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Census of modern organisms reveals echo of ancient mass extinction

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Paleontologists can still hear the echo of the death knell that drove the dinosaurs and many other organisms to extinction following an asteroid collision at the end of the Cretaceous Period 65 million years ...





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Charles Darwin really did have advanced ideas about the origin of life

Charles Darwin really did have advanced ideas about the origin of life

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 24

When Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species 150 years ago, he deliberately avoided the subject of the origin of life. This, coupled with the mention of the 'Creator' in the last paragraph of the book, ...


Research links evolution of fins and limbs with that of gills

Research links evolution of fins and limbs with that of gills

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The genetic toolkit that animals use to build fins and limbs is the same genetic toolkit that controls the development of part of the gill skeleton in sharks, according to research to be published in Proceedings of ...


A new chemical method for distinguishing between farmed and wild salmon

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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

Wild salmon and farmed salmon can now be distinguished from each other by a technique that examines the chemistry of their scales.


Newborns of South Asian and East Asian descent misclassified as underweight at birth: Study

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Babies of East Asian and South Asian descent are between two and three times more likely to be misclassified as underweight at birth when compared to their Canadian counterparts, according to a study led by St. Michael's ...


A newly discovered chemical weapon in poison frogs' arsenal

A newly discovered chemical weapon in poison frogs' arsenal

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research documents a surprising chemical weapon used by some Amazonian poison frogs. The study identified for the first time a family of poisons never before known to exist in these brightly colored creatures ...


How Chinese firms benefit from the diversity of foreign direct investment

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New research from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business shows that the diversity of foreign invested firms' national origin helps businesses in China benefit from foreign direct investment (FDI).


Anti-immigrant sentiment greater in California than Texas

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (March 2, 2009) California and Texas have the largest populations of Mexican immigrants in all of the United States. A recent study, published by SAGE in the January/February ...


Evolution axe goes on display

Evolution axe goes on display

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A flint hand axe that helped reveal the very ancient age of humankind goes on display at the Natural History Museum October 2009.


New study resolves the mysterious origin of Merkel cells

New study resolves the mysterious origin of Merkel cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study resolves a 130-year-old mystery over the developmental origin of specialized skin cells involved in touch sensation. The findings will appear in the October 5, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Bi ...


Obsidian 'trail' provides clues to how humans settled, interacted in Kuril Islands

Obsidian 'trail' provides clues to how humans settled, interacted in Kuril Islands

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists have used stone tools to answer many questions about human ancestors in both the distant and near past and now they are analyzing the origin of obsidian flakes to better understand ...



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