Archive: 10/19/2005
Zombie worms found in Britain's North Sea
So-called zombie worms that feed on bones of dead whales have reportedly been found in England's North Sea. Scientists say the worms belong to a new class of marine organism that scavenges whale carcasses, The Independent rep ...
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EPA investigates oil pollution reports
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reportedly investigating charges that up to 2,000 gallons of oil were dumped into Alaska's Beaufort Sea in 2003.
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Seafloor Creatures Destroyed By Ice Action During Ice Ages
The ice ages made massive changes to the Earth's landscape. But what was happening below the ice in the oceans? Research by marine scientists reveals that it was a time of mass destruction as whole communities of animals ...
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Cassini-Huygens Mission Celebrates Anniversary
On the eighth anniversary of the launch of the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, the teams involved can look back at a string of remarkable discoveries.
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Study: lighting and how it affects health
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute scientists in Troy, N.Y., say they've discovered a way of testing architectural lighting and how it affects human health.
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Mental stimulation helps raise IQ scores
University of the West Indies scientists in Jamaica say mental stimulation through play might improve IQ scores in children with stunted growth.
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Good hygiene might prevent bird flu spread
A Purdue University scientist says there's a lot people can do to help prevent a bird flu pandemic, with the most obvious being good hygiene.
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Microbial cleaning of pollution is refined
University of Massachusetts-Amherst scientists say strategies using microbes to clean polluted sites are becoming more refined due to gene sequencing.
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Wright Brothers Upstaged! Dinos Invented Biplanes
The evolution of airplanes from the Wright Brothers' first biplanes to monoplanes was an inadvertent replay of the much earlier evolution of dinosaur flight, say two dino flight experts.
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