Human Meat Just Another Meal for Early Europeans?September 02, 2010 – For early Europeans, cannibalism was just another way to eat—and the meals may have given new meaning to "brain food," a study says.
Asteroid Pictures: Battered World Found in LutetiaJuly 13, 2010 – The Rosetta spacecraft's first pictures of asteroid 21 Lutetia reveal a worn, cratered world perhaps as old as our solar system, astronomers say.
Pictures: Odd Maya Tomb Yields Jeweled Teeth, MoreJuly 22, 2010 – Human fingers in stunningly preserved tamale bowls, jeweled teeth, monkey-head pottery, and more have been found in a Maya tomb, archaeologists say.
Pictures: New Flying-Car Design RevealedJuly 29, 2010 – The first flying car with a shot at making it to market got a new look Monday, as seen in pictures of the craft as a car, a plane—and something in-between.
Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery Solved?July 27, 2010 – Recent finds may help reveal who wrote the seminal scrolls. For starters, they may hail from the purported home of the Ark of the Covenant.
Video: Giant Undersea Volcano RevealedJuly 15, 2010 – See the first footage of one of the world's largest underwater volcanoes, a roiling, 10,000-foot-tall peak crawling with crustaceans near Indonesia.
First Working Replacement Lung Created in LabJune 26, 2010 – Biomedical breakthrough in rats may lead to replacement lungs for humans in 20 years, if a suitable source of stem cells can be found.
Prozac Pollution Making Shrimp RecklessJuly 16, 2010 – Shrimp in Prozac-laced coastal waters swim into bright areas, making them more visible to predators, a new study says.
"Lost" Language Found on Back of 400-Year-Old LetterAugust 29, 2010 – Scribblings on a 17th-century letter reveal a native Peruvian language that was forgotten for centuries, an archaeologist says.
Ancient Sorcerer's "Wake" Was First Feast for the Dead?August 31, 2010 – Packed with tortoise "leftovers," the earliest known shaman's burial hints that the first villagers made peace by partying.
Seafloor Fish Nearly Wiped Out off U.K.May 14, 2010 – The decline is so dire that Victorian sailing ships' performance blows away that of today's high-tech trawlers, a new study says.
Oyster Herpes: Latest Symptom of Global Warming?August 06, 2010 – Don't worry—it isn't a side effect of eating oysters. But a virulent new herpes strain could continue spreading as seas warm, experts say.
Giant "Terror Birds" Used Their Heads Like HatchetsAugust 19, 2010 – Standing up to ten feet tall, the prehistoric birds used their ax-like heads to chop their way to the top of the food chain, study says.
New Deep-Sea Pictures: Chimaera, Ten-armed Starfish, MoreSeptember 01, 2010 – A hitchhiking anemone, a perching sea robin, and a many-armed sea star were recently spotted off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Crocodiles Body Surf to Hop Between IslandsJune 08, 2010 – Rather than swimming, the reptiles ride currents to travel long distances, according to a study co-designed by the late Steve Irwin.
Pictures: "Lost" Deer, Rare Cuckoo Caught in Camera TrapsAugust 25, 2010 – The Sumatran tiger and rhinoceros hornbill are just some of the rare species spotted in Sumatra during a recent photographic survey.