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Students Discover New Species of Raptor Dinosaur in Inner Mongolia
March 19, 2010 — A new species of dinosaur, a relative of the famous Velociraptor, has been discovered in Inner Mongolia by two Ph.D. students. The exceptionally well preserved dinosaur, named Linheraptor exquisitus, ... > full story -
Proposed Mission Would Return Sample from Asteroid 'Time Capsule'
March 11, 2010 — Meet asteroid 1999 RQ36, a chunk of rock and dust about 1,900 feet in diameter that could tell us how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life began. It also might hit us ... > full story -
New Alzheimer's Test Offers Better Opportunities for Early Detection
March 11, 2010 — Early detection is key to more effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of cognitive impairment, and recent research shows that a new test is more than 95 percent effective in ... > full story -
Learning Keeps Brain Healthy: Mental Activity Could Stave Off Age-Related Cognitive and Memory Decline
March 2, 2010 — Neurobiologists are providing the first visual evidence that learning promotes brain health -- and, therefore, that mental stimulation could limit the debilitating effects of aging on memory and the ... > full story -
Drug for Advanced Kidney Cancer Shrinks Tumors Prior to Surgery
February 17, 2010 — Physicians found that therapy before surgery with the drug sorafenib can reduce the size of large tumors and could be safely undertaken administered without adding significantly to the risks of ... > full story -
Bird-from-Dinosaur Theory of Evolution Challenged: Was It the Other Way Around?
February 9, 2010 — A new study provides yet more evidence that birds did not descend from ground-dwelling theropod dinosaurs, experts say, and continues to challenge decades of accepted theories about the evolution of ... > full story -
New Species of Tyrannosaur Discovered in Southwestern U.S.
January 31, 2010 — A new species of tyrannosaur has been discovered in the Bisti/De-na-zin Wilderness of New Mexico. Bistahieversor was different from other tyrannosauroids in having an extra opening above its eye, a ... > full story -
Dinosaur Discovery Helps Solve Piece of Evolutionary Puzzle
January 28, 2010 — An expedition to the Gobi Desert has enabled researchers to solve the puzzle of how one group of dinosaurs came to look like birds independent of birds. Until now, there was no direct evidence that ... > full story -
Alligators Breathe Like Birds, Study Finds
January 14, 2010 — Scientists discovered that air flows in one direction as it loops through the lungs of alligators, just as it does in birds. The study suggests this breathing method may have helped the dinosaurs' ... > full story -
From Crickets to Whales, Animal Calls Have Something in Common
January 5, 2010 — Animals produce a tremendous diversity of sounds for communication to perform life's basic functions, from courtship and parental care to defense and foraging. Explaining this diversity in sound ... > full story
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