At dawn, two women rise after sleeping on mats outside an Indonesian hospital. They've waited all night for a chance…
Month: April 2011
Lost City Revealed Under Centuries of Jungle Growth
Hidden for centuries, the ancient Maya city of Holtun, or Head of Stone, is finally coming into focus. Three-dimensional mapping…
Brainy Birds Live the High Life in Cities
The brainier a bird is, the better its chances are of thriving in a city, according to a new study…
Fire Ant Swarms Form Living Life Rafts
When a city floods, humans stack sandbags and raise levees. When a fire ant colony floods, the ants link up…
Rolling Robot Inspired by Caterpillar
A robot that mimics one of the caterpillar's trickiest moves, escaping predators by curling into a wheel and rolling away,…
Titanic's 'Unknown Child' Identified
One of the Titanic's most famous passengers, a little boy known as the “unknown child,†has finally been identified, according…
Did Neanderthals Believe in an Afterlife?
Evidence for a likely 50,000-year-old Neanderthal burial ground that includes the remains of at least three individuals has been unearthed…
Brainless box jellyfish know which way is up
Box jellyfish may lack a brain, but they still make use of two dozen eyes. Now it seems that some…
'Asian unicorn' to get new Vietnam nature reserve
Vietnam is setting up a nature reserve to protect one of the world's rarest animals - an antelope-like creature called…
Hilton Kelley helps clean up Texas Gulf Coast town
Hilton Kelley stands on a playground in front of the Motiva oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Kelley has just…