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Loud and lazy but didn't chew gum: Ancient koalas

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Skull fragments of prehistoric koalas from the Riversleigh rainforests of millions of year ago suggest they shared the modern koala's "lazy" lifestyle and ability to produce loud "bellowing" calls to attract mates and provide ...


Year's Best Gift Could Be A Job From Santa

Year's Best Gift Could Be A Job From Santa

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In this year's myriad discussions of stimulus and jobs programs, no one has yet publicly raised the idea to ask Santa Claus to take Christmas Eve off. Outsourcing his job by asking mere mortals to deliver ...


UNSW students sequence genome of the Wollemi Pine

UNSW students sequence genome of the Wollemi Pine

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UNSW students have sequenced the chloroplast genome of the ancient Wollemi Pine - a world first that could reveal how a "dinosaur" of the tree kingdom survived 200 million years of shifting ...


Christmas Tree

Scientists works to develop Christmas tree that doesn't shed needles

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After chasing the perfect Christmas tree for three decades, Gary Chastagner could be getting close.


Among Apes, Teeth Are Made for the Toughest Times (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The teeth of some apes are formed primarily to handle the most stressful times when food is scarce, according to new research performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The findings ...


Hubble's Festive View of a Grand Star-Forming Region (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just in time for the holidays: a Hubble Space Telescope picture postcard of hundreds of brilliant blue stars wreathed by warm, glowing clouds. The festive portrait is the most detailed view of the largest ...


Parents: Be mindful of hazardous holiday ornaments

Parents: Be mindful of hazardous holiday ornaments

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study from Children's Hospital Boston's Division of Emergency Medicine has found that holiday decorations, particularly glass ornaments, are one more safety hazard parents must consider during the season. ...


Does scent enhance consumer product memories?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It may seem odd to add scent to products like sewing thread, automobile tires, and tennis balls, as some companies have done. But a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says scent helps consumers remember produc ...


Nearly 100 new species described by California Academy of Sciences in 2009

Nearly 100 new species described by California Academy of Sciences in 2009

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In 2009, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 94 new relatives to our family tree. The new species include 65 arthropods, 14 plants, eight fishes, five sea slugs, one coral, and one fossil ...


Sucker-footed bats don't use suction after all

Sucker-footed bats don't use suction after all (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

There are approximately 1,200 species of bats worldwide. Of that total, only six are known to roost with their heads pointed upward. Investigators did not know why, because they knew next to nothing about ...



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