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  New Measurement of Crocodilian Nerves Could Help Scientists Understand Ancient Animals

  April 4, 2013 — A new study has measured the nerves responsible for the super-sensitive skin on a crocodile's face, which will help biologists understand how today's animals, as well as dinosaurs and crocodiles that ... > full story
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  New Insight Into Photosynthesis: Carotenoids Can Capture Blue/green Light and Pass Energy on to Chlorophylls

  April 4, 2013 — Pigments found in plants and purple bacteria employed to provide protection from sun damage do more than just that. Researchers have found that they also help to harvest light energy during ... > full story
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  Discovery of 1,800-Year-Old 'Rosetta Stone' for Tropical Ice Cores

  April 4, 2013 — Scientists report a set of ice cores from Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru which can serve as a "Rosetta Stone" for studying other ice cores from around the ... > full story
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  Trade Emerging as a Key Driver of Brazilian Deforestation

  April 4, 2013 — A new study found that trade and global consumption of Brazilian beef and soybeans is increasingly driving Brazilian deforestation. Consequently, current international efforts to protect rainforests ... > full story
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  Asian Carp DNA Not Widespread in the Great Lakes

  April 4, 2013 — Scientists have shown that Asian carp DNA is not widespread in the Great ... > full story
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  A Comet, Not an Asteroid, May Have Killed the Dinosaurs, Experts Propose

  April 4, 2013 — In a geological moment about 66 million years ago, something killed off almost all the dinosaurs and some 70 percent of all other species living on Earth. Only those dinosaurs related to birds appear ... > full story
• Origin of Life
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  Origin of Life: Power Behind Primordial Soup Discovered

  April 4, 2013 — Researchers may have solved a key puzzle about how objects from space could have kindled life on ... > full story
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  Dwarf Whale Survived Well Into Ice Age

  April 4, 2013 — Research detailing the fossil of a dwarf baleen whale from Northern California reveals that it avoided extinction far longer than previously ... > full story
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  Bumblebees Use Logic to Find the Best Flowers

  April 4, 2013 — Scientists have discovered why bees copy each other when looking for nectar -- and the answer is remarkably ... > full story
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  NASA Flies Radar South on Wide-Ranging Expedition

  April 4, 2013 — A versatile NASA airborne imaging radar system is showcasing its broad scientific prowess for studying our home planet during a month-long expedition over the Americas. The campaign is addressing a ... > full story

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