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Communal feasts date back 12,000 years

Community feasts were probably a common occurrence among early humans, possibly predating the advent of agriculture, according to a new study.

Suffering from garlic breath? A glass of milk can take the whiff away

Worried about garlic breath? Then have a glass of milk.

Nike Patents Plan for Self-Lacing Shoes

Nike has filed a patent for a self-lacing shoe that resembles the sneakers from "Back to the Future 2" so closely, one has to wonder whether a hover-board and flux capacitor could be far behind.

3-D Movies Via Internet and Satellite

ScienceDaily — Multiview Video Coding (MVC) is the new standard for 3-D movie compression. While reducing the data significantly, MVC allows at the same time providing full high-resolution quality. At the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam from September 10-14, 2010, researchers will showcase how 3-D movies can be transmitted via Internet and digital television channels such as via satellite.

A new way to weigh planets

An international CSIRO-led team of astronomers has developed a new way to weigh the planets in our Solar System - using radio signals from the small spinning stars called pulsars.

Space-based detector could find anti-universe

Scientists hope AMS will find clues to what happened to anti-matter

New Solar System Discovered

The system has at least five planets -- one of which is nearly the mass of Earth.

What the locals ate 10,000 years ago

If you had a dinner invitation in Utah’s Escalante Valley almost 10,000 years ago, you would have come just in time to try a new menu item: mush cooked from the flour of milled sage brush seeds.

Clothing to Power Personal Computers

ScienceDaily — Scientists at the University of Southampton are developing technology that may enable people to power MP3 players and other devices through their clothes and the carpets they walk on.

New gadget for water purification: a 'nano tea bag'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in South Africa have come up with a novel way of purifying water on a small scale using a sachet rather like a tea bag, but instead of imparting flavor to the water, the bag absorbs toxins, filters out and kills bacteria, and cleans the water.

Robot to Expose Hidden Secrets of the Pyramids

Following in the footsteps of Howard Carter and Abbot and Costello, a specialized robot will penetrate deeper into the Great Pyramid of Giza than ever before. The robot, part of a years-long exploration called the Djedi Project, will explore a shaft inaccessible to a previous robot, unlocking a room that has remain sealed for 4,500 years.

Sons 'with fond childhood memories of fathers more stable'

Sons who have fond childhood memories of their fathers are more likely to be emotionally stable in the face of day-to-day stresses, a new study has found.

X-ray security scans go interactive

AIRPORT security staff can spend their entire day staring at two-dimensional, static X-ray scans. Soon, however, they may be able to interact with these images, rotating a scanned object on the screen and even analyzing its chemical composition.

Artificial meat grown in vats could be needed to feed the world by 2050

Artificial meat grown in giant vats could be used to help feed the world by 2050, according to experts.

Pets Vital to Human Evolution

Without cats, dogs, cows and chickens, we may not have made it this far.