Nine fossilised teeth found in Ethiopia are from a previously unknown species of great ape, Nature journal reports. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

A Maori legend about a giant, man-eating bird has been confirmed by scientists.

Scientists now think the stories handed down by word of mouth and depicted in rock drawings refer to Haast's eagle, a raptor that became extinct just 500 years ago, shows their study in The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. picked by Bingo 2 months ago

You'd better eat your blueberries: Men who don't get enough antioxidants can have problems with infertility.

A study published online recently in the journal Fertility and Sterility discovered that men who ate antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables have better rates of sperm movement, ejaculate volume, and sperm concentration than those who ate diets heavy in meat and full-fat dairy foods. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Roman Catholics are being encouraged by a Vatican-approved journal to preach the word of Jesus in the virtual world of Second Life. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The stalwart Swiss have been traumatized by a veritable army of naked German hikers entering Switzerland after a nudist journal exposed their lack of law prohibiting it. Swiss legislators are now ready to act. Germany, where freikörperkultur —free body culture— is a respectable pastime, is aghast. picked by equinox 10 months ago

Nature magazine, the world's leading scientific journal, has featured a powerful image of John McCain and Barack Obama on its front cover. Then, however, you see the back cover... picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

A new rice plant has been developed which grows "snorkels" when exposed to floods.

A paper in the journal Nature, describes how the plant elongates rapidly in response to being submerged. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Using time-lapse photography, Journal Sentinel photographer Tom Lynn offers a day in the life of a game at Lambeau Field. The entire process captured 1,194 total images, which have been compressed into this two-minute video. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

We know that lifespan can be extended in animals by restricting calories such as sugar intake. Now, according to a study published in the journal PLoS Genetics, Université de Montréal scientists have discovered that it's not sugar itself that is important in this process but the ability of cells to sense its presence. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

A new study in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that healthy seniors who consume light to moderate amounts of alcohol reduce their odds of developing physical disabilities or dying in the next five years by 23 percent, compared with either heavy drinkers or those who abstain. picked by icepigs 10 months ago

Judged by the astonishing increase in journal papers written by scientists in China, there can be little doubt that China is finding its place as one of the world's scientific power houses. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

The active ingredient in many insect repellents, deet, has been found to be toxic to the central nervous system. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology say that more investigations are urgently needed to confirm or dismiss any potential neurotoxicity to humans, especially when deet-based repellents are used in combination with other neurotoxic insecticides. picked by kakana 4 months ago

The strongest creature in the world, the Hercules Beetle, has a colour-changing trick that scientists have long sought to understand. Research published in the New Journal of Physics, details an investigation into the structure of the specie’s peculiar protective shell which could aid design of ‘intelligent materials’. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Giant trilobites have been discovered in a rock quarry in northern Portugal.

The finding, published in the journal Geology, adds a new chapter to the story of some of the most successful creatures that ever lived, and may even challenge current specimens for the largest the planet has ever seen. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Very nice Photography website, where each month, many thematic pictures series are presented. For examples, ice cream trucks, karaoke bars, air raid sirens, tokyo street vending machines. Worth the look. picked by wildminou 2 years ago

A funky, psychedelic fish that bounces on the ocean floor like a rubber ball has been classified as a new species, a scientific journal reported. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - An upstate New York man says he's still upbeat despite losing the same leg twice. Scott Listemann told the Poughkeepsie Journal that he laughs about losing his foot and lower leg "both the first time and the second time." Themepic not related picked by prish 1 year ago

Officials tell the Jersey Journal they still don't know why a gunman robbing a gas station near the Holland Tunnel was carrying a potato in his left hand, but one Jersey City officer speculates he may have been trying to silence his gun with the vegetable. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Fossil hunters say they have discovered bones of two massive meat-eating dinosaurs in Africa. In the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno and co-author Stephen Brusatte named one Kryptops palaios, or "old hidden face," because of a horny covering over its face. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Ludwig van Beethoven died on March 26, 1827, after four months of misery on a dirty straw mattress in Vienna. What brought on that downward spiral? Lead poisoning accidentally caused by his own doctor, says a journal article published today.


I didn't find a dupe when I searched, but I'm still skeptical... picked by marli 2 years ago