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PHOTOS: Ancient "King of Bling" Tomb Revealed in Peru (10 April 05:30) |
| In a tomb like no other, the 1,500-year-old "Lord of Ucupe" has been found with 19 golden headdresses and other treasures that shed light on the little-known Moche Indian... |
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"King of Bling" Tomb Sheds Light on Ancient Peru (10 April 05:30) |
| Packed with treasure in the styles of two ancient orders, the 1,500-year-old tomb is apparently like no other, and may help resolve mysteries of the Moche Indian civiliza... |
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Female "King" Ruled in Canaan, Carving Suggests (10 April 05:30) |
| An ancient tablet no bigger than a cigarette pack shows what could be the first known depiction of the "Mistress of the Lionesses," archaeologists say. |
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PHOTOS: New Bead Cache Reflects Spanish Empire's Might (10 April 05:30) |
| More than 70,000 beads of a surprising variety of materials, colors, and shapes have been dug out of an island along a 17th-century Spanish trade route, offering a new vi... |
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Weekend Sky Show: Little Green Comet Nears Earth (10 April 05:30) |
| First reported late last month, the currently tail-less comet Yi-SWAN should be visible to backyard telescopes in the Northern Hemisphere from mid-April until about mid-M... |
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Want to Live Longer? Stop Worrying (10 April 05:30) |
| Children of centenarians are more outgoing and less neurotic on average, a new study says, supporting previous observations that the long-lived—and their offspring—ar... |
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Mt. Everest Records to Fall? (10 April 05:30) |
| Three Sherpa brothers seek to break a time record by staying 24 hours on top. Another Sherpa may shatter his own record for most trips—19. Video. |
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Mount Everest Records to Fall? (10 April 05:30) |
| Three Sherpa brothers seek to break a time record by staying 24 hours on top. Another Sherpa may shatter his own record for most trips—19. Video. |
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Laser "Light Bullets" Made to Curve (09 April 05:30) |
| Rapid pulses of laser light that bend without the aid of a lens could be used to more efficiently monitor air pollution, a new study reports. |
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WEEK IN PHOTOS: Schindler's List, Robot ''Child,'' More (09 April 05:30) |
| Have a look at a turtle with a prosthetic flipper, a sun blessing that only happens once every 28 years, and an alarming child-like robot in this week's selection of the ... |
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Cockfighters Flout Ban in India (09 April 05:30) |
| Despite being banned in India, cockfighting continues at an annual Hindu festival. "According to tradition, once the festival is over, there should be blood stains on the... |
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PHOTOS: YOU WON WHAT? Bizarre Contests, World Records (08 April 05:30) |
| Isn't it amazing what some people will do to get attention? Pancake stacks, pond skimming, and competitive yoga all make an appearance in this round-up of some of the wei... |
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1st Farm in Eastern U.S. Grown for Taste, Not Hunger? (08 April 05:30) |
| The first farm in eastern North America has been discovered, and surprisingly, it may have been started more as a luxury than a necessity, scientists say. |
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Dolphin "Talk" Made Visible? (08 April 05:30) |
| An acoustics engineer in the U.K. claims he's got a key tool in decoding the language of dolphins. He's invented a device that visualizes dolphin sounds, but skeptics hav... |
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Nickel "Famine" Led to Oxygen-Breathing Life? (08 April 05:30) |
| Life as we know it may have evolved because Earth's early oceans ran low on nickel, a new study suggests. |
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MEGAMOUTH SHARK PICTURE: Ultra-Rare Shark Found, Eaten (07 April 05:30) |
| In just a short time, the 41st megamouth shark ever found went from swimming in Philippine waters to simmering in coconut milk. |
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Bird With "Human" Eyes Knows What You're Looking At (07 April 05:30) |
| Jackdaws can follow a person's gaze, making them the first animals other than humans known to understand the role of eyes in seeing and perceiving things, a new study sug... |
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Hurricane Forecast 2009: 6 Expected in "Average" Season (07 April 05:30) |
| The 2009 hurricane season may be a little less active than recent years, but a big one could still make landfall between Texas and Maine, experts say. |
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SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Blank Sun, Lacy Galaxy, More (07 April 05:30) |
| See a backlighted galaxy, Martian frost patterns, a potential ice volcano, and more in this week's space pictures.
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PHOTOS: "Jupiter's Ghost," Galaxies Mark Skywatch Event (07 April 05:30) |
| New pictures of a planetary nebula, a stellar nursery, and scads of sparkling galaxies were among the images released as part of a live astronomy webcast, Around the Worl... |
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VIDEO: Arctic Ice Thinner, Smaller (07 April 05:30) |
| New reports show ice in Antarctica continues melting at an advanced rate in summer months, and ice in the Arctic region is re-forming at a slower rate in winter months. ... |
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Chimps Trade Meat for Sex -- And It Works (07 April 05:30) |
| Wild male chimps that share their monkey meat with females double their chances of having sex with those females, a new study says. |
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NEW CAVE PHOTOS: Inside Gabon's Longest Mapped Cave (06 April 05:30) |
| Newly released photos reveal some of the subterranean wonders documented by a team of National Geographic Young Explorer grantees, who recently braved the depths of the E... |
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ITALY EARTHQUAKE PICTURES: Historic Towns Damaged (06 April 05:30) |
| The major earthquake that shocked central Italy in the early hours of Monday damaged historic towns and landmarks and left at least 130 dead.
