Friday, January 2, 2009

Diamonds Offer 'Final Proof' That A Comet Wiped Out The Mammoth

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From Times Online: Sure, 2008 was bad. But for Americans it was nowhere near as bad as 11,000BC – according to research published in Science...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

LIFE Photo Archive Hosted By Google

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From Google: Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and a...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Top 5 Incredible Science Discoveries of 2008

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From Live Science: Science is mostly an incremental process, a slow peeling of the onion to offer small glimpses of understanding. But over ...

The Top 10 Green-Tech Breakthroughs Of 2008

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From Wired News: Green technology was hot in 2008. Barack Obama won the presidential election promising green jobs to Rust Belt workers. Inv...

If Climate Didn't Doom Neanderthals, Did Humans?

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A map of Europe and part of the Middle East depicts the approximate range of the Neanderthals as provided by Richard Klein. The illustration...

One World, Many Minds: Intelligence In The Animal Kingdom

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Jupiterimages From Scientific American: We are used to thinking of humans as occupying the sole pinnacle of evolutionary intelligence. That...

Most Extreme News Stories Of 2008

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From New Scientist: It's been a year of extremes for science and technology. From camera footage of the deepest living fish, swimming so...

Researchers Unlock Secrets Of 1918 Flu Pandemic

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Policemen in Seattle wearing masks made by the Red Cross, during the influenza epidemic in a National Archives photo dated December 1918. (N...

Christmas Star Mystery Continues

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The fabled Star of Bethlehem (shown above in a conceptual photo) may have been a series of events with great meaning for ancient skywatchers...
Monday, December 29, 2008

Julia Roberts Was Born With A Beautiful Smile

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The study found faking a smirk is innate. True smiles like Roberts’ toothsome grin cause the eyes to twinkle and narrow and the cheeks to ri...

Lessons For Other Smokers In Obama's Efforts To Quit

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Franklin D. Roosevelt smoked cigarettes, and John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton occasionally smoked cigars. Gerald R. Ford preferred a pipe. (...

Satellites Unearthing Ancient Egyptian Ruins

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Photo: The enclosure wall of the Great Aten temple in Egypt, as seen from the QuickBird satellite. From CNN: (CNN) -- Archaeologists believ...

Burning Coal At Home Is Making A Comeback

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Kyle Buck of Sugarloaf, Pa., fills a stove with anthracite coal as his wife, Kelly, plays with their daughter Lila. Laura Pedrick for The Ne...

European Neanderthals Had Ginger Hair And Freckles

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The gene known as MC1R suggests the Neanderthals had fair skin and even freckles like redheads. From The Telegraph: Neanderthals living in ...

Natural Disasters 'Killed Over 220,000' In 2008

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From Yahoo News/AFP: BERLIN (AFP) – Natural disasters killed over 220,000 people in 2008, making it one of the most devastating years on rec...

Lifeline For Renewable Power

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Photo : Green lines: Tapping energy from remote wind and solar farms will require more high-voltage transmission lines like these, near Yerm...

Why Isn't The Darkest Month Of The Year Also The Coldest?

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From Slate: Sunday marked the winter solstice—both the official start of winter and the shortest day of the year. But December is rarely as ...
Sunday, December 28, 2008

Humans And Chimps Register Faces By Using Similar Brain Regions

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Photo : Chimpanzee. Chimpanzees recognize their pals by using some of the same brain regions that switch on when humans register a familiar ...

2009 To Arrive Not A Second Too Soon

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From Yahoo News/Space: Wait a second. The start of next year will be delayed by circumstances beyond everyone's control. Time will stand...

Half Of The USA Is Covered In Snow

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From Watts Up With That?: This is something you don’t see every day. We recently heard that Canada had a white Christmas EVERYWHERE, the fir...