Archaeologists translating a very rare inscription on an ancient Etruscan temple stone have discovered the name Uni -- an important female goddess.

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Scientists today announced the discovery of a new species of pterosaur from the Patagonia region of South America. The cranial remains were in an excellent state of preservation and belonged to a new species of pterosaur from the Early Jurassic. The researchers have named this new species 'Allkauren koi' from the native Tehuelche word 'all' for 'brain', and 'karuen' for 'ancient'.

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A rare small-bodied pterosaur, a flying reptile from the Late Cretaceous period approximately 77 million years ago, is the first of its kind to have been discovered on the west coast of North America.

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Farber Cancer Institute investigators report they have discovered a type of immune antibody that can rapidly evolve to neutralize a wide array of influenza virus strains - including those the body hasn't yet encountered.

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A team of Carnegie scientists has discovered three giant planets in a binary star system composed of stellar ''twins'' that are also effectively siblings of our Sun. One star hosts two planets and the other hosts the third. The system represents the smallest-separation binary in which both stars host planets that has ever been observed. The findings, which may help explain the influence that giant planets like Jupiter have over a solar system's architecture, have been accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal.

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Terzan 5, 19 000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer) and in the direction of the galactic centre, has been classified as a globular cluster for the forty-odd years since its detection. Now, an Italian-led team of astronomers have discovered that Terzan 5 is like no other globular cluster known.

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Quasars are supermassive black holes that sit at the center of enormous galaxies, accreting matter. They shine so brightly that they are often referred to as beacons and are among the most-distant objects in the universe that we can currently study. New work from a team led by Carnegie's Eduardo Bañados has discovered 63 new quasars from when the universe was only a billion years old. (It's about 14 billion years old today.)

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New research suggests that reducing the value of clean development mechanism (CDM) emission credits according to a country’s wealth and their emissions could encourage advanced developing nations, such as China and India, to leave the CDM, but would not necessarily accelerate CDM projects in the least developed nations.

Apple has finally rolled out its hardware disconnect feature to its iPad models for improved security.

For the first time, scientists have identified an ‘ozone hole’ over the Arctic, in addition to the well-known ozone hole over the Antarctic. Unusually persistent low temperatures over the arctic in early 2011 caused an unprecedented amount of chemical destruction of stratospheric ozone there. The authors warn that this is likely to happen again, although it is presently difficult to predict when this might be.

Researchers have identified plant fungi in the Ecuadorian rainforest that can digest plastic. The discovery hints that there may be a wide range of effective waste-consuming microbes in existence, according to the study, which found that several different fungi, including one called Pestalotiopsis microspora, can break down the widely used plastic, polyurethane.

New tool helps Housing Connector place individuals and families experiencing homelessness into privately owned homes and apartments quickly and efficiently

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Neptune Energy has revealed that two 'important' hydrocarbon discoveries have been made northwestern Germany.

Why is Venus rotating 6.5 minutes slower than it was just 16 years ago?

Researchers discover several new species of sharks that can walk along shallow reefs on their fins.

Artifacts uncovered at the bottom of Lake Titicaca show this religion pre-dated the Incas by 500 years.

Grimbergen Abbey will use centuries-old books as inspiration to start brewing beer again after more than 200 years.

With smooth limestone walls and passages lined with stalagmites and stalactites, explorers uncover hidden caves underneath Montreal.

With help from Kickstarter, the campaign to revive an expansive network of long-forgotten 1930s-era cycleways in the U.K. begins.

An uptick in seahorse spottings in London is a sign that the iconic English waterway is getting cleaner by the year.

Lost to a violent volcanic eruption in 1886, the remains of the Pink and White Terraces may have been located again.

The Ark of Taste is striving to get foods off an endangered species list.

'Anatomy of a Disaster' announced only hours after disaster hits Japan.

Scientists are searching for possible sources for life on Earth on the edge of our Solar System.

The 100-million-year-old sandstone slab of 70 mammal and dinosaur tracks from the Cretaceous period is one of the rarest ever discovered.

Hard-working 'apple detectives' in Washington and Idaho rediscovered 5 types of apples thought to be extinct.

Turtles use their shells as shields today, but these devices evolved for a completely different reason, paleontologists learn.

Based on our mostly destructive history of interacting with isolated cultures, we should stay away.

These volcanic seamounts are rich with life and are estimated to be at least 30 million years old, formed when Australia and Antarctica broke apart.

Four years in the making, the Discovery Channel/BBC co-production is a groundbreaking look at the Earth's polar regions.

Tatooine, a desert planet in 'Star Wars,' may have a real-life analogue 1,000 light-years away.

The big-bodied bees join the ranks of ants and termites, which have long been known to rely on a separate caste of 'soldiers' to defend the colony.

Researchers stumble upon a method that could replace toxic cyanide with plain old cornstarch.

A research team working with an enzyme that eats plastic accidentally engineer it to make it better at breaking down PET.

Even the Great Blue Hole in Belize, one of the world's largest sinkholes, isn't immune to human pollution.

NASA's space shuttle Discovery is set to land in Washington, D.C. this April, where the now retired fleet leader — the world's most flown spacecraft — will

The modified-Boeing 747, known as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), touched down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center here on April 10. The jumbo jetliner came in f

Space shuttle Discovery, NASA's fleet leader and the world's most flown spacecraft, lifted off for the last time on on April 17 to be delivered to the Smithsoni

Cries of "I see it!" rang out through the crowd as a speck on the horizon got bigger and bigger, resolving into the odd shape of two attached aircraft approachi

NASA astronaut Henry "Hank" Hartsfield, who in 1984 commanded the maiden mission of the space shuttle Discovery, died on July 17

While 'America Revealed' with Yul Kwon explores how typical systems work, we also explain new oil cleanup technology and Titanic history.

Loopholes in the Montreal Protocol may need to be tightened, researchers say.

Just like 'Jurassic Park,' except with flowers instead of dinosaurs.

The crest-tailed mulgara was once a common sight in New South Wales deserts before other predators edged it out of the habitat.

Researchers discovered a Chelonoidis phantasticus giant tortoise on Fernandina Island. The last time this tortoise was seen was 1906.

Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention of the blue light-emitting diode.

The well was uncovered in the basement of an old London building that was also used as a 'Harry Potter' set.