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Ancient brew masters tapped drug secrets
(PhysOrg.com) -- A chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Nubians shows that they were regularly consuming tetracycline, most likely in their beer.
Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Oceans on brink of mass extinction: study
Climate change, over-fishing and other human impacts have pushed the oceans to the brink of a mass extinction that could take tens of millions of years to recover from, an Australian scientist ...
6 hours ago from ABC Science
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Rare Roman lantern found in field
A metal detecting enthusiast finds what is believed to be the only intact Roman lantern made out of bronze ever discovered in Britain.
18 hours ago from BBC News
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Getting a tail up on conservation?
Lizards are an important indicator species for understanding the condition of specific ecosystems. Their body weight is a crucial index for evaluating species health, but lizards are seldom ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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Ancient funeral feast unearthed
The remains of a huge 12,000 year old feast have been found in a cave in Northern Israel.
Wed 1 Sep 10 from BBC News
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Beefy dino sported fearsome claws
Fossils from a new type of dinosaur which looks like a beefy version of the predatory Velociraptor has been unearthed in Romania.
Tue 31 Aug 10 from BBC News
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Evolution rewritten, again and again
A team of researchers at the University of Bristol decided to find out, with investigations of dinosaur and human evolution. Their study, which is published this week in Proceedings of the Royal ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Archaeological study shows human activity may have boosted shellfish size
In a counter-intuitive finding, new research from North Carolina State University shows that a species of shellfish widely consumed in the Pacific over the past 3,000 years has actually increased ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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When the World Was Young, and Human Cannibalism Wasn't Such a Big Deal
No dessert, caveman child, until you finish eating your human. Digging ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from Discover Magazine
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Primordial Bestiary Gets an Annex
Burgess shale site expands to include thinner deposits.
Tue 31 Aug 10 from U.S. News
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