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Rewriting Biblical history? Agriculture might be 5,000 years older than believed.A new find suggests farmers in Bible lands built channels for irrigation long before historians thought they did, allowing for cultivated vineyards, olives, wheat and barley.
- Chicken lays giant egg with another egg inside it
Chicken lays giant egg: A hen in a village in China's Guizhou Province has reportedly lain a nearly half-pound egg that had another egg inside it. How often does this happen?
Curiosity rover snaps images of huge Martian mountainNASA has assembled a view of the Red Planet's Mount Sharp from dozens of telephoto images snapped by the Curiosity Mars rover.
FocusWhat would 501-day mission to Mars feel like? 'Survivor' in space.Scientists and space enthusiasts are trying to discover how humans would manage missions beyond the moon. A proposed 2018 mission to Mars is adding urgency.
Zombie worms colonized Antarctica's first-ever whale skeletonZombie worms and eight other previously unknown species were found living in the skeleton of a dead whale discovered off the coast of Antarctica — the first found that far south and only the sixth known 'whale fall.'
Curiosity Mars rover suffers another glitch, remains in safe modeNASA's Mars rover Curiosity has put its scientific exploration on hold while it deals with a minor software problem.
Rooster's crows driven by internal clock, say scientistsRoosters kept in constant light will still crow at daylight, finds research that points to an internal circadian clock in the birds.
Are birds evolving to dodge cars?Cliff swallows might be evolving shorter wings, which allow them to evade cars more quickly, suggests new research.
Spiders eat bats all the time, scientists revealThe capture and killing of small bats by spiders might be more common than perviously thought, show recent studies of bat predation by spiders.
Deepest spot on Earth a hotspot for bacteria, say scientistsAt some 36,000 feet below the ocean's surface, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench hosts an oxygen-consuming community of microbes, a new study indicates.
Earthquake gold: Earthquake movements turn water into goldEarthquake gold: Water in faults vaporizes during an earthquake, depositing gold, according to a model published in the March 17 issue of the journal Nature Geoscience.
- Jacquelin Perry dies, leaving legacy as pioneering orthopedic surgeon
Jacquelin Perry dies: She pioneered treatments for polio patients. Jacqueline Perry was one of the first 10 women to be certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery.
How a humongous alien planet could explain how our solar system was bornThe discovery of a colossal gas giant some 130 light-years from Earth could help explain the origins of our own solar system, say scientists.
Beyond the Higgs boson: Five more elusive particlesThe discovery of the Higgs boson greatly furthers our understanding of the fundamental constituents of matter, but some subatomic puzzle pieces still remain. Here are five types of bizarre particles that could turn up in atom-smashing experiments.
Life after Higgs boson: What's next for the world's largest atom smasher?It's a Higgs boson!! Now what? After confirming that the particle discovered last July really is a Higgs boson, the Large Hadron Collider is ready to look for other universes, figure out dark matter, recreate the Big Bang, or find something totally unexpected.
Four-winged birds? Feathery-legged fossils date back to dinosaur days.Four-winged birds may have flown over Asia about 100 million years ago. New fossils show that four different types of birds had stiff feathers on their legs.
'God Particle': Six big consequences of the Higgs boson discovery'God Particle': Physicists announced Thursday that they have confirmed the existence of the so-called God Particle – a term disliked by physicists and theologians alike. Here are six of the biggest consequences of this discovery.
- Scientists confirm Higgs boson discovery
The particle detected last July by CERN's Large Hadron Collider is indeed the elusive Higgs boson, say researchers. The discovery completes the Standard Model of particle physics and could help predict the ultimate fate of the universe.
ALMA telescope, the world's largest, will go deeper and farther than ever beforeScientists and politicians inaugurated a new telescope array, known as ALMA, on Wednesday. The equipment should shed light on planet formation, according to researchers. It is located in Chile where skies are clean and dry, optimal for astronomy.
Pope Francis I elected, would you name your child Francis?The newly-elected Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio proclaimed his new moniker as Francis I, a first for papal names. Let have a look at the history and popularity of pope names.
