National Medical Research Day, sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges, was held on October 21, 2009. The event celebrated the importance and impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and biomedical research.

Lascaux is a World Heritage Site and late Upper Paleolithic cave complex in southwestern France that belongs to the Magdalenian Culture. Lascaux's cave paintings were made c.15-18,000 B.C. The sophistication of the Lascaux cave paintings is extraordinary

ScienceDaily (Sep. 15, 2009) -- Intersex in smallmouth and largemouth basses is widespread in numerous river basins throughout the United States is the major finding of the most comprehensive and large-scale evaluation of the condition, according to U.S.

Sketched on yellowing parchment, the 29 blueprints presented to Israel's prime minister Thursday lay out the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in chilling detail, with gas chambers, crematoria, delousing facilities and watch towers drawn to scale.

A horse's head, part of of an approximately 2,000 years old rider's statue was found in an excavation site in Waldgirmes some 20 miles north of Frankfurt.

One needs to be wary about what one clicks on. Why just a click on a Lyrics search site can be dangerous.

Workmen inside Florence's courthouse have stumbled across a spiral column and hundreds of multicoloured fragments that experts believe may have belonged to a Roman temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis.

An Ormskirk marine explorer stands to make millions of pounds after discovering the site of one of the most significant shipwrecks in British history.

MADRID (AFP) - Spanish scientists have detected the presence of cocaine in the air of Madrid and Barcelona by using a new technique for the first time, a research institute said Wednesday.

The State Library of South Australia has long had a valuable letter from the great naturalist and father of evolutionary theory, Charles Darwin, but only recently discovered it had another, hidden inside a book in a basement and forgotten for generations