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Ravens use their beaks and wings much like humans rely on our hands to make gestures , such as for pointing to an object, scientists now find. [More]

Skull of juvenile male Australopithecus sediba. Image: Kate Wong In the spring of 2010, the world met Australopithecus sediba , a nearly two-million-year-old human relative whose remains were found at a site just a short drive from Johannesburg, South Africa

It started with Vic Rail's horses, in September 1994. First one, then another, they died horrible deaths, 13 horses in all over the span of just two weeks, frothing from their noses and mouths, thrashing in agonizing pain

Developing countries set the highest bar possible yesterday for the U.N. climate change talks, demanding that wealthy countries ante up with new carbon emission targets yet warning them to expect no binding commitments from others in return. [More]

Scientists in the United States have come up with a tool for automatically analysing digital photographs , making it possible to gauge the extent to which images have been altered or retouched. [More]

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The key to a happy marriage and a happy life in retirement? According to a recent study, one answer is sex.

When humankind once again ventures out from Earth's neighborhood, where will we go?

The desire for social status is one of the most important factors driving human behavior. Our place on the social hierarchy can determine everything from who we marry to how long we live . However, recent research suggests that some of the things we do to boost our status can backfire: they may make us feel better temporarily but increase the chances we will be stuck with lower status.

In October 2009 a small group of robotic space exploration geeks decided to venture out of our comfort zone and began brainstorming different approaches to flying people into space. We were spurred into action when the Augustine com

In the December issue of Scientific American, author David Weinberger reports from the frontiers of knowledge. His story " The Machine That Would Predict the Future " explores the promise of the FuturICT project , an attempt to build a computer model of all the social, economic, ecological and scientific factors at play in the world.

American football and international hockey have gotten hammered for their brutal hits, which can lead to serious brain injury. But soccer players are also getting their heads examined.