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Body Temperatures of Dinosaurs Measured for First Time: Some Dinosaurs Were as Warm as Most Modern Mammals
June 23, 2011 — Were dinosaurs slow and lumbering, or quick and agile? It depends largely on whether they were cold or warm blooded. Now, a team of researchers has developed a new approach to take body temperatures ... > full story -
Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
Origin of Life
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Asteroid Served Up 'Custom Orders' of Life's Ingredients
June 9, 2011 — Some asteroids may have been like "molecular factories" cranking out life's ingredients and shipping them to Earth via meteorite impacts, according to scientists who've made discoveries of molecules ... > full story -
Rendezvous With an Asteroid: NASA to Launch New Science Mission to Near-Earth Asteroid in 2016
May 26, 2011 — NASA will launch a spacecraft to an asteroid in 2016 and use a robotic arm to pluck samples that could better explain our solar system's formation and how life began. The mission, called ... > full story -
Immature Skull Led Young Tyrannosaurs to Rely on Speed, Agility to Catch Prey
May 9, 2011 — While adult tyrannosaurs wielded power and size to kill large prey, youngsters used agility to hunt smaller ... > full story -
The Eyes Have It: Dinosaurs Hunted by Night
April 14, 2011 — The movie Jurassic Park got one thing right: those velociraptors hunted by night while the big plant-eaters browsed around the clock, according to a new study of the eyes of fossil ... > full story -
Birds Inherited Strong Sense of Smell from Dinosaurs
April 12, 2011 — Birds are known more for their senses of vision and hearing than smell, but new research suggests that millions of years ago, the winged critters also boasted a better sense for ... > full story -
New Species of Dinosaur Bridges Gap in Dinosaur Family Tree
April 12, 2011 — Scientists have discovered a fossilized dinosaur skull and neck vertebrae that not only reveal a new species, but also an evolutionary link between two groups of dinosaurs. The new species, ... > full story -
Record Depletion of Arctic Ozone Layer Causing Increased UV Radiation in Scandinavia
April 5, 2011 — Over the past few days, ozone-depleted air masses have extended from the north pole to southern Scandinavia, leading to higher than normal levels of ultraviolet radiation during sunny days in ... > full story -
Long Lost Cousin of T. Rex Identified by Scientists
March 31, 2011 — Scientists have identified a new species of gigantic theropod dinosaur, a close relative of T. rex, from fossil skull and jaw bones discovered in ... > full story -
Arctic on the Verge of Record Ozone Loss
March 14, 2011 — Unusually low temperatures in the Arctic ozone layer have recently initiated massive ozone depletion. The Arctic appears to be heading for a record loss of this trace gas that protects the Earth's ... > full story
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