Topics : Science World Report

Apr 25, 2012 12:05 PM EDT

Queen's Is UK Leader for Female Scientists and Engineers

Queen's has been named as the lead university in the United Kingdom for tackling the unequal representation of women in science and engineering.

Apr 25, 2012 10:30 AM EDT

Kinder Houston Area Survey Reveals More Houstonians Support Mass Transit

One of America's most automobile-dependent large cities may be heading into a new era, according to the 31st annual Kinder Houston Area Survey conducted by Rice University. Among the findings in this year's survey: Houstonians support mass transit, feel better about the economy and say relations bet...

Apr 25, 2012 06:24 AM EDT

Did Shakespeare and Middleton collaborate on Allâ€™s Well?

All's Well that Ends Well may be a collaboration between William Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton, Oxford University academics have found.

Apr 24, 2012 02:08 PM EDT

The Search for a Job Begins and Ends with You

Staying motivated is always tough, but it certainly gets easier when you start seeing results. That's why keeping your spirits up during a job search can be extremely difficult. Candidates often face repeated rejection and rarely receive any feedback. A new study that focuses on finding work followi...

Apr 24, 2012 11:37 AM EDT

'Inhabitants of Madrid' Ate Elephantsâ€™ Meat and Bone Marrow 80,000 Years Ago

Humans that populated the banks of the river Manzanares (Madrid, Spain) during the Middle Palaeolithic (between 127,000 and 40,000 years ago) fed themselves on pachyderm meat and bone marrow. This is what a Spanish study shows and has found percussion and cut marks on elephant remains in the site of...

Apr 24, 2012 11:23 AM EDT

Egg-laying Beginning of the End for Dinosaurs

They laid eggs, occupied many ecological niches with only one species and competed with one another. Researchers from the University of Zurich have uncovered the chain of events that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Apr 24, 2012 11:13 AM EDT

First Fruitful, then Futile: Ammonites or the Boon and Bane of Many Offspring

For 300 million years, they were the ultimate survivors. They successfully negotiated three mass extinctions, only to die out eventually at the end of the Cretaceous along with the dinosaurs:

Apr 24, 2012 10:57 AM EDT

Mysterious 'Monster' Discovered by Amateur Paleontologist

Around 450 million years ago, shallow seas covered the Cincinnati region and harbored one very large and now very mysterious organism. Despite its size, no one has ever found a fossil of this "monster" until its discovery by an amateur paleontologist last year.

Apr 23, 2012 04:58 PM EDT

That Impulsive, Moody Preschooler May Grow up to be a Problem Gambler

Give me the child at 3 and I will give you the adult compulsive gambler. That is the striking finding of a new study in Psychological Science, a journal published by the Association for Psychological Science.

Apr 23, 2012 04:45 PM EDT

Animated Characters Keep It Real in Teen Violence Prevention Videos

Briana and Damon could be the kids up the block. Briana does well in school and wants to follow in her sister's footsteps to college. Damon works hard at an after-school job in a local barbershop. They hang out with friends and try to stay out of trouble.

Apr 23, 2012 08:18 AM EDT

Forensic Science Used to Determine Who's Who in Pre-Columbian Peru

Analysis of ancient mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been used to establish migration and population patterns for American indigenous cultures during the time before Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Genetics has used more de...

Apr 23, 2012 07:15 AM EDT

A Womanâ€™s â€˜Intense Interestâ€™ in Her Partner Shifts when Grandchildren Arrive

A new study suggests that a woman's most intense relationship in her 20s is with a member of the opposite sex, but after the age of 45 this relationship shifts to a much younger female who is likely to be her daughter. The researchers suggest that women are more strategically driven than men in how ...