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Prehistoric winged beasts 'pole-vaulted' into flight
— 15 Nov 2010 16:32 | Geology and palaeontologyControversial claims that enormous prehistoric winged beasts could not fly have been refuted by the most comprehensive study to date which asserts that giant pterosaurs were skilled…
Great apes might be misunderstood
— 7 Oct 2010 14:42 | BiologyGreat apes might be much more similar to us - and just as smart - than science has led us to believe…
Fires and floods key to dinosaur island secrets
— 24 Aug 2010 16:18 | Geology and palaeontologyFires and floods which raged across the Isle of Wight some 130 million years ago made the island the richest source of pick 'n' mix dinosaur remains of this age anywhere in the world…
Antidepressants make shrimps see the light
— 7 Jul 2010 13:18 | EnvironmentRising levels of antidepressants in coastal waters could change sea-life behaviour and potentially damage the food-chain, according to a new study…
A new search for dark energy begins
— 2 Oct 2009 10:20 | AstronomyThe most ambitious attempt yet to trace the history of the universe has seen 'first light.' The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), a part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey…
Laughter hard-wired into humans by ape ancestor
— 5 Jun 2009 18:32 | BiologyHuman laughter can be traced back 10-16 million years to the last common ancestor of humans and great apes, according to new research published recently. Dr Marina Davila Ross, a primatologist…
Giant dinosaur posture is all wrong
— 27 May 2009 08:40 | Geology and palaeontologyFamous depictions of the largest of all known dinosaurs, from film and television to museum skeletons, have almost certainly got it wrong, according to new research. Sauropods are the…
Caribbean at risk of tsunami
— 21 Apr 2009 11:53 | EnvironmentUp to 30,000 residents and tourists could be under threat from a newly discovered tsunami risk in the Caribbean, according to experts in disaster risk management…
Gender bending shrimps help researchers to find sex genes
— 19 Mar 2009 12:20 | BiologyA scientist at the University of Portsmouth has won a half a million pound grant to further his research on the mysterious ability of some shrimp to change sex…
Digital information saved for future generations
— 12 Feb 2009 11:50 | TechnologyPortsmouth researchers are part of a bold rescue plan to recover and safeguard the rapidly vanishing technology and cultural information about the generation born and brought up in…