Scientists to Flesh Out George Washington's Appearance
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MOUNT VERNON, Va.  - Americans know George  Washington as the dour founding father with white hair and  ponytail depicted on U.S. currency, but most people have little  idea what the nation's first president really looked like  beyond this stock image.
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A group of scientists is making an unusual foray into presidential politics.
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By Marilyn Hagerty, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 20--People of Grand Forks celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington 75 years ago with a program in the City Auditorium. In those days, birthdays of Washington and Abraham Lincoln on Feb. 12 were separate holidays.
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WASHINGTON - For less than $200 and a cheek-swiped cotton swab, amateur historians will soon be able to add DNA results to family tree Web sites.
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WASHINGTON - Thomas Jefferson appears bolder and bigger on new five-cent pieces, marking his first makeover since he landed on the nickel in 1938.    The maker of the nation's coins, the U.S...
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WASHINGTON: The brains of people who are lying look very different from those who are telling the truth, US researchers have discovered.
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The intuitive scholar faces the hard evidence from the electron microscope.
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History looks primed to repeat itself.
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George H.W. Bush: Call your dermatologist. New research suggests that broccoli, the vegetable that the former president famously demonized as inedible, can prevent the damage from ultraviolet light that often leads to skin cancer. And as Bush would surely appreciate, he would not even have to eat...
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Science & environment: An ambitious project to create the most detailed picture of human genetic variation yet has been launched by British and American scientists
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Researchers hoping to dispel George Washington's image as a stiff-jawed, boring old man are taking a bite out of history through a high-tech study of his famous false teeth.
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The U.S. Mint will issue a dollar coin featuring the likeness of George Washington this Thursday, the first in the series of presidential coin dollars.
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Scientists from across the globe gather to learn more about the ways in which light can be used in medicine.
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British scientists launched an investigation on Monday into the feasibility of designing medicines based on a patient's genetic make-up. The Royal Society, Britain's national academy of science, will examine ...
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For a few minutes, George Washington looked again like the dynamic team that beat Maryland and Michigan State last month. Fast breaks were converted at a dizzying pace, and Pops Mensah-Bonsu was dunking away. But the Colonials couldn't hold an eight-point, first-half lead, and a 3-pointer at the buzzer by Xavier meant a 66-65 loss Tuesday night, erasing once and for all any notion that George Washington still belongs in the Top 25.
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Americans know George Washington as the dour founding father with white hair and ponytail depicted on U.S. currency, but most people have little idea what the nation's first president really looked like beyond this stock image.
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Morphing two faces together helps scientists understand how we recognise faces.