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15.11.2013 14:33
Scientists have created a detailed map
of the dinosaur brain for the first
time and found that the ancient beasts
had the faculties for complex
behaviour, and perhaps made sounds
to communicate with one another.
The map provides an
unprecedented view of the makeup of
the dinosaur brain and a...
15.11.2013 14:30
Researchers have shed light on the
chemistry that bonds one person to
another by taking brain scans of men
being stroked while in their
underpants.
The Finnish study found that
gentle stroking – which was not in
sexually arousing areas – changed
levels of opioid brain chemicals
which work behind...
15.11.2013 14:27
The largest ever festival of Russian
and British culture, embracing art,
music, theatre, outer space,
Shakespeare and pancakes, is being
launched in hundreds of events
across both countries next year.
One of the highlights will be a
giant exhibition at the Science
Museum in London next autumn...
15.11.2013 14:25
Deforestation in the Amazon
increased by nearly a third over the
past year, according to Brazilian
government figures released on
Thursday.
The data confirms a feared
reversal in what had been steady
progress over the past decade against
destruction of the world's largest
rainforest.
Satellite...
15.11.2013 14:22
BOSASSO, Somalia -- The death toll
from a tropical cyclone that hit
Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland
region at the weekend has risen to 140
but the final figure could total 300, the
government said on Wednesday.
The government has declared a state of
emergency and appealed for
international aid...
15.11.2013 14:19
Polar bears currently outnumber the
residents of a small town in Canada’s
tundra, but that may change soon.
Climate change has sped up the ice
melting season in Churchill, Manitoba,
a town of about 800 residents — and
900 polar bears.
Experts say the perennial thaw now
begins in mid-June, a full...
15.11.2013 14:15
Reporter, NBC News
Navy SEALs may have killed Osama bin
Laden, but women led them to their
prey.
Women made up the majority of
analysts – at one point all the analysts
-- in “Alec Station,” the unit charged
with finding Bin Laden, managed the
ramp-up at the CIA's Counter
Terrorism Center after...
15.11.2013 14:13
A massive stockpile of elephant ivory
was crushed by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service on Thursday as part of
an escalating push to stamp out illegal
wildlife trafficking around the world.
The destruction of more than six tons
of seized tusks and carvings at the
Rocky Mountain Arsenal...
15.11.2013 14:09
Almost one in five Africans were
forced to pay a bribe in the past year
just to get basic public services, a
major survey said Thursday.
In Sierra Leone -- the worst affected
country -- almost two thirds of people
said they had given money to public
officials for permits, access to health
care and...
15.11.2013 14:07
TOKYO - Caroline Kennedy, daughter of
slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy ,
arrived in Japan on Friday to take up
her first high profile job in public
office, making a late start to a political
career for which her family is
renowned.
Kennedy, sworn in as U.S. ambassador
two days ago, received a...
