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770 results for: Mammoths

  1. Life

    Giant zombie virus pulled from permafrost

    After lying dormant in Siberian permafrost for 30,000 years, the largest virus ever discovered is just as deadly as it was when mammoths roamed the Earth.

    By Meghan Rosen
  2. Ecosystems

    Dam demolition lets the Elwha River run free

    Removing a dam involves more than impressive explosions. Releasing a river like Washington state's Elwha transforms the landscape and restores important pathways for native fish.

    By Alexandra Witze
  3. Anthropology

    Teen’s skeleton ties New World settlers to Native Americans

    Underwater cave discovery in Mexico shows genetic range of New World’s ancient Asian colonists.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Humans

    Neandertals’ mammoth building project

    Stone Age people’s evolutionary cousins may have constructed earliest bone structures.

    By Bruce Bower
  5. Earth

    Geologists develop weapons to combat that sinkhole feeling

    What do five Porsches, several Kentucky thoroughbreds and a three-story building in Guatemala City have in common? They’ve all been swallowed by sinkholes. Sadly, the sudden cave-ins sometimes claim people’s lives as well. On February 28 the earth opened up underneath the Seffner, Fla., bedroom of Jeff Bush, entombing him. The freak accident highlighted Florida’s […]

    By Alexandra Witze
  6. Paleontology

    DNA suggests North American mammoth species interbred

    Supposedly separate types may really have been one.

    By Susan Milius
  7. Tech

    Memory upgrade

    The demands of modern computing call for a seismic shift in data storage and retrieval.

    By Andrew Grant
  8. Chemistry

    Human blood types have deep evolutionary roots

    The ABO system may date back 20 million years or more, a genetic analysis suggests.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  9. Humans

    Maiden shows signs of TB-like infection

    Molecular analysis yields clues about the immune system activity of a probable sacrificial victim.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  10. Physics

    Higgs discovery helps make sense of matter

    Long-sought boson completes standard model of physics.

    By Alexandra Witze
  11. Life

    Team releases sequel to the human genome

    ENCODE reveals the machinery that switches genes on and off.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  12. Earth

    Big volcanoes wake up fast

    Crystal chemistry suggests magma changes quickly before a huge eruption.

    By Alexandra Witze