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Archaeologist says he's uncovered King David's palace
Jul 20, 2013 (UPI)
An Israeli archaeologist said he's uncovered palace ruins that once belonged to the Old Testament's King David. The palace, at a site 20 miles southwest of Jeru...
Brain signal said to create inner 'voice' we hear even if we're silent
Jul 16, 2013 (UPI)
A Canadian researcher says he's identified a kind of brain signal that could explain why we "hear" speech in our heads even in the absence of actual sound. Inte...
Genetic evolution seen in peoples living at high altitudes
Jul 15, 2013 (UPI)
People living at some of the world's highest elevations seem to have evolved to cope with the thinner air, a U.S.-led genetics study suggests. A team of researc...
China island centenarians claim secret of long life
Jul 12, 2013 (AFP)
The elderly residents of one Chinese county have endured invasion, civil war and famine, and many live in unheated concrete shacks on only a few dollars a day. ...
Did Neandertals have language?
Jul 10, 2013 (SPX)
Fast-accumulating data seem to indicate that our close cousins, the Neandertals, were much more similar to us than imagined even a decade ago. But did they have...
How well can you see with your ears? Device offers new alternative to blind people
Jul 10, 2013 (SPX)
A device that trains the brain to turn sounds into images could be used as an alternative to invasive treatment for blind and partially-sighted people, research...
Parts of ancient sphinx found in Israel
Jul 09, 2013 (UPI)
Fragments of a 4,000 year-old Egyptian sphinx were uncovered in an archaeological dig at Tel Hazor in northern Israel, officials said Tuesday. Hebrew University...
Extension of human life span is a political task
Jul 09, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
Perhaps, all people on Earth may become long livers in the near future. Scientists are now on the brink of a discovery that may pave the way for extending youth...
'Asia tallest man' hospitalised in China
Jul 08, 2013 (AFP)
A 2.55-metre (8 foot 4 inch) Chinese man who is among the world's tallest living people has been hospitalised for a hip replacement, reports said Monday. Wang F...
Ability of people to 'see' with their ears called impressive
Jul 08, 2013 (UPI)
Training the brain to turn sounds into images could be an alternative to surgical treatment for blind and partially sighted people, British researchers say. Sci...
Amputee creates LEGO prosthetic
Jul 06, 2013 (UPI)
A St. Louis amputee said she's had some fun with her situation, creating a prosthetic leg made of LEGO bricks -- and a video of it that has gone viral. Christin...
Scientists link ancient remains with living Canadian woman
Jul 06, 2013 (UPI)
Scientists say they have established a genetic link between three North American women, one who died 5,000 years ago, one 2,500 years ago and one living. The ev...
Dalai urges youth to build happier century on 78th birthday
Jul 06, 2013 (AFP)
Spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Saturday said he was counting on young people to create a "happier" century as he celebrated his 78th birthday in southern India ...
Altitude sickness may hinder ethnic integration in the world's highest places
Jul 04, 2013 (SPX)
Ethnic segregation in nations straddling the world's steepest terrains may be reinforced by the biological tolerance different peoples have to altitude, accordi...
Researchers say hormonal mechanism responsible for left-handedness
Jul 03, 2013 (UPI)
The vast majority of humans are right-handed. Only about ten percent are left-hand dominant. But what causes the ten percent to prefer their opposite set of dig...
Consciousness on-off switch located deep in human brain
Jul 02, 2013 (UPI)
For centuries, both philosophers and scientists have been trying figure out exactly what "consciousness" is, where it comes from, and how it works. While they h...
What Is the Fastest Articulated Motion a Human Can Execute?
Jul 01, 2013 (SPX)
Humans are amazing throwers. We are unique among all animals, including our closest living relative, the chimpanzee, in our ability to throw projectiles at high...
Skull find challenges claim about first white man in eastern Australia
Jul 01, 2013 (UPI)
A skull found in rural Australia challenges the widely-held view that Captain Cook was the first white person to set foot on its east coast, researchers say. Ca...
Gulf lovers use smartphones to beat segregation
Jun 28, 2013 (AFP)
Jaber and his girlfriend flirt the day away, never wasting a minute to sweet-talk and dream of a future together, but like most Gulf Arab youths they can only d...
Social network size predicts social cognitive skills in primates
Jun 28, 2013 (SPX)
The size of a primate's social group can predict cognitive skills related to social abilities, according to research published June 26 in the open access journa...
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