Archive: 04/16/2007
Climate change could trigger 'boom and bust' population cycles leading to extinction
Climate change could trigger "boom and bust" population cycles that make animal species more vulnerable to extinction. , according to Christopher C. Wilmers, an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University ...
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The cost of long tongues
Orchid bees use their extraordinarily long tongues to drink nectar from the deep, tropical flowers only they can access. Researchers have long suspected that this kind of exclusive access came with a mechanical ...
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Apr 16, 2007 |
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Ebola outbreaks killing thousands of gorillas and chimpanzees
Why have large outbreaks of Ebola virus killed tens of thousands of gorillas and chimpanzees over the last decade? Observations published in the May issue of The American Naturalist provide new clues, suggesting that outbre ...
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Russia to make polar bear hunting legal
The Russian government is set to allow residents in the town of Vankarem to legally hunt polar bears that have been moving into the region.
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Harry & David recall nut-containing candy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of approximately 2,000 boxes of candies distributed by the Harry & David Operations Corp.
Apr 16, 2007 |
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Toshiba's breakthrough in SSRM technology will Improve Cutting-Edge LSI
Toshiba Corp. today announced that it has achieved a breakthrough in imaging electron-carrier paths and impurities in semiconductors that allows analysis at the 1-nanometer level for the first time. This major ...
Apr 16, 2007 |
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Race From Space: Suni Williams Runs Boston Marathon
Flight Engineer Suni Williams circled Earth at least twice, running as fast as eight mph but flying more than five miles each second, as she completed the Boston Marathon on a station treadmill. Her unofficial ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2007 |
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Humans hot, sweaty, natural-born runners
Hairless, clawless, and largely weaponless, ancient humans used the unlikely combination of sweatiness and relentlessness to gain the upper hand over their faster, stronger, generally more dangerous animal prey, Harvard Anthropology ...
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Earth's dirty little secret: Slowly but surely we are skinning our planet
Throughout history civilizations expanded as they sought new soil to feed their populations, then ultimately fell as they wore out or lost the dirt they depended upon. When that happened, people moved on to ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2007 |
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Was Einstein right? Scientists provide first public peek at Gravity Probe B results
For the past three years a satellite has circled the Earth, collecting data to determine whether two predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity are correct. Saturday, at the American Physical ...
Apr 16, 2007 |
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From beneath Antarctica's Ross Sea, scientists retrieve pristine record of the continent's climate cycles
Frequent climate fluctuations on the world’s southernmost continent have been so extreme over the past 5 million years that Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf, a floating slab of ice the size of France, oscillated in size dramatically, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2007 |
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Building the nuclear pore piece by piece
The nuclear pore complexes are the sole gatekeepers for the cell’s nucleus — proteins, RNA, viruses, anything that passes between the nucleus and the rest of the cell has to use one of these giant protein ...
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Apr 16, 2007 |
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Intel Unveils Quad-Core Storage Server
Intel Corp. today announced the industry's first 2U, 12 drive, integrated quad-core storage server: the Intel Storage Server SSR212MC2.
Apr 16, 2007 |
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Rulers of the world: New book reveals what makes rich and powerful men tick
They have been described as 'sacred monsters' by one of their own. Now a new book looks beyond the headlines to reveal that many of the world's most powerful men were shaped by remarkably similar childhood experiences.
Apr 16, 2007 |
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Dusty Hurricanes
Throw gasoline on a fire, and the flames swell to a raging inferno. Throw dirt on a fire, and the flames suffocate. But what happens when you throw dirt on a hurricane? It's a serious question.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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