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Comets Didn't Wipe Out Sabertooths Monday, October 26th, 2009 - 10:10:40 - Anuradha Menon A comet impact didn't set off a 1,300-year cold snap that wiped out most life in North America about 12,900 years ago, scientists say. Though no one... read more

North America Comet Theory Questioned Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 - 14:01:38 - Ehud Rattner No evidence of an extraterrestrial impact 13,000 years ago, studies say. An independent study has cast more doubt on a controversial theory that a... read more

Juggling Grows Brain Networks For Good Monday, October 12th, 2009 - 16:07:11 - Ehud Rattner Juggling boosts the connections between different parts of the brain by tweaking the architecture of the brain's "white matter" – a finding that... read more

Creating Bullseye in the Sky Monday, October 5th, 2009 - 13:59:23 - Ehud Rattner An experiment that fires powerful radio waves into the sky has created a patch of 'artificial ionosphere', mimicking the uppermost portion of Earth's... read more

Indonesian Earthquake to Strike Soon Again Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 - 18:30:31 - Anuradha Menon The earthquake which devastated the city of Padang in Sumatra, Indonesia, this week, killing more than 1100 people, may have been only a hint of... read more

Aurora Experiments Make Glowing Plasma Patch Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 - 14:13:37 - Anuradha Menon An experiment that fires powerful radio waves into the sky has created a patch of 'artificial ionosphere', mimicking the uppermost portion of Earth's... read more

Best of the Ig Nobel prizes 2009 Friday, October 2nd, 2009 - 16:45:56 - Anuradha Menon Why don't pregnant women topple over? Do cows notice kindness? Does cracking your knuckles bring on arthritis? And is there more than one use for a... read more

Oldest Skeleton Disproves Missing Link Friday, October 2nd, 2009 - 12:35:53 - Anuradha Menon Scientists today announced the discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a human ancestor. The find reveals that our forebears underwent a... read more

Monsters of the Skies: Giant NZ Eagles Thursday, October 1st, 2009 - 12:19:51 - Anuradha Menon Recently, researchers concluded that a huge eagle that once haunted New Zealand's forests was a fierce predator that may have hunted humans – Anna... read more

Mighty T. Rex Killed by Pigeon Parasite? Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 - 10:03:42 - Anuradha Menon After surviving countless battles a giant T. rex was ultimately taken down by a microscopic parasite akin to one carried by modern pigeons... read more

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