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Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Barley Helped Pre-Historic Humans Survive Tibet's High Altitudes

As Tibetans moved upland, they gradually switched to barley, which became their staple food.

Hand stencils

20,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Rock Art Discovered in Sydney

Visitors will see this priceless legacy from the oldest continuous culture on Earth.

Google Out, Yahoo is the New Firefox's Default Search

Yahoo plans to reveal a "clean and modern" search engine on Mozilla.

LHC beam pipe

CERN Scientists Discover Two New Subatomic Particles

These particles are made from three quarks bound together by a strong force.

Ichthyosaur

7-Year-Old Aussie Girl Accidentally Discovers Ichthyosaur Fossil

The Ichthyosaur is an extinct dolphin-like reptile that used to swim across ancient inland seas in Australia.

Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

BP Oil Spill Pushing Kemp's Ridley Turtles Toward Extinction

The BP oil spill might have affected as many as 7,000 Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles.

Seal attacking penguins

Scientists Discover Seals Sexually Assaulting Penguins

A research team found young male seals sexually harassing king penguins of an unknown gender.

Twitter Makes Half a Trillion Tweets Searchable

The microblogging site activated the "Tweet Index" that's available on Android and iOS apps.

Philae Lander on Comet 67P

Philae Detects Organic Molecules on Comet 67P

The European Space Agency has yet to specify which organic molecules the lander found or how complex they are.

International Space Station

Hush Hush Russian Spacecraft Could be a Satellite Killer

Russia is testing satellite killing technologies.

CO2 Emission

NASA Shows Worldwide CO2 Emissions in Breathtaking Simulation

We can see how CO2 circulates in the atmosphere with the help of a NASA computer model.

Pacific Bluefin Tuna

Sushi Market Pushing Pacific Bluefin Tuna Closer to Extinction

Bluefin tuna is widely targeted by the fishing industry to provide sashimi and sushi products.

Mars

Humans To Visit Mars by 2035, NASA Says

Sending people to live on Mars and conduct extensive research there will teach scientists a great deal about the Red Planet and the Earth.

Dissolved starfish

Scientists Identify Virus Killing Millions of Starfish

The densovirus dissolves the starfish in under 10 days, leaving a pile of dissolved starfish.

Bird flu outbreak

Bird Flu Case Confirmed In English Farm

This isn't the H5N1 type that 's deadly to humans, however.

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