New contender for oldest dinosaur
Palaeontologists have found what is likely to be the oldest known dinosaur, filling in a yawning evolutionary gap.
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Palaeontologists have found what is likely to be the oldest known dinosaur, filling in a yawning evolutionary gap.
New research suggests the Grand Canyon, one of the seven wonders of the world, may have a far more interesting and ancient history than previously thought, a U.S. study said on Thursday.Instead
The thickest layers of global smog — caused by traffic, industry, and natural minerals, among other factors — are found over the world's megacities.
A South Pacific island, shown on marine charts and world maps as well as on Google Earth and Google Maps, does not exist, Australian scientists say.
For the past 5 billion years, the expansion of the universe has been powered by a mysterious repulsive force known as dark energy.
The discovery is a first of its kind for Mexico, with mummified canines only previously found in Peru and Egypt.
The Internet is a huge and power-hungry beast, consuming the energy of 30 average nuclear power plants per year. Can energy improvements keep its appetite at bay?
Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider have detected one of the rarest particle decays seen in Nature.
The interplanetary internet has been used by an astronaut at the International Space Station (ISS) to send commands to a robot on Earth.
Pope Benedict already has 1.2 billion followers in the standard sense of the word but he soon will have another type when he enters what for any 85 year old is the brave new world