Researchers have found a 10-million-year-old jaw bone in Africa they believe belonged to a new species of great ape that was close to the last common ancestor of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans.
Chimpanzees crave roots and tubers even when food is plentiful above ground, according to a new study that raises questions about the relative importance of meat for brain evolution. The study documents a novel use of tools by chimps to dig for tubers and roots in the savanna woodlands of western Tanzania.
Oh, that familiar refrain: something from China that's harmful. In this case, for once it's not a set of toys covered in lead paint. It's hard drives that have been infected at the manufacturer with a virus.
A computer system designed in India has made it into a top ten of the world's fastest supercomputers. Computer giant IBM continues to dominate the list - which is compiled twice a year - with a total of 232 out of the top 500 supercomputers.
Launched yesterday, a day before the new Zune models, Microsoft's "Zune Originals" store goes Apple one better --- or two or three better. Apple will engrave a couple of lines of text on the back of your iPod. Microsoft will engrave up to five lines of text only. Or you can select from the "Tattoo Series 1" (20 designs, 3 lines of text) or the "Artist Series" (27 designs). And right now, the additional charge is waived.
In Hollywood's animated family fare about animals, the overwhelming majority of characters are male, despite nature's preferred sex ratio of roughly 50-50.
By adding a few modifications to their successful wastewater fuel cell, researchers have coaxed common bacteria to produce hydrogen in a new, efficient way.
Only about a third of the climate-damaging carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere in North America is offset by carbon removing activities, a government report said Tuesday.
