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SCIENCE / NEWS Fri May 23, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

MSNBC -- Scientists have found signs that water may once have gurgled up through the Martian soil in hydrothermal vents similar to those in Yellowstone National Park. The site of these proposed vents could possibly contain preserved traces of ancient Martian li.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Dec 28, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

MSNBC -- Archeologists have discovered the ruins of an 800-year-old Aztec pyramid in the heart of the Mexican capital that could show the ancient city is at least a century older than previously thought. Mexican archeologists found the ruins, which are about 36.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Dec 27, 2007 @ 8:31am neoform

BBC News -- Two Siberian tiger cubs have been found dead in a refrigerator at a Chinese zoo less than a week after another incident involving the endangered species. They were found in a ticketing office at a wildlife park in China's central Hubei province. Tig.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Nov 19, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- A compound found in cannabis may stop breast cancer spreading throughout the body, US scientists believe. The California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute team are hopeful that cannabidiol or CBD could be a non-toxic alternative to chemotherapy.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Sep 27, 2007 @ 12:34pm neoform

NPR -- A team of scientists says it has found a string of vast, rich forests in an unexpected setting: far below the coral reefs found in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The new forests are made out of kelp plants that harbor a huge range of plants and animals. Like.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Aug 23, 2007 @ 8:38pm neoform

Physorg -- University of Minnesota astronomers have found an enormous hole in the Universe, nearly a billion light-years across, empty of both normal matter such as stars, galaxies and gas, as well as the mysterious, unseen “dark matter.” While earlier studies h.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Jul 2, 2007 @ 2:51am neoform

BBC News -- Scientists in Spain say that they have found a tooth from a distant human ancestor that is more than one million years old. The tooth, a pre-molar, was discovered on Wednesday at the Atapuerca site in northern Spain's Burgos Province. It represented.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue May 8, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

CNN -- An Israeli archaeologist on Tuesday said he has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land -- a potentially major discovery that capped a 35-year quest for the researcher. Hebrew University archaeologist.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Sat Apr 28, 2007 @ 2:02pm neoform

USA Today -- The bones of a prehistoric camel were discovered Friday at the site of a future Mesa Wal-Mart. Brad Archer, curator of the geology museum at Arizona State University, hurried out to the site near Lindsay and McKellips roads Friday when he got the news.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Apr 26, 2007 @ 10:41pm neoform

BBC News -- Experts are "lost for words" to have found that a medieval prayer book has yielded yet another key ancient text buried within its parchment. Works by mathematician Archimedes and the politician Hyperides had already been found buried within the book, k.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Apr 25, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

SF Gate -- A rocky planet not much larger than Earth has been detected orbiting a star close to our own neighborhood in the Milky Way, and the European astronomers who found it say it lies within the star's "habitable zone," where life could exist -- possibly in oce.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Jan 30, 2007 @ 12:43pm neoform

BBC News -- Archaeologists say they have found a huge ancient settlement used by the people who built Stonehenge... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Jan 30, 2007 @ 9:33am mrmdc

BBC News -- The tiny skeletal remains of human "Hobbits" found on an Indonesian island belong to a completely new branch of our family tree, a study has found... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Jan 25, 2007 @ 9:26am mrmdc

CNN -- Reports about a study that found microwave ovens can be used to sterilize kitchen sponges sent people hurrying to test the idea this week -- with sometimes disastrous results... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Jan 24, 2007 @ 8:26am neoform

Live Science -- A ship from the 8th century discovered off Dor Beach in the Mediterranean is thought to be the only vessel from that era ever found in the region... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Jan 8, 2007 @ 1:05am neoform

Reuters -- Stem cells nearly as powerful as embryonic stem cells can be found in the amniotic fluid that protects babies in the womb, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Dec 21, 2006 @ 10:44pm neoform

Reuters -- Scientists in Spain have found the fossilized remains of one of the largest animals ever to walk the Earth, a gargantuan plant-eating dinosaur up to 125 feet long and weighing as much as seven elephants... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Jun 3, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Prehistoric man may have executed rivals from neighbouring tribes to steal their women, research has found. A study of 7,000-year-old skeletons, led by Durham University scientists, found that one of the burial groups consisted only of men and children.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Jun 3, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Astronomers have sighted the smallest extrasolar planet yet orbiting a normal star - a distant world just three times the size of our own. Discovering a planet with a similar mass to that of Earth is considered the "holy grail" of research into planets.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Jun 2, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- A moth found on only four previous occasions since 1853 has been rescued from a spider's web close to where it was first recorded. The black-winged and orange bodied Ethmia pyrausta is so rare it has gained almost mythical status, said Butterfly Conser.. Read More