Fossil Find: Giant Rodent With Crazy Super Senses
(Newser) - Back in the dinosaurs' day, mammals were the size of mice. But towering above them was one beefy rodent that one scientist calls "Punxsutawney Phil on steroids"—with Spidey senses to boot. The 20-pound Vintana sertichi was accidentally found in a giant slab of sandstone in Madagascar, reports... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
Manet Painting Reaps Record $65M
(Newser) - An 1881 painting by French impressionist Edouard Manet raked in $65.13 million at an auction in New York yesterday—a record for the artist. (Manet's previous auction record is $33 million for a self-portrait sold at Sotheby's in London in 2010.) AFP reports that "Le... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
Why Banksy Might Be a Woman
(Newser) - An upcoming HBO documentary about the ever-elusive street artist Banksy is worthwhile for fans, but "it doesn't cast a light on who Banksy is or what she looks like," writes Kriston Capps at Citylab . That's right, what she looks like. For a variety of reasons, Capps... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
Surprise: Hippo on Birth Control Has Baby
(Newser) - The Los Angeles Zoo is celebrating its first birth of a hippopotamus in 26 years. It was a bit of surprise, too, because the mother was on birth control. Vets haven't determined the sex of the new hippo, but they say the baby appears to be doing well and... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
Surgeon Successfully Operates on Doctor Who Delivered Him
(Newser) - Almost half a century ago, a Sacramento obstetrician named Jim Affleck delivered an infant named Robert. Now that baby has grown into a doctor himself, and he recently performed a successful heart surgery on Affleck, ABC News reports. Dr. Robert Kincade, 45, replaced Affleck's aortic valve, and now the... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
Male Hummingbirds Stab Each Other in the Throat for the Ladies
(Newser) - Bigger is better if you're a male hummingbird. Scientists have discovered that males grow longer, sharper beaks than females as they age—which they then use to stab each other in the throat during an elaborate mating ritual, according to research carried out by University of Connecticut scientists. The... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
Your Weird Sex Fantasies Are Probably Really Vanilla
(Newser) - Some might be shy about admitting weird sexual fantasies, but 1,516 participants did just that for a study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine —and most of their fantasies aren't that weird at all. There's a wide spectrum of them, and most folks fall well within... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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