December 21, 2016 Oldest cold case: face of man killed in 1624 recreated A duel, a death, and a decayed corpse are all that remains of a murder mystery in Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America -- and the site of America’s oldest cold case. And thanks to a reconstruction from Preservation Virginia, archaeologists might be on the way to cracking the case.
December 21, 2016 Ancient Mayans May Have Sacrificed Earliest Domestic Turkeys The bones of Mexican turkeys discovered at a Mayan archaeological site in Guatemala may push back the domestication of this gobbler by 1,000 years, researchers say.
December 16, 2016 Isaac Newton's book auctioned for record-setting $3.7 million A bound copy of Sir Isaac Newton's seminal book on mathematics and science was sold for $3.7 million, making it the most expensive printed scientific book ever sold at auction.
December 15, 2016 Famed astronomer Tycho Brahe literally had golden hair, study says Silence is golden, the saying goes. But so, evidently, was the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.
December 13, 2016 Ancient Text Confirms Mayan Calendar End Date A newly discovered Mayan text reveals the "end date" for the Mayan calendar, becoming only the second known document to do so.
December 13, 2016 Swine Flu Vaccine May Be Linked to Rare Nerve Disorder The H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine was associated with a small but significant risk for developing a rare nervous disorder called Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS), say doctors in a report detailed in the July 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
December 1, 2016 Astronaut legend Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole tourist expedition Buzz Aldrin is best known for being the second man to walk on the moon.
November 30, 2016 King Penguin Colony Getting Used to Humans Scientists studying king penguins on a sub-Antarctic island, along with tourists, may be stressing the waddling, flightless birds, new research suggests.
November 30, 2016 Time travellers could use parallel dimensions to visit the past, scientists claim There are multiple timelines playing out in parallel universes, according to a team of researchers.
November 24, 2016 Scientists plan to create first aquatic species map It sounds like a big fish story: a plan to create a biodiversity map identifying thousands of aquatic species in every river and stream in the western U.S.
