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  • Oldest Hairy Microbe Fossils Discovered

    Published November 28, 2011

    Ancient rock deposits, laid down between two massive ice ages, reveal the oldest known fossils for two types of single-celled creatures: Tube-shelled foraminifera and hairy, vase-shape ciliates.

  • Medieval Graves Were Disturbed for Surprising Reasons

    Published November 01, 2011

    Once laid to rest, the remains of many who died in medieval Europe were not left in peace. As much as 40 percent of graves from the mid-fifth to mid-eighth centuries appear to have been disturbed after burial.

  • How to Spot a Psychopath: Look For Speech Patterns, Scientists Say

    Published October 24, 2011

    Psychopaths are known to be wily and manipulative, but even so, they unconsciously betray themselves, according to scientists who have looked for patterns in convicted murderers' speech as they described their crimes.

  • Raw Sewage Teems With Unknown Viruses

    Published October 06, 2011

    A whole universe of mysterious viruses remains hidden in our world, according to a new study that finds evidence of an immense and previously unknown variety of viruses living in raw sewage.

  • Giant King Crabs Threatening Antarctica, Scientists Warn

    Published September 08, 2011

    King crabs, with their crushing claws and ecosystem-altering habits, have shown up in the warming waters of a deep basin in the Antarctic continental shelf, raising worries they'll hurt other species there.

  • How Ancient Reptiles Came to Rule the Oceans

    Published August 01, 2011

    At a time when dinosaurs ruled the land, mosasaurs, a type of swimming reptile related to modern Komodo dragons, came to dominate the seas. Within the span of roughly 27 million years, these predators transformed from an animal with limited swimming ability and limbs still meant for walking into a sleek, fishlike form.

  • A Lost World? Atlantis-Like Landscape Discovered

    Published July 11, 2011

    Buried deep beneath the sediment of the North Atlantic Ocean lies an ancient, lost landscape with furrows cut by rivers and peaks that once belonged to mountains. Geologists recently discovered this roughly 56-million-year-old landscape using data gathered for oil companies.

  • Colorado Mastodon Dig So Big Scientists Call in Reinforcements

    Published July 08, 2011

    Diggers at an excavation in west-central Colorado turned up almost 5,000 large bones in seven weeks from mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, bison, horses, deer and camels. They also uncovered thousands and thousands of smaller remains, like rodent teeth and salamander vertebrae.

  • Fastest Evolution Clocked in Tiny Fish

    Published April 30, 2011

    Pupfish with unusual diets, like biting off the scales of other fish, show some of the fastest rates of evolution known, according to a new study.

  • America's Most Feared Spider to Expand Reign Over North America

    Published April 28, 2011

    Climate change may give America's venomous brown recluse spiders a choice: Move to a more northern state or face dramatic losses in range and possible extinction, a new theoretical study suggests.