noah's Ark Fearing Abduction
"Baywatch" star Donna D'Errico was recently injured on a mountain in Turkey while on a quest to find Noah's Ark. The former model and actress was on Mount Ararat with a documentary film crew when she slipped in a rockslide; a colleague caught her before she fell off a cliff.
- NASA Finds Spiny Dinosaur Prints in Own Backyard Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer - LiveScience.com - Tue, Aug 21, 2012
At NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, some of the most brilliant minds in the world work to build the spacecraft that humans use to explore their universe. … More »NASA Finds Spiny Dinosaur Prints in Own Backyard
- Skull pushes back clock on early human migration AFP - Mon, Aug 20, 2012
An ancient skull discovered in a cave in Laos has pushed back the clock on human migration to Southeast Asia by as much as 20,000 years, a study has found. More »Skull pushes back clock on early human migration
- Oldest Bones from Modern Humans in Asia Discovered Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor - LiveScience.com - Mon, Aug 20, 2012
Newfound pieces of human skull from "the Cave of the Monkeys" in Laos are the earliest skeletal evidence yet that humans once had an ancient, rapid migration to Asia … More »Oldest Bones from Modern Humans in Asia Discovered
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