World / Science & Education
Forget Indiana Jones: Dinosaur hunter Xu digs it
09.06.2008 23:48
usatoday.com
On this spring day, a renowned dinosaur hunter is visiting Five Generation Gully, a dusty site near here in Liaoning province, to look at some newly discovered bones. He recognizes that what appear to be lumps of stone jutting from a rock formation are actually the remains of a 49-foot, long-necked, plant-eating Sauropod from 120 million years ago. All in a day's work for Xu Xing, China's real-life Indiana Jones. In a country that has taken center stage in the world of paleontology, Xu is a star.
USA
Astronomy
Political books ride in on election's coattails
09.06.2008 22:26
usatoday.com
What Happened, Scott McClellan's newsmaking book about the Bush administration and a USA TODAY best seller, is just the warm-up ...
USA
Books & CD
'Starbucks Nation' leaves an aftertaste
09.06.2008 22:26
usatoday.com
Don't let the title fool you. Starbucks Nation is not a love letter to modern-day caf society. Instead, writer/director Chris ...
USA
Books & CD
Two men live in different worlds in 'The Other'
09.06.2008 22:26
usatoday.com
If nothing else, David Guterson has been an excellent promoter of his beloved Northwest. He is a Washington state boy through ...
USA
Books & CD
Author Ellen Douglas to be honored
09.06.2008 22:26
usatoday.com
Author Ellen Douglas will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters on Saturday.
USA
Books & CD
Rowling stresses role of imagination
09.06.2008 22:26
usatoday.com
J.K. Rowling extolled the crucial importance of imagination during a speech Thursday at Harvard University's spring commencement, ...
USA
Books & CD
Departure of HarperCollins CEO saddens, surprises industry
09.06.2008 22:26
usatoday.com
Jane Friedman, whose profitable and apparently joyous reign at HarperCollins abruptly ended this week, is not widely known to ...
USA
Books & CD
Loyal to Its Roots
09.06.2008 21:09
nytimes.com
Confounding scientists, some plant species show an ability to recognize (and prefer) their own relatives.
World
Sciences
Basics: Tallying the Toll on an Elder of the Sea
09.06.2008 21:09
nytimes.com
The loss of the horseshoe crab would be tragic, researchers say, because so many contemporary life forms depend on them.
World
Sciences
Brainpower May Lie in Complexity of Synapses
09.06.2008 21:09
nytimes.com
A whole new dimension of evolutionary complexity for the brain has now emerged from a cross-species study.
World
Sciences
Cases: Showing the Patient the Door, Permanently
09.06.2008 21:09
nytimes.com
The physician-patient contract gives a doctor the right to dismiss a patient, but could I fire a patient because I didn’t like his mother?
World
Sciences
Mind: Anticipating the Future to ‘See’ the Present
09.06.2008 21:09
nytimes.com
New research suggests that the brain’s adaptive ability to see into the near future creates many common optical illusions.
World
Sciences
Hair Analysis Deflates Napoleon Poisoning Theories
09.06.2008 21:09
nytimes.com
A detailed analysis of hairs taken from Napoleon’s head at four times in his life casts doubt on the theory that he died from arsenic poisoning.
World
Sciences
A Fierce Predator Makes a Home in the Suburbs
09.06.2008 21:09
nytimes.com
The fisher’s ability to adapt quickly astounds biologists, who see it as a conservation success, but it has also cultivated a reputation as a killer of small pets.
World
Sciences
Physicists in Congress Calculate Their Influence
09.06.2008 21:09
nytimes.com
There are only about 30 scientists among the 535 senators and representatives in the 110th Congress, but physics is on a roll.
World
Sciences
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