No Dumbos: Elephants Learn Cooperation, Study Finds
AOL News
A new study shows that elephants have a talent that even many humans lack: Pachyderms can learn cooperation. In experiments at a Thai refuge, paired elephants quickly figured out that they could...
Scientists Find Remains of Child Buried 11,500 Years Ago
Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks
Scientists digging in the Alaskan wilderness have made an extraordinary find: the cremated remains of a child buried 11,500 years ago, just as the first humans were spreading out through the...
Cannibals and Craftsmen: Ancient Skulls Found in England Were Used as Cups
Natural History Museum, London
Ancient human bones found in an English cave not only show signs of cannibalism but also seem to have served another gruesome role: providing the raw material for so-called "skull cups." These...
Stardust Melody: Spaceship Has Date With Comet on Valentine's Day
NASA / JPL-Caltech
On Valentine's Day late tonight, a stalwart spaceship will burn the dregs of its fuel to rendezvous with a beautiful comet -- the spaceship's final feat before it goes to sleep forever. Like all...
Giffords' Astronaut Husband Can Handle Space Mission, Experts Say
Handout / AP
For an ordinary person, it might be impossible to put in a long, hard day at the office while a beloved family member lies badly injured in a hospital bed. But astronaut Mark Kelly is no ordinary...
Scientists Discover Solar System With 6 Planets
NASA
Scientists have found a new solar system so unlike our own that at first glance it seems almost impossible it could exist. The planets in the new system are packed together as densely as fans in a...
Giffords' Astronaut Husband to Command Last Shuttle Flight
Getty Images
Critically wounded congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is married to a man who's even more of a high flier than she is. Mark Kelly is one of NASA's most prominent astronauts and is assigned to command...
A Lot Rides on Upcoming Launch of Private Spacecraft
TwitPic
(Dec. 5) -- For the first time in history, a private spaceship is scheduled to orbit the planet and return to Earth, in a risky endeavor that's key to the White House's plans for space...
Scientists Find Arsenic-Eating Bug That Holds Clues to Extraterrestrial Life
Henry Bortman
(Dec. 2) -- Scientists dabbling in the toxic waters of a California lake have found a new species of bacteria that thrives on poisonous arsenic -- a discovery that opens up the likelihood of...
NASA Captures Photos of Comet Creating Snowstorm
JPL-Caltech / UMD / NASA
(Nov. 18) -- A NASA spacecraft has captured dramatic images of a comet creating its very own snowstorm, a swirling blizzard containing globs of snow as big as basketballs. "To me this whole thing...
Study Finds Daydreaming No Escape From Sadness
Getty Images
(Nov. 11) -- Allowing your mind to drift may seem like a pleasant escape from that report you're writing for the boss or the junk you're clearing from the garage. But a new study says daydreaming...
NASA Spaceship Captures Images of a Bizarre Comet
NASA / JPL-Caltech / UMD
(Nov. 4) -- A NASA spaceship ventured this morning to the dusty edge of a bizarre comet, snapping crystal-clear pictures of its strange shape and bright jets. Scientists and engineers in the...
HOT TOPICS
More Top News
-
AP
Subscribe to http://feeds.news.aol.com/synfeeds/collect/10/rss.xml
- Real-Time Web
- Illinois to get $1B in mortgage settlement
- Greek deputy minister resigns over cuts
- Obama Waives No Child Left Behind Law For 10 States
- Oracle to pay $1.9 billion for Taleo Corp.
- Kodak ditches digital cameras, will focus on photo printing - Feb. 9, 2012
- BUZZ WORTHY - OBAMA SUPPORT HIGH ON COUNTERTERRORISM
TOP NEWS VIDEO
POPULAR
- Meet Priscilla Chan, Mark Zuckerberg's No-Nonsense Girlfriend
- The 7 Best Super Bowl Commercials Ever [VIDEOS]
- Ford Expands F-150 Pickup Recall to Nearly 1.2 Million Vehicles
- Word on the Street: Why Eli Manning Told Chargers No Thanks
- Tim Tebow Says He's Still a Virgin, Saving Himself for Marriage
- Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie in Your Bed Can Kill You
- Microsoft VP Thinks Money-Scented Perfume Can Make You Stinking Rich
- Jennifer Aniston's New Haircut: Hot or Not? [POLL]
- Clay Matthews Is Head & Shoulders Above Polamalu When it Comes to Hair
- Pearl Harbor Day: Key Facts About the Attack on December 7, 1941
- ACLU Victory: Charges Dropped Against Denver Man Who Gave Cops The Finger
- Chinese Prisoners Forced To Play Video Games In Bizarre Scheme
- Exclusive Video: 74-Year-Old Grandma Struts Her Stuff In Lycra Outfits At Muscle Shows
- What Makes Croatia's 'Magnet Boy' So Sticky?
- Cicada Chirping Could Cause Hearing Damage
- Realignment creating wider separation between haves and have-nots
- With one shot, Austin Rivers may have changed the course of Duke's season
- Brian Cashman’s alleged stalker makes steroids accusations
- If divorce goes through, Manning's best options are Miami and Arizona
- Lin, Chandler lead Knicks over Wizards
- Is an Amazon Store in the Real World a Good Idea?
- Twice the Heart, Half the Cost: Our Readers' Budget Valentine's Day Suggestions
- What Are the Best Value Colleges? Princeton Review Guru Tells All
- 5 Signs You're Getting Robbed at the Hospital
- Bank Fee Backlash Cost Big Financial Institutions More Than 2 Million Customers
- Oh, Boy: Giant Baby Born In California
- Exclusive Video: 74-Year-Old Grandma Struts Her Stuff In Lycra Outfits At Muscle Shows
- Give This A Scan: Artist Gives Oprah a 'Barcode Makeover'
- Quadruple Amputee To Brave Shark-Infested Crossings Between Five Continents
- Manal Al-Sharif, 'The Rosa Parks Of Saudi Arabia', Organizes June 14 Mass-Drive Event For Wome
Also on AOL >>>
|
Top News
|
More News
|
More on Aol
|
More on Aol
|
Local News
|
More From AOL
|
Latest news, weather, health, business, sports, science, money, entertainment, world news, elections, weird news and more.
- © 2012 All Rights Reserved AOL News.
- Back to Top