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...series of studies published in the Oct. 2 special issue of Science - 11 papers by a total of 47 authors from 10 countries - researchers unveiled Ardi, a 125-piece hominid skeleton that is 1.2 million years older than the celebrated Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) and by far the oldest one ever found. Tim White of the University of California, Berkeley, a co-leader of the Middle Awash research team that discovered and studied the new fossils, says, "To understand the biology, the parts you really want are the skull and teeth, the pelvis, the limbs and the hands and the feet...
...Princeton University Investment Company, which manages the school’s endowment, reported investment losses of 23.7 percent this past year—better than the 30 percent loss predicted in the spring. The loss brings the total value of Princeton’s endowment as of June 30 to $12.6 billion, down from $16.3 billion last year...
Despite the better-than-anticipated returns, Tilghman said Princeton will proceed with its plan to reduce the school’s total operating budget by $170 million over this year and the next, and warned that additional layoffs would be needed this fall...
...George Street St. John's boasts a grand total of 71 pubs. Many of these are Irish (around 40% of Newfoundlanders are of Celtic descent), feature live music and are squashed into George Street - the city's pedestrianized nightlife strip. After a evening on the tiles in O'Reillys, www.oreillyspub.com, downing screech (the local rum) and dancing jigs, you'll feel half-Newfoundlander yourself. Want to make friends? Break into a ballad or sea shanty, which the locals love...
...message seems to be getting across. The French energy giant Total recently failed to bid on a major block in Iran's South Pars field - the world's biggest natural gas field - after spending years eyeing the business. Like other energy companies, it calculated that its Iran business was becoming a problem it could live without...