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Ultimate Cold Case
Posted on August 13, 2010 at 09:21:00 am
The body was found in a small, graffiti-stained tunnel. Robbery was likely not the motive, as his possessions and cash were found with him

Citizen Scientists Discover Rotating Pulsar
Posted on August 13, 2010 at 08:46:19 am
Idle computers are the astronomers' playground: Three citizen scientists--an American couple and a German--have discovered a new radio pulsar hidden in data gathered by the Arecibo Observatory

Arctic Rocks: New Glimpse of Primitive Earth
Posted on August 12, 2010 at 09:08:07 am
Scientists have discovered a new window into the Earth's violent past

Oldest Evidence of Stone Tool Use Discovered
Posted on August 12, 2010 at 09:03:53 am
A team of scientists has discovered evidence that human ancestors were using stone tools and consuming meat from large mammals nearly a million years earlier than previously documented.

Giant Ultraviolet Rings in Resurrected Galaxies
Posted on August 12, 2010 at 08:59:59 am
Astronomers have found mysterious, giant loops of ultraviolet light in aged, massive galaxies, which seem to have a second lease on life

Life of 85-Million-Year-Old 'Sea Monster'
Posted on August 11, 2010 at 09:06:00 am
One of the ocean's most formidable marine predators, the marine mosasaur Platecarpus, lived in the Cretaceous Period some 85 million years ago and was thought to have swum like an eel

Ancient Supercontinent Underwent Massive Shift
Posted on August 11, 2010 at 08:48:49 am
Gondwana made up the southern half of Pangaea, the giant supercontinent that constituted the Earth's landmass before it broke up into the separate continents we see today

Plastic Computer Memory Uses Electron Spin
Posted on August 10, 2010 at 05:20:01 pm
Researchers at Ohio State University have demonstrated the first plastic computer memory device that utilizes the spin of electrons to read and write data

Stone Age Remains Are Britain's Earliest House
Posted on August 10, 2010 at 03:24:08 pm
The team from the Universities of Manchester and York reveal today that the home dates to at least 8,500 BC -- when Britain was part of continental Europe

Spectacular Meteor Shower Coming
Posted on August 10, 2010 at 02:44:08 pm
The Perseids Meteor Shower, active since July 17th, will be even stronger this August with the peak being the 12th-13th


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