View from the lab: Cat and dog genes

Cats have not suffered as much as dogs have by being domesticated, says Steve Jones.

How poets sold popular science to Bible Britain

History lecturer Dr Ralph O'Connor has been recognised by the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts for his book The Earth on Show: Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802-1856. He was awarded ...

World's earliest nuclear family found

The researchers dated remains from four multiple burials discovered in Germany in 2005.

Dinosaurs In The Arctic And Climate Change

Has anyone else seen the documentary on NOVA, " Arctic Dinosaurs "? I watched it last night on PBS here in Florida on WUSF.

Rare fossilized dinosaur nest found

A rare fossilized dinosaur nest helps answer the conundrum of which came first, the chicken or the egg, two paleontologists say.

New Books at Area Libraries

The following books were added to area library shelves this week: Adult non-fiction "Money and the Law of Attrac tion" by Esther Hicks 'One Great Truth' by Jonathan Falwell 'Mystical Traveler' by Sylvia ...

Solved!: Egg came before chicken, scientists now say

Imprints of eggs and their broken shells, part of a 77-million-year-old dinosaur nest, are displayed ... A rare fossilized dinosaur nest helps answer the conundrum of which came first, the chicken or the egg, ...

Which Came First? Eggs Before Chickens, Scientists Now Say

The nest and eggs either belonged to a bird-like dinosaur that looked similar to an oviraptor or a relative of Velociraptor .

Fossils alter an evolutionary theory

Bigger-brained babies led to a wider pelvis in females of the human ancestor Homo erectus, a sign that even 1.3 million years ago evolution began to favor intellectual capacity over physical mobility in people, ...

One-of-a-kind find in 100 million year old amber

Scientists have discovered for the first time a menagerie of perfectly intact marine microorganisms trapped in tree resin at least 100 million years ago, according to a new study.