Your molar roots are leftovers from Homo erectus

TALK about exploring your roots. Longer lifespans mean our adult teeth erupt later than they did in our early ancestors, but the memo didn't make it to the roots of our molars. They develop at the same pace as they did in Homo erectus. Christopher Dean...

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French-led troops in Mali seize airport at Islamist bastion

BAMAKO: French-led troops Saturday seized the airport and a key bridge serving the Islamist stronghold of Gao in a major boost to a 16-day-old offensive to rout Al Qaeda-linked rebels from Mali's sprawling desert north.The stunning advance came as the extremist Muslim group controlling Gao since June said it was ready for talks to free a 61-year-old French hostage kidnapped in November.In...

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'Anonymous' threatens Justice Department

By Ben Brumfield, CNNupdated 8:08 AM EST, Sat January 26, 2013 | A screenshot at 3:35 a.m. ET on January 26, 2013, of the homepage of the United States federal sentencing website after it had been hacked by a group that identified itself as "Anonymous."STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Hackers say they have a file of incriminating information ready to launchNEW: They want to turn over the information,...

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Cops Using More Private Cameras to Nab Suspects

Philadelphia detectives were able to quickly make an arrest in the murder and burning of a female pediatrician by viewing surveillance video of nearby stores and a hospital that captured the suspect entering the doctor's home and later getting into his truck.In the hours after Dr. Melissa Ketunuti's body was found strangled and burning in her basement, city's Homicide Task Force...

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Uncharted territory: Where digital maps are leading us

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ECB chief hails euro relaunch at Davos

DAVOS, Switzerland: The head of the European Central Bank said on Friday that the embattled euro had been relaunched but that more had to be done to boost the eurozone's recession-wracked economy.Speaking to the world's top business and political leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mario Draghi also said that austerity measures being taken in crisis-hit countries were "unavoidable"...

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After threatening U.S., North Korea turns wrath on South

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: A Chinese state-run newspaper warns North Korea over nuclear testPyongyang threatens "physical counter-measures" against South KoreaIt says it will act if South Korea takes a "direct part" in new U.N. sanctionsA day earlier, the North said a new nuclear test would be part of its fight against the U.S.Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- In its latest bout of saber-rattling, North Korea...

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Egyptians clash on revolution's 2nd anniversary

CAIRO Two years after Egypt's revolution began, the country's schism was on display Friday as the mainly liberal and secular opposition held giant rallies saying the goals of the pro-democracy uprising have not been met and denouncing Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Thousands of protesters filled Cairo's central Tahrir Square, where the January 2011 uprising was born, and the area outside the...

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Alleged Doctor Killer Had Anger Issues, Friend Says

Jason Smith, the Philadelphia exterminator who police say showed up at the home of Dr. Melissa Ketunuti this week to solve her rodent problem before strangling her, was a problem child as an adolescent, a family friend told ABC News.The family friend from many years ago, who asked for anonymity, said Smith, 36, had behavior and anger issues, and that he also liked to set things...

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Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story

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Taiwanese gets life sentence for election rally shooting

TAIPEI: Taiwan's supreme court ruled on Thursday that a man who opened fire at an election rally, killing one person and injuring a politician's son, must serve a life sentence.The top court confirmed a decision last year by the high court, which convicted Lin Cheng-wei, 48, of attempted murder and illegal possession of firearms and sentenced him to life.The high court had increased a...

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North Korea makes new threats against U.S.

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: North Korea is upset by a recent U.N. security council resolution, an analyst saysPyongyang says it plans a new nuclear test and further long-range rocket launchesThese are part of an "all-out action" targeting the U.S., it saysNorth Korea has conducted two previous nuclear tests, in 2006 and 2009Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea said Thursday that it plans to carry out...

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North Korea planning "high-level" nuclear test

Updated at 7:15 a.m. Eastern SEOUL, South Korea North Korea's top military body warned Thursday that the regime is poised to conduct a nuclear test in response to U.N. punishment, and made clear that its long-range rockets are designed to carry not only satellites but also warheads aimed at striking the United States. 19 PhotosNorth Korea's long-range rocket launchThe National Defense Commission...

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N. Korea Vows More Nuke Tests Targeting U.S.

In a bellicose statement singling out the United States as the "sworn enemy" of the Korean people, North Korea today announced plans for a third nuclear test and continued rocket launches.The move is seen as a disappointment to those who hoped the country's new leader, Kim Jong-Un, might take a less aggressive path than his predecessor and father, Kim Jong-il.It is also seen...

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See ya, latex: Reinventing the condom

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China urges restraint on N Korea, cites possible nuke test

BEIJING: China called for restraint on Wednesday after the United Nations tightened sanctions on North Korea as punishment for a rocket launch, citing the possibility of another nuclear test by its wayward ally."The DPRK's (North Korea's) satellite launch as well as the possible nuclear test highlight the urgency and importance of settling relevant issues on the Korean peninsula," foreign...

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Centrists make gains in Israel elections

STORY HIGHLIGHTSWill Israel's new government be more centrist or move right?Netanyahu's right-wing Likud Beitenu wins the largest bloc, exit polls showYesh Atid comes in second and Labor third, polling says Votes from military members and prisoners are not finalizedJerusalem (CNN) -- A surprisingly strong showing by centrists in Israel's national election tempered a narrow majority won by Prime Minister...

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Netanyahu likely clings to job in Israel election

Updated at 6:59 a.m. Eastern. JERUSALEM Israel's parliamentary election ended Wednesday in a stunning deadlock between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line bloc and center-left rivals, forcing the badly weakened Israeli leader to scramble to cobble together a coalition of parties from both camps, despite dramatically different views on Mideast peacemaking and other polarizing issues. Israeli...

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Te'o Tells Couric He Briefly Lied About Girlfriend

Manti Te'o briefly lied to the media and the public after discovering his online girlfriend did not exist and was a part of an elaborate hoax, he admitted in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Katie Couric.The star Notre Dame linebacker, who has been hounded by the reporters since the story broke Jan. 16, told Couric in a taped interview Tuesday that he was not lying up until...

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Sacrificing Einstein: Relativity's keystone has to go

COINCIDENCE is not generally something scientists have much truck with. If two things are genuinely unrelated, there is little further of interest to be said. If the coincidence keeps turning up, however, there must be some deeper underlying link. Then it is the job of science to tease out what it is and so explain why there was no coincidence in the first place. That makes it rather odd that a large...

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Chinese film fans decry censors' cuts in 'Skyfall'

BEIJING: Chinese cinema fans were up in arms Tuesday over cuts made to "Skyfall", complaining that the censors had ruined the latest film in the James Bond franchise, which hit screens this week.Some scenes from the movie, parts of which were filmed in Shanghai starring Daniel Craig in his third appearance as the British secret agent, were clearly too sensitive for the censors, especially...

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Prince Harry: I killed Taliban

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