It's a shocking discovery that may redefine how scientists interpret what it means to be an animal.
Biotechnology
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A new analysis of the jaw of Haramiyavia clemmenseni, one of the earliest known proto-mammals, clarifies the timeline of early mammalian evolution. Through high-resolution computer tomography, scientists from the University ...
Archaeology
Nov 16, 2015
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Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives, but what is it about the human brain that makes us so different? Researchers at the George Washington University may have unearthed another piece of the puzzle. In a study published ...
Evolution
Nov 16, 2015
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Global energy demand from developed nations has an adverse impact on freshwater resources in less developed nations according to a new study.
Environment
Nov 16, 2015
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As the 20th-century novelist Joseph Conrad famously wrote, "It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose," and Nature is very busy, so she makes lots of them. But as a genius, she can use them to advantage. ...
Evolution
Nov 16, 2015
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In a new paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), San Francisco State University Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences Leonard Sklar and colleagues show how two established ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2015
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Compared to birds and insects, bats have heavy wings for their body size. Those comparatively cumbersome flappers might seem a detriment to maneuverability, but new research shows that bats' extra wing mass makes possible ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2015
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Peptides promise to be useful drugs, but they're hard to handle. Because peptides, like proteins, are chains of amino acids, our bodies will digest them and excrete the remnants. Even if delivered to their targets intact ...
Biochemistry
Nov 16, 2015
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Signalling processes in organisms are governed by specific extracellular and intracellular interactions and involve hundreds of different functionally highly versatile receptors situated in cell membranes. For scientists ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 16, 2015
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As many as 50% of all natural history specimens held in the world's museums could be wrongly named, according to a new study by researchers from Oxford University and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
Plants & Animals
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