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First dinosaur fossil discovered in Angola

Scientists say they have discovered the first fossil of a dinosaur in Angola, and that it's a new creature, heralding a research renaissance in a country slowly emerging from decades of war.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Hagfish found to eat through its skin

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study in Canada has shown that the primitive fish called the Hagfish, which has the habit of burrowing into dead or dying creatures on the sea bed, eats by absorption through its skin ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

How plants drove animals to the land

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of ancient oxygen levels presents the first concrete evidence that after aquatic plants evolved and boosted the levels of oxygen aquatic life exploded, leading to fierce competition ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

World's biggest Wave Hub installed off UK coast

(PhysOrg.com) -- A wave energy generation test site called the "Wave Hub" is being set up off Cornwall’s northern coast. The site is the first offshore wave energy site in the UK, and will allow four wave ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 report

Marine animals suggest evidence for a trans-Antarctic seaway

A tiny marine filter-feeder, that anchors itself to the sea bed, offers new clues to scientists studying the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet - a region that is thought to be vulnerable to collapse.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Without oxygen, 'nothing goes' -- Marine biologists get to the bottom of dead zones

The behaviour of marine bottom dwellers can now, for the first time, be used to predict the development of so-called dead zones in the sea. Animals fight for what little oxygen there is in these zones - but ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Egypt scours bed of Lake Qarun in search of antiquities

Egyptian experts have begun to explore the depths of Lake Qarun south of Cairo using remote sensing radars in search of sunken artefacts, antiquities officials told AFP on Wednesday.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Submarine robots learn teamwork

New technology developed by European researchers will allow autonomous underwater vehicles to work together as a team. It increases the scope of submarine applications for autonomous vehicles. Even better, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Research reveals exotic Henslow Crabs in North Sea

(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate change has led to masses of bizarre swimming crabs to invade the North Sea - hundreds of miles from their usual home, new research has revealed.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

BP sucking up half of oil leaking from Gulf well

Engineers hoped Monday to make more headway in their bid to contain a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after energy giant BP announced it was now capturing about half of the oil gushing from its ruptured ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

BP cuts off broken oil pipe with giant shears

BP on Thursday successfully cut off a fractured oil pipe using giant shears, pressing ahead with its latest bid to seal the Gulf of Mexico leak as President Barack Obama announced a third trip to the region.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 03, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Dutch build more dunes against rising seas

On the beach at Monster, bulldozers painstakingly turn sand dredged from the bottom of the North Sea bed into dunes in an ambitious effort to safeguard the Netherlands from flooding.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Government to remap manatee habitat

It has been more than 30 years since federal wildlife managers formally mapped the places where endangered manatee live in Florida. On Tuesday, they acknowledged it's probably time for an update.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ancient oceans offer new insight into the origins of animal life

(PhysOrg.com) -- Analysis of a rock type found only in the world's oldest oceans has shed new light on how large animals first got a foothold on the Earth.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 1

NASA Heads Out to Sea

NASA scientists Maury Estes and Mohammad Al-Hamdan have been seafaring in the Gulf of Mexico, and one of them grew a bit green around the gills. It's not surprising that a space agency scientist might have ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0