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'Stocky Dragon' Dinosaur, Relative of Velociraptor, Terrorized Late Cretaceous Europe
August 30, 2010 Paleontologists have discovered that a close relative of Velociraptor hunted the dwarfed inhabitants of Late Cretaceous Europe, an island landscape largely isolated from nearby continents. While ... > full story -
What the Locals Ate 10,000 Years Ago
August 23, 2010 Archaeologists have found a Utah site occupied by humans 11,000 years ago. The researchers documented a variety of dishes the people dined on back then. Grind stones for milling small seeds appeared ... > full story -
Scientists Identify Molecular Predictor of Prognosis for Pancreatic Cancer Patients
July 13, 2010 Pancreatic cancer is one of the most challenging tumors to treat. Identifying patients who have more aggressive disease could better inform treatment decisions and predict survival prognosis. A new ... > full story -
First Horned Dinosaur from Mexico: Plant-Eater Had Largest Horns of Any Dinosaur
May 28, 2010 A new species of horned dinosaur unearthed in Mexico has larger horns that any other species -- up to 4 feet long -- and has given scientists fresh insights into the ancient history of western North ... > full story -
New Horned Dinosaur: Two-Ton Plant-Eater Lived 78 Million Years Ago in Montana
May 28, 2010 A new horned dinosaur, Medusaceratops lokii, has been discovered. Approximately 20 feet long and weighing more than 2 tons, the newly identified plant-eating dinosaur lived nearly 78 million years ... > full story -
Were Dinosaurs Warm Or Cold-Blooded? First Method for Directly Measuring Body Temperatures of Extinct Vertebrates
May 24, 2010 Questions about when, why, and how vertebrates stopped relying on external factors to regulate their body temperatures and began heating themselves internally have long intrigued scientists. Now, a ... > full story -
Texas Doctors Magnetically Lengthen Nine-Year-Old's Leg as She Grows
April 15, 2010 Nine-year-old Morgan LaRue is the first cancer patient in Texas to benefit from a groundbreaking procedure that will magnetically lengthen her leg, sparing her the possibility of up to 10 future ... > full story -
The New T. Rex: A Leech With an Affinity for Noses
April 14, 2010 A new leech species with ferociously large teeth -- recently discovered in noses of children that swam in Peruvian rivers -- is providing insight into the evolutionary relationships among all the ... > full story -
Lack of Omega-6 Fatty Acid Linked to Severe Dermatitis
April 12, 2010 Scientists have learned that a specific omega-6 fatty acid may be critical to maintaining skin ... > full story -
Depression Affects How Women With PMDD Respond to Stress, Pain
March 30, 2010 A severe mood disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, affects 5 percent to 7 percent of all women of reproductive age in the United States, but it is often misdiagnosed as major depression or ... > full story
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