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Feed SubscriptionAhead of Their Time: Neandertals and the First Grandparents
Sometime around 35,000 years ago in Europe our ancestors embarked on what might be described as a creativity bender. They began making art, jewelry, musical instruments and complex tools in abundance, as evidenced by the remains of these items at sites across the continent. Archaeologists call this cultural period the Upper Paleolithic and it stands in marked contrast to the Middle Paleolithic that preceded it, during which anatomically modern humans and their archaic contemporaries, the Neandertals, focused their manufacturing efforts on a handful of relatively simple tool types.
Read More »NASA’s Space Shuttle By the Numbers: 30 Years of a Spaceflight Icon
NASA's space shuttles have racked up an amazing set of accomplishments over the last 30 years, not to mention the miles and statistics. But after three decades and 135 flights, the era of the NASA space shuttle is at an end. The final shuttle flight, NASA's STS-135 mission aboard Atlantis , will land Thursday (July 21) to cap a 13-day trip that delivered supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station
Read More »Space Shuttle Era Ends with Safe Landing of Atlantis
NASA's 30-year space shuttle program drew to an end this morning when the Atlantis orbiter touched down safely at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Read More »Migraine Revelations Afflict Michelle Bachmann’s Campaign
The presidential run of Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) hit an unexpected obstacle Tuesday when The Daily Caller reported that, according to sources close to her campaign, she suffered from debilitating migraine headaches brought on by stress on an almost weekly basis. Bachmann, whose migraine condition had not previously been disclosed, was said to have been hospitalized for it on several occasions because the pain and other symptoms left her "incapacitated," in the words of one adviser
Read More »McIlroy’s links attitude surprises senior stars
Rory McIlroy's unwillingness to adapt his game to links golf led some of the sport's elder statesmen to say his attitude must change.
Read More »ATMs Branch Out
It's hard to remember a time before automated teller machines made our money available 24/7. And since the first networked ATM more than 40 years ago, banks have been trying to make their electronic tellers more secure and more versatile. [More]
Read More »Great day at the Network
Wow! What a fantastic series of posts today…. [More]
Read More »Weekly Highlights #2 – snake antivenom, lunar lions, wormy mummies and urban jungle.
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Read More »Weir looking to break par at Canadian Open
Mike Weir has enjoyed a lot of breakthroughs playing golf in Vancouver, including his first professional win while playing on the Canadian Tour in 1997, and his first PGA Tour victory two years later.
Read More »GolfChannel: Tiger surely has plan for new caddie
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Read More »Video: New mammogram guidelines
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released new guidelines that recommend that all women - 40 and older - get a mammogram each year. Dr.
Read More »What Will You Do With All Those Discs Now That Apple’s Killing The DVD?
Apple 's killing the optical disk format, bit by bit--just as we suspected . When the computer maker
Read More »Group: Start mammograms at 40, not 50
Latest medical recommendation reverses controversial government finding that women are OK starting regular mammograms later
Read More »Circles Fatigue: The Dark Side Of Google+
One of Google Plus's most unique features, Circles, initially attracted users to the service and set it apart from competitors.
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