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A battle of the vampires, 20 million years ago?
(PhysOrg.com) -- They are tiny, ugly, disease-carrying little blood-suckers that most people have never seen or heard of, but a new discovery in a one-of-a-kind fossil shows that “bat flies” ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Ancient giant crocodile discovery
'Shieldcroc' is an ancient, extinct crocodile that's been discovered by scientists studying fossils in Missouri in the US.
Wed 1 Feb 12 from BBC News
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Oldest Copy of 'Mona Lisa' Painted Alongside Original
The painting reveals more detail about the enigmatic piece of art.
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Livescience
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Getting Big Takes Time...Millions and Millions of Generations, Say Biologists
Tue 31 Jan 12 from Discover Magazine
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Everlasting permanence
By this point you have probably read about Jonathan Franzen’s ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from Discover Magazine
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Secular liberals the tip of the Islamist spear
I have long been on the record as a skeptic of the of the proposition that ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from Discover Magazine
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Gorilla Grins Hint at Origin of Human Smiles
Gorillas use human-like facial expressions to communicate moods with one another, and two of the expressions -- both of which resemble grinning -- could show the origins of the human smile.
Tue 31 Jan 12 from Wired Science
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Leonardo da Vinci may have copied the 'Vitruvian Man'
Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of a male figure perfectly inscribed in a circle and square, known as the "Vitruvian Man," illustrates what he believed to be a divine connection between the human ...
Tue 31 Jan 12 from FOXNews
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Out of who knows where
In The New York Times, DNA Turning Human Story Into a Tell-All: The tip of ...
Tue 31 Jan 12 from Discover Magazine
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Archaeologists and pagans alike glory in the Brodgar complex | Liz Williams
Let's not jump to conclusions about ritual significance, but this site is clearly immensely important to ancient British historyArchaeologists are notoriously nervous of attributing ritual significance ...
Tue 31 Jan 12 from Guardian.co.uk
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