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Ancient Greenland gene
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have sequenced the DNA from four frozen hairs of a Greenlander who died 4,000 years ago in a study they say takes genetic technology into several [...]
Sinosauropteryx had ginger feathers
(BBC NEWS) – Meet Sinosauropteryx, a very spiky little dinosaur.
A team of scientists from China and the UK has now revealed that the bristles of this 125-million-year-old dinosaur were in [...]
National Geographic: 25 Best New Travel Destinations for 2010
Here is the list of 25 countries deemed by The National Geographic magazine as the world’s best travel destinations for 2010:
Bhutan || Outfitter: Bio Bio Expeditions
Bolivia || Outfitter: Nantahala [...]
There is water in the Moon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists who crashed two spacecraft into a crater on the moon said on Friday they found water in the dust they kicked up, just as they had [...]
Two Philippine lizards near extinction
They are choice food and rare pets in the Philippines, and could soon become dead reptiles crawling – the equivalents of Sean Penn in the 1995 film, “Dead Man Walking,” [...]
Species extinction threat grows
(BBC NEWS) – More than a third of species assessed in a major international biodiversity study are threatened with extinction, scientists have warned.
Out of the 47,677 species in the IUCN [...]
Philippines active volcanoes List
The Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology lists down the 22 active volcanoes in the country: including their location in grid, province, their height, number of historical eruptions and their [...]
Malawi: Cradle of humankind
KARONGA, Malawi (Reuters) – The latest discovery of pre-historic tools and remains of hominids in Malawi’s remote northern district of Karonga provides further proof that the area could be the [...]
Scientists find 32 new planets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – European astronomers announced they had found 32 new planets orbiting stars outside our solar system and said on Monday they believe their find means that 40 percent [...]
Science to stop age clock at 50
(BBC NEWS) – Centenarians with the bodies of 50-year-olds will one day be a realistic possibility, say scientists.
Half of babies now born in the UK will reach 100, thanks to [...]
Arctic to be ice-free in summer in 20 years
LONDON (Reuters) – Global warming will leave the Arctic Ocean ice-free during the summer within 20 years, raising sea levels and harming wildlife such as seals and polar bears, a [...]
4 to 6 more cyclones to enter Philippines before yearend
After “Ondoy,” “Pepeng” and “Quedan,” about four to six more cyclones are due to enter Philippine territory in the last three months of 2009, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical [...]
Norway is The Best Place to Live
(BBC NEWS) – Norway is the best place in the world to live while Niger is the least desirable, according to an annual report by the United Nations.
The 182 countries [...]
Two meter sea level rise unstoppable
OXFORD, England (Reuters) – A rise of at least two meters in the world’s sea levels is now almost unstoppable, experts told a climate conference at Oxford University on Tuesday.
“The [...]
2 more tropical depressions may hit Philippines this week
Barely had Luzon recovered from the destruction wrought by tropical storm “Ondoy,” a state weather forecaster on Monday said two tropical depressions threaten to enter the country later this week.
In [...]
