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In 1990s, Researchers Studied Secrets of Titanic Steel
April 10, 2012 — Eighty-five years after the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean, scientists have answered one of maritime sleuths’ burning questions about the disaster: Was the steel ... > full story -
Eggs of Enigmatic Dinosaur in Patagonia Discovered
April 10, 2012 — An Argentine-Swedish research team has reported a 70-million-year-old pocket of fossilized bones and unique eggs of an enigmatic birdlike dinosaur in ... > full story -
Farmers of 800-Years-Ago Could Teach Us How to Protect the Amazon -- With Raised Farming Beds
April 9, 2012 — In the face of mass deforestation of the Amazon, recent findings indicate that we could learn from its earliest inhabitants who managed their farmland sustainably. Research shows for the first time ... > full story -
Study Shows Unified Process of Evolution in Bacteria and Sexual Eukaryotes
April 5, 2012 — Bacteria adapt to habitats through random genetic mutations and gene exchange. But how does an advantageous mutation spread from a bacterium to a population? Does the gene sweep through a population ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Close Relative of T. Rex Is Largest Known Feathered Dinosaur
April 5, 2012 — Palaeontologists have known for more than a decade that some small dinosaurs had bird-like feathers, mainly thanks to beautifully preserved fossils from northeastern China. Now three specimens of a ... > full story -
New Mechanism of Past Global Warming? Thawing Permafrost 50 Million Years Ago Led to Global Warming Events
April 4, 2012 — Climate scientists have proposed a simple new mechanism to explain the source of carbon that fed a series of extreme warming events about 55 million years ago, the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, ... > full story -
Analysis of Stickleback Genome Sequence Catches Evolution in Action: Reuse of Key Genes Is Common Theme
April 4, 2012 — Three-spine sticklebacks aren't as pretty as many aquarium fish, and anglers don't fantasize about hooking one. But biologists treasure these small fish for what they are revealing about the genetic ... > full storyMore: -
Rising CO2 Levels Linked to Global Warming During Last Deglaciation
April 4, 2012 — Many scientists have long suspected that rising levels of carbon dioxide and the global warming that ended the last Ice Age were somehow linked, but establishing a clear cause-and-effect relationship ... > full story -
Darwin in the Genome: Research on Stickleback Fish Shows How Adaptation to New Environments Involves Many Genes
April 3, 2012 — A current controversy raging in evolutionary biology is whether adaptation to new environments is the result of many genes, each of relatively small effect, or just a few genes of large effect. A new ... > full story -
Coral Links Ice Sheet Collapse to Ancient 'Mega Flood'
April 3, 2012 — Coral off Tahiti has linked the collapse of massive ice sheets 14,600 years ago to a dramatic and rapid rise in global sea-levels of around 14 ... > full story -
Plants Mimic Scent of Pollinating Beetles
April 3, 2012 — The color and scent of flowers and their perception by pollinator insects are believed to have evolved in the course of mutual adaptation. However, an evolutionary biologist has now demonstrated that ... > full story -
New Light Shone on Photosynthesis
April 3, 2012 — One of the outstanding questions of the early Earth is how ancient organisms made the transition from anoxygenic (no oxygen produced) to oxygenic photosynthesis. Scientists have now moved closer to ... > full story
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