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KNM-ER Updated: Pleistocene Fossils Shed New Light On Early Human Evolution

KNM-ER Updated: Pleistocene Fossils Shed New Light On Early Human Evolution

Aug 08 2012 | comment(s)

A face, a remarkably complete lower jaw, and part of a second lower jaw are exciting new fossils discovered east of Lake Turkana which confirm that there were two additional species of our genus living alongside our direct human ancestral species, Homo erectus, almost two million years ago.

The finds were uncovered between 2007 and 2009 by the Koobi Fora Research Project (KFRP), led by Meave and Louise Leakey. 
Sex And Nagging: Men And Women Show Love Differently In Marriage

Sex And Nagging: Men And Women Show Love Differently In Marriage

Aug 08 2012 | comment(s)

Husbands and wives express love differently in marriage, according to a new study.

 Looking at survey results collected at four time points over 13 years of marriage, researchers ("Do Men and Women Show Love Differently in Marriage?" Schoenfeld et al., Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, November 2012) found that while both genders were equally likely to show love through affection, wives expressed love by being less antagonistic while husbands showed love by initiating sex or sharing activities together. 
An Earthquake At 90 Degree Angles?

An Earthquake At 90 Degree Angles?

Aug 08 2012 | comment(s)

The earthquake that shook Sumatra on on April 11, 2012 is distinct, not just because it was  magnitude-8.6 but also because it was both larger than scientists thought an earthquake of its type could ever be and it was rupturing along multiple faults that lie at nearly right angles to one another.

Like an underwater earthquake in a maze. 
Light In The Dark: The Secret World Of Microbial Life In Undersea Volcanoes

Light In The Dark: The Secret World Of Microbial Life In Undersea Volcanoes

Aug 08 2012 | comment(s)

A little nuclear robot on Mars is getting all of the attention this week but Earth has plenty of undiscovered life - a third of Earth's organisms live in our planet's rocks and sediments and they are almost a complete mystery.
Omnilink Elite Stent System Receives FDA Approval For Treatment Of Iliac Artery Disease

Omnilink Elite Stent System Receives FDA Approval For Treatment Of Iliac Artery Disease

Aug 08 2012 | comment(s)

President Obama Backflip On Climate Could Win Hypocrisy Olympics, Say Activists

President Obama Backflip On Climate Could Win Hypocrisy Olympics, Say Activists

Aug 08 2012 | comment(s)

Climate change advocacy groups are not happy with U.S. Climate Envoy Todd Stern's recent statement at Dartmouth College renouncing a limit of 2 degree celsius (2C) temperature rise as a global goal for UN climate negotiations. Stern said that agreeing to a framework to achieve the 2C goal would "only lead to deadlock" and that a new agreement should give countries "flexibility."