Rotting fish yield fossil clues
Sunday, January 31st, 2010By watching fish rot, scientists discover patterns that could help interpret some of the most important fossils in the record.
Archive for January, 2010
By watching fish rot, scientists discover patterns that could help interpret some of the most important fossils in the record.
Archaeology: Ancient Roman Aqueduct Source Discovered
Saturday, January 30th, 2010Two British filmmakers recently uncovered the long-lost source of Rome's ancient aqueduct. Rossella Lorenzi reports on the discovery.
Britannica Reports the Latest on Primates and Human Evolution; New Research Sheds Light on Our Ancestors, Ourselves
Friday, January 29th, 2010Humans and their primate cousins parted ways along the evolutionary road millions of years ago, but despite their divergent paths they still have a few things in common, according to two special reports on recent scientific findings just published by ...
Ancient Tomb Could Explain Maya Collapse
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Mexican archaeologists have found an 1,100-year-old tomb from the end of the Maya civilization that they hope may explain what happened to the once-glorious culture.
Dinosaurs, in living color
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Microscopic structures found in some fossils may have held hued pigments
Exciting new clinical trials to develop treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Press Release 27th January 2010 Exciting new clinical trials to develop treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Leading pharmaceutical development company for serious diseases and medical conditions undertakes first steps in bringing new treatment for DMD to market Action Duchenne states that BioMarin Pharmaceutical Incâs announcement of initial Phase 1 trials in the clinical ...
New Darwin Film Creates Controversy
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010The new film Creation depicts Charles Darwin (portrayed by Paul Bettany) as a semi-reclusive, frail scientist who spent much of his time watching animals and scribbling his observations in notebooks. He was also of course the man whose work serves ...
Last Neanderthals died out 37,000 years ago
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010(University of Bristol) The last Neanderthals in Europe died out at least 37,000 years ago -- and both climate change and interaction with modern humans could be involved in their demise, according to new research from the University of Bristol published today in PLoS ONE.
Friday, January 22
Friday, January 22nd, 2010Â In Laos, a team of scientists uncovered 2,000-year-old human bones, some of which had been placed in a burial pot, as part of the Middle Mekong Archaeological Project. “Last week, we unexpectedly found two skulls and a fragment of a third, a baby, along with some body bones,” said Joyce ...
MEDomics Performs The First NEXTGEN Sequencing Mini Genome Clinical Test.
Friday, January 22nd, 2010The diagnosis of mitochondrial disease by massive sequencing of a girl's complete “MINI GENOME” yields clinical benefits. Personalized medicine is enhanced by the revolutionary NEXTGEN sequencing (PRWeb Jan 19, 2010) Read the full ...