‘Living fossil’ coelacanth genome sequenced
The genetic secrets of a "living fossil" have been revealed by scientists.
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The genetic secrets of a "living fossil" have been revealed by scientists.
President Barack Obama has said he doesn't believe North Korea can fit a nuclear warhead on a missile, casting strong doubt on an alarming assessment disclosed last week by the Pentagon's intelligence arm.
Owen Yardley was sitting in a room full of security officials on Monday when he and a colleague received nearly simultaneous alerts on their cellphones notifying them of the explosions at the Boston Marathon.
Virginia Commonwealth University is considering “market-based tuition pricing” for next year that would charge for each credit hour rather than a set rate for a full-time student.
These are heady times for competency-based education, which raises fundamental questions about the structure and purpose of higher education
Two bombs struck near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, turning a celebration into a bloody scene of destruction.
A 2 million-year-old ancestor of man had a mixture of ape and human-like features that allowed it to hike vast distances on two legs with as much ease as it could scurry up trees ...
Twenty years ago in the drab pre-fab housing blocks outside the east German town of Jena, swaggering youths gave Sieg-Heil salutes and flaunted their far-right views, as the structures of the only state they'd ever known crumbled around them.
Puerto Rico has introduced a new law protecting a swathe of the island's coast that has become a major nesting site for the world's largest turtle, the leatherback.
The BBC has refused to drop a Panorama programme on North Korea after a students' union said it used students "as a human shield" to film there.