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The thick, waterproof fur that once made the platypus ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus ) a valuable target for trappers may soon present another danger for the unique mammal: Australia could soon end up being too hot for the species to survive. [More]

Play an important role in gathering data about birds and their habitat, using mobile technology as a scientific tool [More]

Whatever you may feel about independent "hactivist" groups such as Anonymous and LulzSec , they are good at what they do. In the past few weeks members of these two groups have claimed responsibility for a number of data theft incidents, including the recent theft of more than 1 million user names and passwords from the Sony pictures web site . They then post these stolen names and passwords on message boards and

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Birds and sea turtles can migrate thousands of miles, by reading the Earth’s magnetic cues. But we too might have magnetic sensing abilities--in our eyes. So says a study in the journal Nature Communications

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Thursday, June 23 To join an email list before 1986, users had to wait for someone to painstakingly adjust the code to include them.

Europeans ate their way through the island nation of Mauritius, most famously eliminating the dodo bird by 1700.

Foursquare partners with AmEx, an 'Anonymous' group of hackers, the Winklevosses back down, social innovation, and more.

With her second child growing larger by the day, Liz is experiencing the tyranny of her pregnancy. Her belly seems impossibly huge to her.

From medicine to science When I was about 3 or 4 years old, I got very sick. I stayed in bed for many weeks and every day a nurse would come to give me a penicillin shot.

Having a child changes the way you think. With a baby’s birth, parents become flooded with new responsibilities and emotions. In this special report, we explore how those experiences forge a bond between parent and child.

Juggling deadlines is hard enough.

It served nobly, though it was not a Plymouth Valiant. It took me to new places, though it was not a Ford Explorer