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A new study conducted at the University of Bristol and published online today in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology sheds light on how the brain and inner ear developed in dinosaurs.

What lures a lady frog to her lover? Good looks, the sound of his voice, the size of his pad or none of the above? After weighing up their options, female strawberry poison frogs bag the closest crooner they can, finds research in BioMed Central's open access journal Frontiers of Zoology .

This year's Memorial Day ceremony is set to combine rigorous tribute and storytelling with a notable twist.

The head of the NGO Memorial Place for Victims of War and Violent Regime, Braunschweig's Cemeteries, on why it is important for ordinary residents of a small German town to find the names of all Nazi victims, how the Book of the Dead was created, and what international trust rests on In the Nazi era, there was a forced labor camp and a death camp ... (more)

If bats ever used a cell phone, they could forgo the version with caller ID: The mammals can identify each other by their voices, a new study says.

The coveted first-place award in Candulor's KunstZahnWerk Competition - known as the Oscars of Removable Prosthetics - went to Skender Ramadani from Zurich.

The real Siroe was not a nice man. When the 7th-century Persian prince finally came to power, he had his father and 18 brothers killed; eight months later, he was poisoned.

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As some companies try to increase the quality and functionality of high-definition touchscreens for miniaturized, mobile applications, others are moving in the opposite direction -- blowing up the size of multi-touch displays to create a completely new way to experience the advanced technology.

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, already facing suits seeking a combined 4 billion euros linked to the company's aborted takeover of Volkswagen Group, was sued by more hedge funds in Germany.

Griraffe baby Jamila canoodles with mother Juji at the outdoor enclosure of the Zoo in Hannover, Germany, on Tuesday May 7,2013. The Giraffe baby was born on April 21,2013. This adult bald Eagle is currently being treated at the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge on Thursday, May 9,2013 in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., for injuries to one of its talons.

The ABC drama 'Scandal' has become a social-media phenomenon and a test case for TV networks trying to navigate new media.

Charlie Em defeated 1-2 favorite Scarlet Strike by a head to win the $100,500 Senorita Stakes in her U.S. debut at Betfair Hollywood Park on Saturday.

Alstom has been awarded a contract worth around 60 million by the private operator AKN Eisenbahn AG for the supply of 14 Coradia Lint regional trains to run in the Northern Germany, connecting the cities of Hamburg, Elmshorn, Neumnster and... Alstom was awarded a contract worth around 60 million by AKN Eisenbahn AG for the supply of 14 Coradia Lint ... (more)

He was co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926. Stresemann's politics defy easy categorization.

NEW DIGITAL COUNTERPUNCH: Rob Urie on THE FAILURE OF LIBERAL ECONOMIC TINKERING; and Eric Draitser on THE NEW POWER STRUGGLE IN IRAQ.

Rochester undergraduates Kristin Abramo '15, Kevin Allan '14, Alexandra Born '15, Sarah Koniski '14, Louis Papa '14, Robert Rietmeijer '15, Jamie Strampe '15, Zhongwu Shi '15, and Qianli Sun '15 were recently selected to spend their summers conducting research in German laboratories through the German Academic Exchange Service-Research Internships ... (more)

Researchers found that these children are better behaved and more emotionally balanced than their peers with normal blood pressure too.

GRAND RAPIDS Stiles Machinery is pleased to be exhibiting at the 2013 Ligna exhibition in Hannover, Germany.

Automotive supplier Continental AG said it has begun volume production of electronic stability control systems with ARM-based microcontrollers from Texas Instruments Inc.