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Fossil Shows Fish Had Sucker on Its Back
July 26, 2013 — A 30-million year-old fossil has revealed how remoras -- also called sharksuckers -- evolved the sucker that enables them to stick to other fishes and 'hitch a ... > full story -
Sherlock Homes Inspired Real Life CSI
July 25, 2013 — Two of literature’s most famous detectives had a major influence on the development of the modern crime scene investigation, according to a ... > full story -
Extinct Ancient Ape Did Not Walk Like a Human, Study Shows
July 25, 2013 — A new study has found that a 9- to 7-million-year-old ape from Italy did not, in fact, walk habitually on two legs. The findings refute a long body of evidence, suggesting that Oreopithecus had the ... > full story -
Pacific Equatorial Cold Water Region Explained
July 25, 2013 — A new study reveals for the first time how the mixing of cold, deep waters from below can change sea surface temperatures on seasonal and longer ... > full story -
Ancient Technology for Metal Coatings 2,000 Years Ago Can't Be Matched Even Today
July 24, 2013 — Artists and craftsmen more than 2,000 years ago developed thin-film coating technology unrivaled even by today's standards for producing DVDs, solar cells, electronic devices and other products. ... > full story -
An Evolutionary Compromise for Long Tooth Preservation
July 24, 2013 — Researchers have conducted stress analyses on gorilla teeth of differing wear stages. Their findings show that different features of the occlusal surface antagonize tensile stresses in the tooth to ... > full story -
Oldest European Fort in the Inland U.S. Discovered in Appalachians
July 23, 2013 — The remains of the earliest European fort in the interior of what is now the United States have been discovered by a team of archaeologists, providing new insight into the start of the U.S. colonial ... > full story -
Archaeologists to Lift Lid on Mysterious Stone Coffin at Richard III Site
July 23, 2013 — University of Leicester archaeologists will exhume a 14th century stone coffin at the latest Grey Friars dig this ... > full story -
Evolution Picks Up Hitchhikers: Pervasive Genetic Hitchhiking and Clonal Interference in Evolving Yeast Populations
July 22, 2013 — In a twist on "survival of the fittest," researchers have discovered that evolution is driven not by a single beneficial mutation but rather by a group of mutations, including ones called "genetic ... > full story -
Geochemical 'Fingerprints' Leave Evidence That Megafloods Eroded Steep Gorge
July 22, 2013 — For the first time, scientists have direct geochemical evidence that the 150-mile long Tsangpo Gorge, possibly the world's deepest, was the conduit by which megafloods from glacial lakes, perhaps ... > full story
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