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Facial attraction -- choice of sexual partner shaped the human face
Men with large jaws, flaring cheeks and large eyebrows are sexy, at least in the eyes of our ancestors, researchers at the Natural History Museum have discovered.   view more (2007-08-14)

Primitive Visitor From Space Arrives In UK
Scientists from the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London, working with colleagues from the Open University (OU) in Milton Keynes, have been examining an intriguing arrival from outer space. The Tagish Lake meteorite, which fell in the Yukon region of northern Canada on the morning of 18 January... view more (2001-03-31)

Velociraptor had feathers
A new look at some old bones have shown that velociraptor, the dinosaur made famous in the movie Jurassic Park, had feathers. A paper describing the discovery, made by paleontologists at the American Museum of Natural History and the Field Museum of Natural History, appears in the Sept. 21 issue of... view more (2007-09-21)

The Darwin Centre at The Natural History Museum
Visitors can now explore one of the world`s most extensive natural history collections and discover more about cutting-edge scientific research as Phase One of the Darwin Centre is launched 'This exciting project will do much to enhance The Natural History Museum`s already well deserved... view more (2002-09-18)

SYNTHESYS - The World's Largest Network of Natural History Institutions
A consortium of Europe's most prestigious natural history institutions, including museums and botanical gardens, has joined together to form SYNTHESYS - the world's largest natural history network. The project, initiated by The Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF), will bring... view more (2004-03-02)

British Society for the History of Science announces book prize winner
The British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) has named Deborah Cadbury's The Dinosaur Hunters (Fourth Estate) as winner of their 2001 Dingle Prize, for the best book in the history of science with popular appeal. Cadbury's narrative of scientific rivalry in the world of Victorian natural... view more (2001-10-16)

Bee species outnumber mammals and birds combined
Scientists have discovered that there are more bee species than previously thought. In the first global accounting of bee species in over a hundred years, John S. Ascher, a research scientist in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History, compiled online species... view more (2008-06-12)

Leverhulme Trust awards £1.2m for study of earliest Britons
The Leverhulme Trust has awarded The Natural History Museum and partners a grant of over one million pounds for a five-year study of the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain (AHOB). Scientists from The Natural History Museum, The British Museum, Royal Holloway and other institutes will work... view more (2001-09-17)

Family history is a poor predictor of venous clotting
Family history of venous thromboembolism (blood clotting) is an unsatisfactory predictor for identifying common thrombophilic defects in women without thrombosis before taking oral contraceptives, finds a study in this week's BMJ. A total of 324 women (mean age 34 years) with no personal history of... view more (2001-04-24)

Cole Museum of Zoology Opens Its Doors
MEDIA OPPORTUNITY: Rare chance to see the whole animal kingdom in an hour LOCATION: Foyer of Animal and Microbial Sciences building at University of Reading Whiteknights campus TIME & DATE: Wednesday 17 March at 6pm The Cole Museum of Zoology, featuring more than 3,500 unique and exciting... view more (2004-02-27)

MEDIA INVITATION: Crunch, Squelch or Splash?
Milestones and Media Arrangements for the separation, descent and landing of the Huygens Probe on Titan   view more (2004-11-26)

Newly Compiled Online Bee Checklist Allows Biologists To Link Important Information About All Bee Species
n time for National Pollinator Week, June 22 through June 28, biologists have completed an online effort to compile a world checklist of bees. They have identified nearly 19,500 bee species worldwide, about 2,000 more than previously estimated.   view more (2008-06-19)

Smithsonian researcher probes Hope Diamond's fiery red glow
A study released in the January 2008 edition of the journal Geology proves that a blue diamond's rare appeal goes far beyond its beauty. The study was conducted by Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem Collection and mineralogist, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.   view more (2008-01-09)

Study Confirms Value Of Family-history Knowledge For Young Women With Breast Cancer (p 1101)
A UK study published as a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights the importance of detailed family-history knowledge to help identify women with pathogenic gene mutations for breast cancer. Women who carry mutations of BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 genes have a much higher lifetime... view more (2003-03-26)

Screening for bowel cancer must include general population, not just those at risk
If screening for bowel cancer is to get the go-ahead, it must include everyone, not just those with a family history, who are known to be at increased risk, reports research in the Journal of Medical Screening. The government is known to be considering setting up a nationwide screening programme... view more (2001-06-29)

Further Evidence Linking Suicide Risk To Family History (p 1126)
A Danish study in this week's issue of THE LANCET provides further evidence linking a family history of psychiatric illness and suicide to increased suicide risk-the study also shows how a family history of suicide and psychiatric illness act independently and are not influenced by socio-economic... view more (2002-10-09)

Coeliac disease may predict schizophrenia
A history of coeliac disease (gluten intolerance) is a risk factor for developing schizophrenia, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Previous studies have suggested an association between these two disorders. Researchers identified 7,997 people older than 15 who were admitted to any Danish... view more (2004-02-18)

The "Jew" as Research Object - Anthropology in Nazi Times
Scientific "objectivity" is moulded by contemporaneous general conditions. That is the central finding of a research project conducted by the Department of Anthropology of the Museum of Natural History in Vienna. In the scope of this work, the fate of 440 Jews abused as research objects in... view more (2004-12-13)

Night blindness may explain fear of the dark
Fear of the dark is a common complaint in children and is often attributed to attention seeking behaviour. Yet researchers in this week's BMJ suggest that it may be due to night blindness - a diagnosis which can be easily missed. They describe two children with an inherited form of stationary night... view more (2003-01-22)

Woolly mammoth genome comes to life
A McMaster University geneticist, in collaboration with genome researchers from Penn State University and the American Museum of Natural History has made history by mapping a portion of the woolly mammoth's genome.   view more (2005-12-23)

National Insect Week 2004
This summer will see the launch of National Insect Week, a new initiative from the Royal Entomological Society which aims to raise the profile of insects among the British public, and to encourage the study of entomology. National Insect Week is sponsored by Castle Cement and has the support of the... view more (2004-05-12)

History of migraines associated with increased risk of retinopathy
Middle-aged men and women with a history of migraine and other headaches are more likely to have retinopathy, damage to the retina of the eye which can lead to severe vision problems or blindness, than those without a history of headaches, according to a study from the University of North Carolina... view more (2007-05-15)

Euclid returns to maths lessons
Knowing how a mathematical theory developed improves a pupil's understanding of it. This is the conclusion of Dutch researcher Iris van Gulik, who investigated how the history of mathematics can help pupils to learn this subject.   view more (2005-12-20)

Prize-winner emerges from the shadows
How can you measure the brightness of light? A book which examines the answers to this seemingly simple question has just won the 2003 Paul Bunge Award, the world's largest prize for research in the history of scientific instruments. The book, published in 2001 by Institute of Physics Publishing,... view more (2003-11-04)

Fossil data plug gaps in current knowledge, study shows
Researchers have shown for the first time that fossils can be used as effectively as living species in understanding the complex branching in the evolutionary tree of life.   view more (2007-10-03)
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