In a new study just published in the journal Biological Invasions, ecologists at Sewanee: The University of the South and James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, have documented the loss of yet another major tree ...
Ecology
Dec 31, 2013
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Links between human health and pet ownership are of widespread community interest but there's little clarity about the issue in scientific circles.
Plants & Animals
Dec 31, 2013
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A large number of large-sized long-snout ichthyosaur skeletons have been excavated from Guanling, Guizhou and adjacent areas since 2000. Totally 14 specimens had been described and reported often as different genera and species. ...
Archaeology
Dec 31, 2013
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Americans rely on many measurements of mass and volume in their daily lives, from weighing broccoli at the grocery store to putting gas in the family car. In order to ensure both consumer confidence and uniformity in commerce, ...
General Physics
Dec 31, 2013
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Eggysodontid is a group of extinct rhinocerotoid animals of odd-toed ungulate. Rhinocerotoid fossils are relatively abundant in Paleogene deposits in South China. Many previous studies have investigated Paleogene rhinocerotoids ...
Archaeology
Dec 31, 2013
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When I saw the recent eruption of stories claiming Facebook is "dead and buried to teens" I was at first intrigued, but, once I had read through to their original sources, quickly disappointed – though not, I am afraid, ...
Internet
Dec 31, 2013
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Global average temperatures will rise at least 4°C by 2100 and potentially more than 8°C by 2200 if carbon dioxide emissions are not reduced according to new research published in Nature. Scientists found global climate ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 31, 2013
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If there's one thing we love, it's a good meteor shower from an obscure and defunct constellation.
Space Exploration
Dec 31, 2013
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It is the received wisdom that nuclear weapons and nuclear power are inseparable. Consequently, any country that builds a civilian nuclear power station is able to build an atomic bomb within a couple of years.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 31, 2013
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The restoration of salmon and steelhead habitat in the Pacific Northwest has focused largely on rural areas dominated by agricultural and forested lands, but researchers increasingly are looking at the impact of urban areas ...
Ecology
Dec 31, 2013
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