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Geronimo's kin sue Skull and Bones over remains »
Posted by: ap 9 months, 2 weeks ago in News
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Geronimo's descendants have sued Skull and Bones — the secret society at Yale University linked to presidents and other powerful figures — claiming ...
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Uncovering ancient secrets beneath the surface »
Posted by: ap 9 months, 2 weeks ago in News
CHICAGO (AP) — Scholars are reconsidering what ancient Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes knew of the concept of infinity, and archaeologists may have found a fossil ...
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In peanut checks, gaps for salmonella to sneak by »
Posted by: ap 10 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
ATLANTA (AP) — Food regulators didn't consider salmonella a threat to most peanut products before they traced an outbreak to a peanut butter plant in ...
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DNA tests confirm remains are Caylee Anthony »
Posted by: ap 10 months, 4 weeks ago in News
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Orlando authorities say DNA tests confirm the skeletal remains recently found in the woods belong to missing toddler Caylee Anthony.
A county ...
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Skeletal remains don't reveal how Fla. girl died »
Posted by: ap 10 months, 4 weeks ago in News
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Pieces of a tiny skeleton found in swampy woods can tell authorities one thing: Missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony was killed. What they ...
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground »
Posted by: ap 10 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jurassic version of jumbo jets — huge flying creatures weighing hundreds of pounds — is a mystery of dinosaur-era flight: How did something so ...
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Bird-Like Dinosaur Sported Bizarre Tail Feathers »
Posted by: Jordan 1 year, 1 month ago in Science & Technology
A pigeon-sized dinosaur that lived more than 100 million years ago sported four ribbon-like tail feathers that likely helped the creature balance on tree branches ...
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Peter Ward Dives To Meet a Wild Nautilus - VIDEO »
Posted by: Jordan 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & Technology
Peter Ward, paleontologist, dives at night to meet the Nautilus, a wondrous creature which has survived for 500 million years.
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Science News / Fossil Find May Document Largest Snake »
Posted by: Jordan 1 year, 1 month ago in Science & Technology
Rocks beneath a coal mine in Colombia have yielded fossils of what could be the world’s largest snake, a relative of today’s boa ...
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Mammoth task: Scientists map DNA of ancient beast »
Posted by: ap 1 year ago in Science & Technology
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Bringing "Jurassic Park" one step closer to reality, scientists have deciphered much of the genetic code of the woolly mammoth, a feat ...
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Dinosaur experts bust up prehistoric party theory »
Posted by: ap 1 year ago in Science & Technology
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) _ So maybe there was no dinosaur dancing after all.
Paleontologists say there are no signs of dinosaur tracks at a ...
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