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Field Museum discovery helps solve mystery of South American trophy heads

The mystery of why ancient South American peoples who created the mysterious Nazca Lines also collected human heads as trophies has long puzzled scholars who theorize the heads may have been used in fertility rites, taken from enemies in battle or associated with ancestor veneration.

Science academy heads from around the globe to meet in Taipei

Taipei, Dec. 1 (CNA) Heads of prominent science institutes from around the world will meet for a three-day forum beginning Saturday at Taiwan's Academia Sinica in celebration of its 80th anniversary, Chi-Huey Wong, the institute's president, said at a news conference Monday.

Security beefed up as England heads to India

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Polish bank heads urge steps to avoid lending slump

WARSAW, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Bank lending in Poland may fall by nearly three quarters this year, leading to a slump in demand unless the authorities take steps to prop up credit growth, the heads of the country's two biggest banks warned on Tuesday.

Human Trophy Heads Were No Strangers

The ancient South American people who created the mysterious Nazca Lines — enormous etched images of everything from hummingbirds to orcas on the high Nazca Desert in Peru some 1,500 to 2,000 years ago, also happened to be regular collectors of human heads.

T. Rex, Other Dinosaurs Had Heads Full of Air

New 3-D scans of the skulls of Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaurs reveal the creatures had more empty space inside their heads than previously thought. These air spaces made the skulls light but strong and could have helped dinosaurs breathe, communicate, and hunt.

T. Rex, Other Dinosaurs Had Heads Full of Air

New 3-D scans of the skulls of Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaurs reveal the creatures had more empty space inside their heads than previously thought.

Heads begin to roll at Yahoo

Yahoo is making good on an early announcement that it would cut 10 percent of its staff by year's end by laying off 1,500 workers

Bank heads and NI ministers to meet

The First and deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland are set to meet the bosses of the four main banks in the North to discuss the economic downturn.

Adams Heads To Surrey

Surrey have confirmed the appointment of former Sussex captain Chris Adams their new professional cricket manager.

Silber heads for ICANN board

Prominent ICT-lawyer Mike Silber has been nominated as SA's first board member of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the US non-profit company that effectively governs Internet address systems.

Cricket heads look for answers

THE INTERNATIONAL Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) convened over the weekend at the Westin Grand Hotel, South Africa for one of its four meetings per year to discuss matters relating to cricket as well as to make recommendations for consideration by the ICC Board’s January meeting.

Gibbs Heads To Rehab

South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs will undergo a month of rehabilitation for alcohol abuse, ahead of his trial for drunken driving next year, local media reported Thursday.

Donatella heads into China to help kids hit by earthquake

No stranger to the importance of cut and fold, the Versace designer checks out two little girls' origami efforts

Butt heads? Secret celeb smokers get caught in the act

It seems the "Desperate Housewives" star has been desperate to keep her habit under wraps - only openly indulging in a cigarette - or several - while she was out of the country this week.

InnoPath Heads North?Device Management Client Deployed by LG on Handsets at Telus and Bell Mobilit

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VN satellite heads ICT events for year

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Unconventional inventor heads architects

AS newly elected president of the SA Institute of Architects, Al Stratford‘s vision is crystal clear.

England hold heads high after tour of redemption

Kevin Pietersen (right) shakes hands with India's Yuvraj Singh at the end of the drawn second Test in Mohali

Kodak Gallery heads to iPhone

Kodak is the latest Blue-chip brand to launch an iPhone app as it hopes to enjoy the same success Flickr, the photo sharing site, has been receiving of late.

Sarah Palin Heads List of Top Quotes

Sarah Palin lost the elections but she came a winner in Fred Shapiro's list of the Top 10 Quotes brought out in the Yale Book of Quotations.

British PM heads to India, Pakistan for terror talks

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