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Mar 27, 2012 09:50 AM EDT

Genetic Study Unravels Ancient Links Between African and European Populations

Large numbers of people moved between Africa and Europe during recent and well-documented time periods such as the Roman Empire, the Arab conquest, and the slave trade, and genetic evidence of these migrations lives on in Europeans today. But were there more ancient migrations? In a study published ...

Mar 26, 2012 06:40 AM EDT

"Titanic" Director Makes First Solo Dive to Earth's Deepest Point

"Titanic" film director James Cameron has completed the world's first solo dive to the deepest-known point on Earth, reaching the bottom of the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench southwest of Guam in a specially designed submarine.

Mar 25, 2012 01:53 PM EDT

Australian Mammal Extinctions Tied to Human Hunting, Not Climate Change

The disappearance roughly 40,000 years ago of dozens of large mammals in Australia - including rhinoceros-sized wombats and tapir-like marsupials - was caused by human hunting and not by climate change, according to a new study by Australian scientists.

Mar 23, 2012 02:09 PM EDT

Marine Forensics Expert Richard Woytowich Seeks to Windicate Titanic Survivors' Account

On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking, marine forensics expert Richard Woytowich will present a paper re-interpreting the statements made by survivors at the 1912 official inquiries into the disaster.

Mar 23, 2012 12:10 PM EDT

Archaeologists Reconstruct Diet of Nelson's Navy with New Chemical Analysis of Excavated Bones

Salt beef, sea biscuits and the occasional weevil; the food endured by sailors during the Napoleonic wars is seldom imagined to be appealing. Now a new chemical analysis technique has allowed archaeologists to find out just how dour the diet of Georgian sailors really was. The team's findings, publi...

Mar 23, 2012 11:48 AM EDT

Leopoldina to Host Conventions of the Multinational Associations of Science Academies, IAP and IAC

From 26 to 28 March, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle (Saale) will host meetings of the two associations of national science academies, the InterAcademy Council (IAC) and the InterAcademy Panel (IAP). The executive committees of the two organisations, which include represe...

Mar 23, 2012 11:07 AM EDT

In the Final Years of Franco's Regime Television Acknowledged the Republican's Bravery

A study by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) into the development of speech about the Civil War on Television EspaÃ±ola (Spain's national state owned public television broadcaster) states that from the 70's, public television stopped portraying republicans as national enemies and acknowle...

Mar 23, 2012 07:02 AM EDT

Ancient Civilizations Reveal Ways to Manage Fisheries for Sustainability

In the search for sustainability of the ocean's fisheries, solutions can be found in a surprising place: the ancient past.

Mar 22, 2012 10:00 AM EDT

Runner's High Motivated the Evolution of Exercise

In the last century something unexpected happened: humans became sedentary. We traded in our active lifestyles for a more immobile existence. But these were not the conditions under which we evolved. David Raichlen from the University of Arizona, USA, explains that our hunter-gatherer predecessors w...

Mar 22, 2012 07:13 AM EDT

Paul Allen Gives $300 Million to Expand Brain Research

Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen has donated an additional $300 million to a foundation aimed at expanding research into how the brain works and how best to treat brain-related disorders.

Mar 20, 2012 07:40 AM EDT

European Neandertals Were on the Verge of Extinction Even Before the Arrival of Modern Humans

New findings from an international team of researchers show that most neandertals in Europe died off around 50,000 years ago. The previously held view of a Europe populated by a stable neandertal population for hundreds of thousands of years up until modern humans arrived must therefore be revised.

Mar 20, 2012 03:13 AM EDT

Einstein the Scientist, Dreamer, Lover: Online

At speeds even he could barely imagine, Albert Einstein's private papers and innermost thoughts will soon be available online, from a rare scribble of "E=mc2" in his own hand, to political pipe-dreams and secret love letters to his mistress.