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  • Complete Tyrannosaurus skeleton to be auctioned

    Published May 15, 2012

    A nearly complete skeleton of a towering Tyrannosaurus bataar will be auctioned off on Sunday, May 20. The skeleton measures some 8 feet tall and 24 feet long.

  • Evidence of Biblical cult from time of King David discovered

    Published May 10, 2012

    For the first time, archaeologists have uncovered shrines from the time of the early Biblical kings in the Holy Land, providing the earliest evidence of a cult, they say.

  • Super salmonella bacteria found

    Published April 20, 2012

    Certain   Salmonella   bacteria, the microbes that cause food poisoning, have the potential to become as much as 100 times more virulent than normal, recent research has found. These super-bugs overcame the protective effects of a   Salmonella vaccine, killing vaccinated mice.  

  • Skull confirms older origin for 'living fossil' fish

    Published April 14, 2012

    A group of ancient fish, called coelacanths, have changed so little over time they are known as "living fossils." Now, the remains of a skull found in the Yunnan Province of China, confirms these creatures have been around, largely unchanged, for more than 400 million years.

  • Satellites spy thousands of ancient human settlements

    Published March 20, 2012

    Ancient humans have changed the landscape around their settlements in such ways that even today archaeologists can distinguish between "lived in" spots and those never occupied by humans.

  • Iceman mummy may hold earliest evidence of Lyme disease

    Published February 29, 2012

    The 5,300-year-old ice mummy dubbed Ötzi, discovered in the Eastern Alps about 20 years ago, appears to have had the oldest known case of Lyme disease, new genetic analysis has revealed.

  • Triceratops no slouch, new forelimb study reveals

    Published February 23, 2012

    The three-horned dinosaur Triceratops may have had a more upright, athletic posture than thought, new anatomical evidence suggests.

  • Fossilized, 'Pompeii' forest discovered buried under ash

    Published February 21, 2012

    About 300 million years ago, volcanic ash buried a tropical forest located in what is now Inner Mongolia, much like it did the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

  • Volcanoes may have sparked 'Little Ice Age'

    Published January 31, 2012

    A mysterious, centuries-long cool spell, dubbed the Little Ice Age, appears to have been caused by a series of volcanic eruptions and sustained by sea ice, a new study indicates.

  • Mutant microbes unlock seaweed's stash of energy

    Published January 22, 2012

    A promising new system can convert fronds of brown seaweed into biofuel, opening up a new possible source of energy that could help replace fossil fuels, like gasoline, scientists reported.