Apr 16th, 2007 · In case you missed it, a Swiss watchmaker is selling timepieces allegedly made from steel salvaged from the Titanic. How do you top that? You might rush off to Paris, where Christie's is about to auction the skeleton of a prehistoric mammoth. Bidding starts at $200,000. But think how it would look in your garage.
Mar 20th, 2007 · Scientists have solved one of the toughest problems in mathematics, performing a calculation to figure out the symmetry of a complicated 248-dimensional object known as the Lie group E8. The solution is so large that it would take days to download over a standard Internet connection.
Jan 21st, 2007 · Kathy Cano Murillo's Latin-infused work is part of a growing niche in the mammoth market for craft and hobby art. "The Crafty Chica" has a book, TV spots and other projects putting her in the public eye.
Dec 29th, 2006 · The San Francisco Giants have reached a seven-year, $126 million deal with pitcher Barry Zito, record spending by Major League Baseball, says Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis. It's the largest pitching contract in baseball history. Robert Siegel talks with Fatsis.
Aug 18th, 2006 · Mammoth mystery oysters -- 9 inches long! - invade the San Francisco Bay, normally a habitat for oysters no longer than 2.5 inches. Andrew Cohen, director of the Biological Invasions Program at the San Francisco Estuary Institute, says the new species is not native. No one knows how the supersized shellfish got to this bay, and there are fears they could steal the best habitat.
Feb 17th, 2006 · In Pennsylvania, hunters are pushing for a return to an ancient way of killing their prey. Recently, the state's game commission gave preliminary approval to a deer-hunting season for the atlatl -- a prehistoric weapon once used to bring down woolly mammoths.
Jan 26th, 2006 · In 1962, workers in Nebraska stumbled opon the intact remains of two giant Ice-Age mammoths, their tusks locked together -- a vestige of the battle that doomed them both. Four decades later, the unique fossil will finally go on public display.
Dec 23rd, 2005 · Two papers published this week take a look at the genetic makeup of the woolly mammoth: one published in the journal Nature, the other in the journal Science. The two groups take different approaches to examining the genetic material of the ice-age mammal.