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'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world (AP)

'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world

Technology / Software

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on ...


Ecological speciation by sexual selection on good genes: Is speciation adaptive?

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Darwin suggested that the action of natural selection can produce new species, but 150 years after the publication of his famous book, 'On the Origin of Species', debate still continues on the mechanisms of speciation. New ...


Superior Super Earths

Superior Super Earths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 20 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (39) | comments 12

Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to ...


First comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 7 hours ago | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system is published this week by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The review - Antarctic ...


How can scientists measure evolutionary responses to climate change?

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

As global temperatures continue to rise scientists are presented with the complex challenge of understanding how species respond and adapt. In a paper published in Insect Conservation and Diversity, Dr Francisco Rodriguez-Trelles and Dr ...


Artificial refuges created to save the reptiles of Doņana

Artificial refuges created to save the reptiles of Doņana

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Aznalcóllar mining accident more than 11 years ago, which contaminated part of the Doņana National Park, also damaged reptile habitat there. Now a team of Spanish researchers, who have been studying ...


Ecologists sound out new solution for monitoring cryptic species

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ecologists have at last worked out a way of using recordings of birdsong to accurately measure the size of bird populations. This is the first time sound recordings from a microphone array have been translated into accurate ...


Scientists trace shark fins to their geographic origin for first time using DNA tools

Scientists trace shark fins to their geographic origin for first time using DNA tools

Biology / Ecology

created 7 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Millions of shark fins are sold at market each year to satisfy the demand for shark fin soup, a Chinese delicacy, but it has been impossible to pinpoint which sharks from which regions are most threatened ...


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Bacterial gut symbionts are tightly linked with the evolution of herbivory in ants

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Broadly speaking, ants have two different feeding strategies. A large proportion of all species are "carnivorous," meaning that they are generalist predators feeding on other small animals or scavenging on ...


Redback spiders were first spotted in Japan in 1995

Venomous Aussie redback spiders invading Japan

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Australia's venomous redback spiders are on the march in Japan, where they are believed to have arrived years ago as stowaways on cargo ships, a wildlife expert warned Wednesday.



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