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First exposed as a fraud by Christopher Hitchens, renowned twentieth-century saint Mother Teresa now appears to have been more of a monster. Via EurekAlert!:The myth of altruism and generosity surrounding Mother Teresa is dispelled in a paper by Serge Larivée and Genevieve Chenard of University...

Despite their important implications for interpersonal behaviors and relations, cognitive abilities have been largely ignored as explanations of prejudice. The researchers proposed and tested mediation models in which lower cognitive ability predicts greater prejudice, an effect mediated...

Herbivorous dinosaurs, along with crocodiles, existed in the Narmada valley around eight crore years ago, according to researchers, who have found remains of these two animals near here. “We have found the bones of herbivorous dinosaurs and the jaw of a crocodile during excavations at...

Language researchers chart vanishing voices - video In a video produced by Cambridge University, anthropologist Mark Turin discusses his work helping speakers of Thangmi, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in eastern Nepal. He aims to document disappearing languages, most of which haven't been...

forwarded by SPN member Tejwant Singh ji Malik PHOTO Potentially New species of frog discovered in Papua New Guinea (DNA analysis pending) Litoria sp. nov. SYDNEY (AP) -- A thumbnail-sized frog with a long snout, a brilliant green katydid with bright pink eyes and a mouse with a...