70-million-year-old evidence of dinosaur cannibalism foundOctober 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A University of Alberta researcher has found 70 million year old evidence of dinosaur cannibalism. Phil Bell made the discovery.
French nature lovers discover huge dino footprints in sauropod stomping groundOctober 7th, 2009 Big dino prints found in Jurassic park in FrancePARIS — Now that's one big foot. Paleontologists in eastern France have reported the discovery of some of the largest dinosaur footprints ever documented, measuring about 1.4 meters to 1.5 meters (4.6 feet to 4.9 feet) in diameter.
Three US scientists win Nobel Prize for medicineOctober 5th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak of the US have won this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine, it was announced in Stockholm Monday. The three scientists solved a fundamental problem in biology on "how chromosomes can be copied in a complete way and how they are protected against degradation", the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute said.
T. Rex found bitten by cousinSeptember 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Dinosaur hunters have unearthed the jaw of a Tyrannosaurs Rex only to find a tooth from Gorgosaurus, a smaller cousin of T. Rex, dug into the bone, which suggests that the fearsome beasts had a penchant for biting each other's faces.
Michigan golf course groundskeeper stumbles upon a 10,000-year-old mammoth toothAugust 24th, 2009 Golf course groundskeeper finds mammoth toothSARANAC, Mich. — A golf course groundskeeper recently stumbled onto something unexpected on the greens: A tooth from a 10,000-year-old mammoth.
Largest dinosaur footprints in Europe discoveredAugust 19th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists have found the largest dinosaur footprints ever to be discovered in Europe, which are discovered half way up a Swiss mountain. According to a report in the Telegraph, a team of paleontologists from the Natural History Museum in Basel found the prints at 3,300 metres on a mountain in Ela Nature Reserve, Switzerland's largest park.
Scientists discover deadly plant that eats ratsAugust 18th, 2009 LONDON - British scientists have discovered a deadly plant that eats rats, and is believed to be the largest meat-eating shrub. According to a report in The Sun, the giant pitcher plant lures rodents into its slipper-shaped mouth and dissolves them with acid-like enzymes.
Do worm-like structures cause tooth decay?July 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - For years, scientists have debated the exact nature of the worm like structures inside a human tooth. The structures are not worms, but what they are is still in question.
Archaeologists claim discovery of Africa's oldest ceramic in eastern MaliJuly 10th, 2009 GENEVA - Archaeologists from Geneva University in Switzerland have discovered what they claim is Africa's oldest ceramic, dated at around 9,400BC, in eastern Mali. "It's a tiny, ornate fragment that was made with great skill and the use of fire," said ethno-archaeologist Anne Mayor in Bamako, the Malian capital.
Carnivorous clock that tells time by killing bugs!July 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Two artists in London have come up with a bizarre invention in the form of a 'carnivorous digital clock', which catches bugs, then dissolves their bodies to create electrolytes to power itself. A strip of sticky flypaper moves in a loop over the surface of the unit, much like a treadmill or moving sidewalk.
Tooth-venom combo key to Komodo dragon's vicious biteMay 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has shown that the effectiveness of the Komodo Dragon's bite, which is lethal to its prey, is a combination of highly specialized serrated teeth and venom. Using sophisticated medical imaging techniques, an international team led by Dr Bryan Fry from the University of Melbourne have revealed that the Komodo Dragon has the most complex venom glands yet described for any reptile.
Sea urchins' digging teeth are designed to stay sharpMay 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at Weizmann Institute, US, have revealed how the teeth of sea urchins are designed to stay sharp, which might give engineers insights into creating ever-sharp tools or mechanical parts. The urchins dig holes to fit their globular bodies using their five teeth, which, like those of rodents, are ground down at the tip but continue to grow on the other end throughout the animals' lives.
Tooth evidence shows dinos once lived in the ArcticApril 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have discovered a dinosaur tooth along what's now the Kakanaut River of northeastern Russia, a find that shows dinos once lived above the Arctic Circle. Scientists say the dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago when a big meteor crash set off volcanoes galore, with dust and smoke filling up the air.
Scientists come one step closer in detection of fundamental building block of natureMarch 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - An international team of scientists has come a step closer to understanding the Universe with the discovery of a fundamental building block of nature. The recent discovery of a single top quark at the U.S.
Discovery of cat-sized dino suggests 'mini dinosaurs' prowled North AmericaMarch 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - New analysis of the fossil of a dinosaur that was found in 1982 in Canada has suggested that it was smaller than a modern day housecat, which indicates that there might have been many 'mini dinosaurs' prowling the continent of North America. The analysis was done by Nick Longrich, a paleontology research associate in the University of Calgary's Department of Biological Sciences and University of Alberta paleontologist Philip Currie.
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