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Are we really a nation of animal lovers?
Apr 05, 2012 (SPX)
A new study has estimated that over 260,000 cats and dogs entered the care of UK rescue organisations during 2009, the first full year since the onset of the UK...
Burtele Foot Indicates Lucy Not Alone
Apr 05, 2012 (SPX)
A new fossil discovery from Eastern Africa called the Burtele foot indicates Australopithecus afarensis, an early relative of modern humans, may not have been t...
Newly Discovered Foot Points to a New Kid on the Hominin Block
Apr 05, 2012 (SPX)
It seems that "Lucy" was not the only hominin on the block in northern Africa about 3 million years ago. A team of researchers that included Johns Hopkins Unive...
Seeing double: 1 in 30 babies born in U.S. is a twin
Apr 04, 2012 (SPX)
Women having children at older ages and the growing availability of fertility treatments has led to a marked increase in the birth of twins: In 2009, one in eve...
Researchers discover why humans began walking upright
Apr 04, 2012 (SPX)
Most of us walk and carry items in our hands every day. These are seemingly simple activities that the majority of us don't question. But an international team ...
In tech first, US puts entire 1940 census online
Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)
The National Archives opened a treasure trove to genealogists and historians on Monday, releasing the 1940 national census in its entirety -- and doing so for t...
Discovery of foot fossil confirms two human ancestor species co-existed
Apr 02, 2012 (SPX)
A team of scientists has announced the discovery of a 3.4 million-year-old partial foot from the Woranso-Mille area of the Afar region of Ethiopia. The fossil f...
With you in the room, bacteria counts spike
Mar 30, 2012 (SPX)
A person's mere presence in a room can add 37 million bacteria to the air every hour - material largely left behind by previous occupants and stirred up from th...
Runner's high motivated the evolution of exercise
Mar 30, 2012 (SPX)
In the last century something unexpected happened: humans became sedentary. We traded in our active lifestyles for a more immobile existence. But these were not...
Cities forecast to expand by area equal to France, Germany and Spain combined in less than 20 years
Mar 29, 2012 (SPX)
Unless development patterns change, by 2030 humanity's urban footprint will occupy an additional 1.5 million square kilometres - comparable to the combined terr...
Can a Machine Tell When You're Lying
Mar 28, 2012 (SPX)
Inspired by the work of psychologists who study the human face for clues that someone is telling a high-stakes lie, UB computer scientists are exploring whether...
Genetic study unravels ancient links between African and European populations
Mar 28, 2012 (SPX)
Large numbers of people moved between Africa and Europe during recent and well-documented time periods such as the Roman Empire, the Arab conquest, and the slav...
European Neandertals were almost extinct long before humans showed up
Mar 28, 2012 (SPX)
Western Europe has long been held to be the "cradle" of Neandertal evolution since many of the earliest discoveries were from sites in this region. But when Nea...
Focus on technology overlooks human behavior when addressing climate change
Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)
Technology alone won't help the world turn away from fossil fuel-based energy sources, says University of Oregon sociologist Richard York. In a newly published ...
Population adds to planet's pressure cooker, but few options
Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)
The world's surging population is a big driver of environmental woes but the issue is complex and solutions are few, experts at a major conference here say. Ans...
Why the world in our head stays still when we move our eyes
Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)
When observing a fly buzzing around the room, we should have the impression that it is not the fly, but rather the space that lies behind it that is moving. Aft...
New research about facial recognition turns common wisdom on its head
Mar 26, 2012 (SPX)
A team of researchers that includes a USC scientist has methodically demonstrated that a face's features or constituents - more than the face per se - are the k...
Not just for the birds: Man-made noise has ripple effects on plants, too
Mar 23, 2012 (SPX)
A growing body of research shows that birds and other animals change their behavior in response to manmade noise, such as the din of traffic or the hum of machi...
Mystery human fossils put spotlight on China
Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)
Fossils from two caves in south-west China have revealed a previously unknown Stone Age people and give a rare glimpse of a recent stage of human evolution with...
Did food needs put mankind on two feet?
Mar 20, 2012 (UPI)
Mankind's earliest ancestors may have started walking on two feet to free up their arms to carry as much food as possible, British and Japanese researchers say....
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