Some 800,000 years ago -- about the time early human tribes were learning to make fire – a tiny species of plankton called Neodenticula seminae went extinct in the North Atlantic.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 26, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study called Gathering Time published this month, archaeologists from English Heritage and Cardiff University have been able to create an accurate timeline of the first 700 years of ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Jun 07, 2011 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

The British quest for better way of life is explored in the first research study to look at the everyday lives of the British living in France.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

May 09, 2011 not rated yet 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- As they might with most endangered animals, scientists consider the whereabouts and activities of right whales extremely important. "It is helpful to know where they go, why they go there ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 26, 2011 not rated yet 0

The pronghorn were captured in a helicopter netting operation on February 28, fitted with the collars, and released. The collars are scheduled to "drop off" of the animals at a future date through an automated ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 12, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Sex or nice weather. That's the agonizing choice some birds face, according to a new University of Guelph study.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 06, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Populations of Fraser River sockeye salmon are so fine-tuned to their environment that any further environmental changes caused by climate change could lead to the disappearance of some populations, while others may be less ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 31, 2011 not rated yet 0 |

Dating of recently discovered artifacts in South India indicates that early humans lived in the region more than a million years ago, and that they used distinct 'Acheulian' stone cutting tools, a new study ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 25, 2011 5 / 5 (8) 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Avian embryos could join the list of model organisms used to study a specific type of cell migration called epiboly, thanks to the results of a study published this month in the journal Developmental Dy ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Mar 23, 2011 not rated yet 0 |

Few specimens inspire greater thrills among fossil collectors than a complete trilobite. These ancient arthropods – relatives of lobsters, spiders and insects – went extinct more than 250 million years ago, but ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 16, 2011 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

A study published today (09 March) in Proceedings of the Royal Society B by researchers at Rothamsted Research (an institute of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council), and the universities of Lund (Swede ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 09, 2011 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 |

For years, doctors have used platelet rich plasma (PRP) to promote healing in various surgeries, but a recent study demonstrates that a type of PRP did not improve healing after rotator cuff repair. The study, conducted by ...

Medicine & Health - Other

Feb 18, 2011 not rated yet 0

Building a highway through Serengeti National Park may devastate one of the world's last large-scale herd migrations and the region's ecosystem, according to new research by an international team of ecologists, including ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 31, 2011 not rated yet 1

Ancient tree rings show links between climate change and major events in human history, like migrations, plagues and the rise and fall of empires, said a study this week in the journal Science.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jan 14, 2011 4.4 / 5 (14) 98

The design of social protection policies should take into account the complexity and diversity of family arrangements. Families have different needs and structures as well as various ways of reacting and adapting to changes ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Jan 07, 2011 3 / 5 (1) 0