Scientists ID tiny prehistoric sea worm with 50 head spines
Long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, a bizarre creature with a Venus flytrap-like head swam the seas.
Archaeology
Aug 3, 2017
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Regulators: Menhaden fish population in good shape
One of the most important little fish in the sea is in good shape.
Ecology
Aug 3, 2017
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New dust sources from a shrinking Salton Sea have negative ecological and health impacts
Scientists at the University of California, Riverside investigating the composition of particulate matter (PM) and its sources at the Salton Sea have found that this shrinking lake in Southern California is exposing large ...
Environment
Aug 3, 2017
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Dark Energy Survey reveals most accurate measurement of dark matter structure in the universe
Imagine planting a single seed and, with great precision, being able to predict the exact height of the tree that grows from it. Now imagine traveling to the future and snapping photographic proof that you were right.
Astronomy
Aug 3, 2017
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Facebook makes diversity gains but still struggles in key area
Facebook made progress in improving the gender and racial balance of its workers, with women, African Americans and Hispanics all gaining more representation in the Silicon Valley company's ranks over the last year.
Business
Aug 3, 2017
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Despite heavy armor, new dinosaur used camouflage to hide from predators
Researchers reporting in Current Biology on August 3 have named a new genus and species of armored dinosaur. The 110-million-year-old Borealopelta markmitchelli discovered in Alberta, Canada, on view at the Royal Tyrrell ...
Archaeology
Aug 3, 2017
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Structural view suggests RNAi multiplies its effect in repressing gene expression
Continuously throughout our lives, our cells are expressing genes. It's the first step in making proteins, the stuff of all the structures in the body and molecular players in the countless dramas unfolding every second as ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 3, 2017
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Giant cage could help cut number of burned birds over NJ Meadowlands
Soon, there should be fewer birds getting burned or killed by an invisible flame as they fly over the New Jersey Meadowlands.
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2017
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Website services help drivers fight tickets
Summer is the busiest travel season, and that means long stretches of highway, wandering attention and maybe a few miles through counties or states spent over the speed limit.
Business
Aug 3, 2017
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The rising usage of swear words in literature suggests that American society is becoming increasingly individualistic
Comedian George Carlin's 1972 routine "the seven words you can never say on television" underlined his generation's rejection of the niceties and constraints of post-war American society. Seeing how the use of these swear ...
Social Sciences
Aug 3, 2017
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