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Scientists create detailed map of dinosaur brain

15.11.2013 14:33
Scientists have created a detailed map of the dinosaur brain for the first time and found that the ancient beasts had the faculties for complex behaviour, and perhaps made sounds to communicate with one another. The map provides an unprecedented view of the makeup of the dinosaur brain and a...

Men stroked in their pants to shed light on chemistry that bonds relationships

15.11.2013 14:30
Researchers have shed light on the chemistry that bonds one person to another by taking brain scans of men being stroked while in their underpants. The Finnish study found that gentle stroking – which was not in sexually arousing areas – changed levels of opioid brain chemicals which work behind...

Space exhibition leads huge joint festival of Russian and British culture

15.11.2013 14:27
The largest ever festival of Russian and British culture, embracing art, music, theatre, outer space, Shakespeare and pancakes, is being launched in hundreds of events across both countries next year. One of the highlights will be a giant exhibition at the Science Museum in London next autumn...

Deforestation in Amazon jungle increases by nearly a third in one year

15.11.2013 14:25
Deforestation in the Amazon increased by nearly a third over the past year, according to Brazilian government figures released on Thursday. The data confirms a feared reversal in what had been steady progress over the past decade against destruction of the world's largest rainforest. Satellite...

300 feared dead after tropical cyclone slams into Somalia

15.11.2013 14:22
BOSASSO, Somalia -- The death toll from a tropical cyclone that hit Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region at the weekend has risen to 140 but the final figure could total 300, the government said on Wednesday. The government has declared a state of emergency and appealed for international aid...

Climate change threatening polar bears in Canada

15.11.2013 14:19
Polar bears currently outnumber the residents of a small town in Canada’s tundra, but that may change soon. Climate change has sped up the ice melting season in Churchill, Manitoba, a town of about 800 residents — and 900 polar bears. Experts say the perennial thaw now begins in mid-June, a full...

Hunting Osama bin Laden was women's work

15.11.2013 14:15
Reporter, NBC News Navy SEALs may have killed Osama bin Laden, but women led them to their prey. Women made up the majority of analysts – at one point all the analysts -- in “Alec Station,” the unit charged with finding Bin Laden, managed the ramp-up at the CIA's Counter Terrorism Center after...

US crushes 6 tons of illegal ivory to send message to poachers, traffickers

15.11.2013 14:13
A massive stockpile of elephant ivory was crushed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday as part of an escalating push to stamp out illegal wildlife trafficking around the world. The destruction of more than six tons of seized tusks and carvings at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal...

1 in 5 Africans forced to pay bribes for police, health care, education: report

15.11.2013 14:09
Almost one in five Africans were forced to pay a bribe in the past year just to get basic public services, a major survey said Thursday. In Sierra Leone -- the worst affected country -- almost two thirds of people said they had given money to public officials for permits, access to health care and...

Caroline Kennedy takes public office in Japan, 50 years after JFK's death

15.11.2013 14:07
TOKYO - Caroline Kennedy, daughter of slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy , arrived in Japan on Friday to take up her first high profile job in public office, making a late start to a political career for which her family is renowned. Kennedy, sworn in as U.S. ambassador two days ago, received a...
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