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Published September 06, 2011
Our species may have bred with a now extinct lineage of humanity before leaving Africa, scientists say.
Published August 30, 2011
Lasers could help cause rain, scientists now suggest. The finding may give bone-dry regions of the world much-needed moisture, scientists say.
Published August 16, 2011
Cheetahs might have been the bloodiest killers at one of the oldest known sites for humans, leaving behind more carcasses than any other predator there, scientists find.
Published August 12, 2011
An alien world blacker than coal, the darkest planet known, has been discovered in the galaxy.
Published August 09, 2011
When it comes to smarts, which is more important — nature or nurture, genetics or environment? Both, it seems.
Published August 09, 2011
The components of DNA have now been confirmed to exist in extraterrestrial meteorites, researchers announced.
Published August 04, 2011
The mysteries regarding the origin of the king of the planets, Jupiter, could be solved by NASA's Juno mission, which blasts off toward the gas giant on Friday, Aug. 5.
Published July 27, 2011
The rescue of an ancient Egyptian mummy's sarcophagus this month from alleged smugglers in New York — the first time authorities say an international artifacts' smuggling ring was dismantled within the United States — sounds more like the plot of a movie than reality.
Published July 25, 2011
A crocodilian fossil with big teeth and a doglike skull is now shedding light on the anatomy of a strange group of predators, scientists have revealed.
Published July 13, 2011
A lone dinosaur horn is the last remaining part of the youngest dinosaur preserved before the catastrophic end to the Age of Dinosaurs, researchers said Wednesday.