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Cancer is a modern, man-made disease caused by environmental factors such as pollution and diet, a study by University of Manchester scientists has strongly

Elisabeth Daynès’ hyper realistic reconstructions, based on fossil hominids, make a unique contribution to paleoanthropology and art, by retracing the path of human evolution and origins

Atelier Daynes : Art, science and technology aimed at serving museography, prehistory, anthropology. Reconstruction of fossil hominids and humans,australopithecus, erectus, neanderthal, sapiens

This is a way of directly looking at stars and detecting exoplanets without having to rely on gravitational wobbles

The universe bounces back, & robots fight humans: Today on New Scientist: stories from 13 October 2010

The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world's most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History. The new film, created by the Museum,  is part of an exhibition, Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe, at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan through May 2010.     Data: Digital Universe, American Museum of Natural History  http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/universe/    Visualization Software:  Uniview by SCISS    Director: Carter Emmart  Curator: Ben R. Oppenheimer  Producer: Michael Hoffman  Executive Producer: Ro Kinzler  Co-Executive Producer: Martin Brauen  Manager, Digital Universe Atlas: Brian Abbott    Music: Suke Cerulo    For more information visit http://www.amnh.org

Today, it is estimated that one in every 110 children is diagnosed with autism, making it more common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined.

a frog is levitated using a 10 tesla magnetic coil using diamagnetism

A planet outside of our solar system, said to be the first ever directly photographed by telescopes on Earth, has been officially confirmed to be orbiting a sun-like star that is 500 light-years away.

A new study co-authored by MIT researchers documents the existence of collective intelligence among groups of people who cooperate well, showing that such intelligence extends beyond the cognitive abilities of the groups' individual members, and that the tendency to cooperate effectively is linked to the number of women in a group.

A study published Sept. 29 by Luis Populin, a professor of anatomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shows that under specific conditions, a rhesus macaque monkey that normally would fail the "mark test" can still recognize itself in the mirror and perform actions that scientists would expect from animals that are self-aware.

A pity it's so far away that any visit using current technology is unfeasible.

Researchers attempting to create something reminiscent the earliest life, based on RNA instead of DNA, achieve a success.

4 science lessons that could get a teacher fired instantly. "However, distilled water has no such minerals, and if you put it in a relatively smooth container and stick it in the microwave, the water can be heated beyond the normal boiling point and will remain perfectly still. Then, you toss in an object in and watch it explode"

Chris Walker looks at some of the uses of a novel amorphous diamond material.