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Plants & Animals Jun 24, 2016

Insects were already using camouflage 100 million years ago

Those who go to a masked ball consciously slip into a different role, in order to avoid being recognized so quickly. Insects were already doing something very similar in the Cretaceous: They cloaked themselves in pieces of ...

Business Jun 1, 2016

Uber raises $3.5 bn from Saudi investment fund

Uber announced Wednesday that the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia has pumped $3.5 billion into the ride-sharing giant, helping fuel its global expansion plans.

Archaeology May 25, 2016

Ancient DNA study finds Phoenician from Carthage had European ancestry

A research team co-led by a scientist at New Zealand's University of Otago has sequenced the first complete mitochondrial genome of a 2500-year-old Phoenician dubbed the "Young Man of Byrsa" or "Ariche".

Archaeology Apr 5, 2016

Easy as Alep, Bet, Gimel? Cambridge research explores social context of ancient writing

A new University of Cambridge research project is set to shed light on the history of writing in the ancient world, and explore the longlasting relationship between society and writing that persists today.

Environment Apr 4, 2016

To flee Lebanon's trash crisis, family heads to Syria

Imagine living near a trash dump so putrid that you would rather move to war-torn Syria.

Earth Sciences Mar 29, 2016

Gazelle fossils in Israel indicate southern Levant not as dry during Younger Dryas as thought

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the University of Connecticut, Harvard University and the Hebrew University in Israel has found that climate conditions in the southern Levant during the Younger Dryas were as cool ...

Social Sciences Mar 18, 2016

Study suggests that 'culture shock' is a key stressor for refugees

Hawazin Alhawsaw sees culture shock as a normal part of the acculturation process for Arab refugees settling in Canada.

Archaeology Mar 9, 2016

First microwhip scorpion from Mesozoic period found in Burmese amber

It's smaller than a grain of rice, yellowish, trapped in amber and lived 100 million years ago alongside dinosaurs. Meet Electrokoenenia yaksha, a newly described type of microwhip scorpion, or palpigrade, from Myanmar, whose ...

Environment Mar 1, 2016

NASA finds drought in Eastern Mediterranean worst of past 900 years

A new NASA study finds that the recent drought that began in 1998 in the eastern Mediterranean Levant region, which comprises Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey, is likely the worst drought of the ...

Social Sciences Feb 24, 2016

Conservatives prefer using nouns, new research finds

New transatlantic research led by a psychologist at the University of Kent suggests conservatives prefer using nouns.

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