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Dog Sacrifices Found in Medieval Hungarian Village (06 April 05:30) |
| Puppy skeletons in pots and dogs found buried in house foundations are shedding light on mysterious pagan customs not found in written records from the era, researchers s... |
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PHOTO IN THE NEWS: Pulsar Creates Cosmic "Hand" (06 April 05:30) |
| NASA's x-ray eye in the sky recently snapped pictures of a hand-shaped nebula created as energetic particles get flung from the rotating core of a dead star. |
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PHOTOS: Jamaica-Size Ice Shelf Breaks Free (06 April 05:30) |
| An ice bridge that had been "hanging on a thread" has finally succumbed to the "alarming rate" of melting in the Antarctica Peninsula, experts say. |
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AS SEEN ON EARTH: Mammoths, Fire, Flooding in Pictures (06 April 05:30) |
| See giant mammoths in Russia, a burning neighborhood in Cairo, and spindly cucumbers from India in this selection of life's moments from around the globe.
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Arctic Ice Got Smaller, Thinner, Younger This Winter (06 April 05:30) |
| Turns out there is such a thing as being too young and too thin. Arctic ice continued its decline this winter, with hearty old ice increasingly being replaced with quick-... |
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Lightning Warns of Hurricanes' Most Intense Moments? (06 April 05:30) |
| Increased lightning is linked to a storm's peak intensity, according to a new study that suggests the find could be useful in regions that lack hurricane-tracking technol... |
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Italy Quake Hits Historic Towns (06 April 05:30) |
| A major earthquake struck mountainous central Italy, killing more than 90 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless. Buildings more than 500 years old in the medieval... |
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GUANTANAMO PHOTOS: Animals Thrive Behind Razor Wire (03 April 05:30) |
| Iguanas and rare "banana rats" are among the many species that have found a safe haven inside the fences of the controversial U.S. naval base.
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Guantanamo's Wild Side: Huge Boas, "Banana Rats," More (03 April 05:30) |
| U.S. detainees may be leaving Guantanamo, but rare inhabitants—giant snakes, "banana rats," nesting sea turtles—are there to stay, protected by the same razor wire fe... |
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Viruses Used to Grow "Greener" Batteries (03 April 05:30) |
| With the help of a common virus, scientists have built a battery that rivals the state-of-the-art rechargeable models now powering personal electronics and hybrid vehicle... |
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Gamma-Ray Burst Caused Mass Extinction? (03 April 05:30) |
| A stream of gamma rays aimed at Earth may have caused a mass die-off 440 million years ago, according to a new paper that says a similar celestial catastrophe could happe... |
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Leonardo da Vinci Portrait Found? (03 April 05:30) |
| A medieval historian in Italy found what is believed to be a portrait, hidden beneath another painting, of Leonardo da Vinci. Video. |
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Tornadoes, Lightning in Rare Video (03 April 05:30) |
| As tornado season touches down in the U.S., see a high-tech tornado chaser's stunning footage of twisters—and of lightning as you've never seen it, in superslow motion.... |
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WEEK IN PHOTOS: Fire-Blowing Robot, Meerkat View, More (02 April 05:30) |
| See a giant, fire-breathing "baby", a meetup with meerkats, an icy wake in Midwest floodwaters, and more in this week's best news pictures. |
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Heart Cells Can Regenerate, Nuclear-Bomb Evidence Shows (02 April 05:30) |
| Cells irradiated by nuclear-bomb tests offer the first proof that the heart can partly regenerate—a discovery that could lead to new medical treatments, scientists say.... |
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PHOTOS: Rainbow Hues of Amphibian "Worms" Demystified (02 April 05:30) |
| Most animals that live in darkness are pale and colorless. Yet caecilians, wormlike amphibians that spend most of their lives underground, are surprisingly vibrant--a tra... |
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Orangutan Females Steal Food to Test Potential Mates (02 April 05:30) |
| Female orangutans judge potential partners' aggression levels by snatching food from them and watching their response. |
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First Robot Scientist Makes Gene Discovery (02 April 05:30) |
| ADAM is the first—but maybe not the last—robot to make a new scientific discovery, according to researchers who recently built themselves a mechanical colleague. |
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"Hidden" Planet Found in Old Hubble Image (01 April 05:30) |
| A new image-processing method stripped away starlight to reveal the earliest known picture of a planet circling a sunlike star, astronomers have announced. |
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Oldest Woman is 130? (01 April 05:30) |
| A Kazakh woman claims to be 130 years old, making her the oldest living human in history. Her doctor believes she's 130, and her passport is offered as proof, but skeptic... |
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APRIL FOOLS' DAY PICTURES: Four Historic Science Hoaxes (31 March 05:30) |
| These fakes weren't mere April Fool's Day pranks—even the silliest convinced the public that some very tall tales were true. |
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SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Tiny Capsule, Mars Dust, More (31 March 05:30) |
| See the upgraded International Space Station gliding around Earth, NASA vehicles crawling around on Earth, Martian dirt dug up by a rover's dragging wheel, and more in th... |
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Fish Can Count, Study Finds (31 March 05:30) |
| Fish have joined the growing ranks of animals that can count, according to a new study that showed mosquitofish could add up geometric shapes. |
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Mind-Controlled Robot Tech Debuts (31 March 05:30) |
| New technology allows a person limited control of a humanoid robot, according to the Honda Research Institute. Based on the flow of electricity and blood in a person's br... |
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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Blackbeard Pirate Relics, Gold Found (30 March 05:30) |
| A sword guard, tiny gold pieces, and a coin are among newfound artifacts from a shipwreck off North Carolina. The discoveries add to evidence that the ship belonged to th... |
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FLOOD PICTURES: Icy Waters Grip U.S. Midwest (30 March 05:30) |
| Record flooding of the Red River over the weekend prompted U.S. President Barack Obama to declare national disasters in Minnesota and North Dakota. |
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