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Stonehenge archaeologists reveal new theory of why monument was built
Stonehenge may have been built on a site occupied by hunters for roughly 5,000 prior to its construction.
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Primitive fish may shed light on evolution of limbs
Once thought to be extinct, the coelacanth (through its DNA) is aiding scientists in their growing understanding of evolution. When inserted into mice, the fish's DNA causes the mammals to grow limbs. In the fish the same DNA codes for fins, not limbs.
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Primitive fish with 'butt fins' reveals evolution's quirky path
An evolutionarily unique "paired anal fin" suggests that evolution experimented with various wacky body plans, only some of which survived.
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Rooster's crows driven by internal clock, say scientists
Roosters kept in constant light will still crow at daylight, finds research that points to an internal circadian clock in the birds.
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Beyond the Higgs boson: Five more elusive particles
The discovery of the Higgs boson greatly furthers our understanding of the fundamental constituents of matter, but some subatomic puzzle pieces still remain. Here are five types of bizarre particles that could turn up in atom-smashing experiments.
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Life after Higgs boson: What's next for the world's largest atom smasher?
It's a Higgs boson!! Now what? After confirming that the particle discovered last July really is a Higgs boson, the Large Hadron Collider is ready to look for other universes, figure out dark matter, recreate the Big Bang, or find something totally unexpected.
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Neanderthals were more visual, less social, say scientists
An analysis of Neanderthal skulls suggests that Neanderthal brains had bigger visual-processing regions than their Homo sapiens counterparts, but that left them with less space for social cognition.
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Prehistoric warming linked to CO2
A study of 20,000- to 10,000-year-old Antarctic ice indicates that a rise in temperatures was driven by natural carbon dioxide emissions.
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