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Ancient tribe dies out in India's Andaman islands Port Blair, India (AFP) Feb 4, 2010 
The last member of a tribe believed to be descendants of one of the oldest human cultures on Earth has died on India's Andaman and Nicobar islands, Survival International reported Thursday.
The London-based organisation which lobbies for tribal peoples worldwide said Boa Sr, who died last week aged around 85, was the last speaker of "Bo", one of the 10 Great Andamanese languages.
The Bo ... read moreBe 'reasonably polite' Engadget asks as comments return 
Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2010Popular US technology blog Engadget turned comments back on Thursday, two days after pulling the plug, and urged readers to be "reasonably polite" with their remarks. Engadget editor-in-chief Joshua Topolsky announced the move in a blog post and changes intended to keep "comments clean and comfortable for everyone who wants to join in the discussion - not just the loudest of the bunch." ... more
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Swift help urged for Haiti's crucial weather forecasters
Eastern US braces for fresh snow blitz Amnesty demands halt to Vedanta's India mine plans Two dead as storms, floods hit Turkey's south: report China says it has 6,000 captive tigers Baltic leaders under pressure to save sick sea China points to farms as major pollution risk Amnesty calls for halt to Vedanta's India mine plans More snow due for storm-battered US east coast Wildlife group, stars urge Indians to save the tiger 
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Humans Could Run 40 Miles Per Hour
Dallas TX (SPX) Feb 02, 2010Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt's record-setting performances have unleashed a wave of interest in the ultimate limits to human running speed. A new study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology offers intriguing insights into the biology and perhaps even the future of human running speed. The newly published evidence identifies the critical variable imposing the biological limit to ru ... more Scientists study the Hobbit's brain 
Cambridge, England (UPI) Jan 26, 2009 British scientists say they've determined the small brain of Homo floresiensis, a small-brained extinct hominid popularly known as 'the Hobbit,' was normal. The fossils of the hominids were discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003. Since then, controversy has centered on whether the Hobbits' small brain was actually due to a pathological condition. In the new study, ... more Yale Team Finds Neural Thermostat Keeps Brain Running Efficiently 
Yale CT (SPX) Jan 26, 2010Our energy-hungry brains operate reliably and efficiently while processing a flood of sensory information, thanks to a sort of neuronal thermostat that regulates activity in the visual cortex, Yale researchers have found. The actions of inhibitory neurons allow the brain to save energy by suppressing non-essential visual stimuli and processing only key information, according to research pu ... more Chimp And Human Y Chromosomes Evolving Faster Than Expected 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jan 21, 2010Contrary to a widely held scientific theory that the mammalian Y chromosome is slowly decaying or stagnating, new evidence suggests that in fact the Y is actually evolving quite rapidly through continuous, wholesale renovation. By conducting the first comprehensive interspecies comparison of Y chromosomes, Whitehead Institute researchers have found considerable differences in the genetic ... more |
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Neanderthals wore make-up
Bristol, England (UPI) Jan 11, 2009 Evidence that Neanderthals wore body paint dispels the idea they were "half-wits," a British archaeologist said. Shells coated with residue of mixed color pigments were found at two archaeological sites in southern Spain's Murcia province. The shells were found with lumps of a yellow pigment and a red powder mixed with flecks of a reflective black mineral, said Joao Zilhao, who ... more Tracking Evolution's Footprints In The Human Genome 
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 12, 2010Fossils may provide tantalizing clues to human history but they also lack some vital information, such as revealing which pieces of human DNA have been favored by evolution because they confer beneficial traits - resistance to infection or the ability to digest milk, for example. These signs can only be revealed through genetic studies of modern humans and other related species, though the ... more 3-D and Web hot trends in adult entertainment 
Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Jan 10, 2010A 3-D mania stoked by stunning new television sets and the blockbuster film "Avatar" is being embraced by a porn industry notorious for helping new technologies access homes. Bad Girls In 3D used an AVN Adult Entertainment Expo that ended Sunday in Las Vegas to unveil an unprecedented online library exclusively in the format and a first-of-a-kind "turnkey digital 3-D viewing system." ... more Iraqi archaeologists find ancient Sumerian settlement 
Nasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) Jan 8, 2010Iraqi archaeologists said on Friday they have discovered a 2,000-year-old Sumerian settlement in southern Iraq, yielding a bounty of historical artefacts. The site, in the southern province of Dhi Qar, is in the desert near ancient Ur, the biblical birthplace of Abraham. "There are walls and cornerstones carrying Sumerian writings, dating back to the era of the third Sumerian dynasty," s ... more |
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