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DESCPYRQ5JD5When is a mammal really a reptile? When it is a Myotragus balearicus, of course! Although extinct, the discovery of a goat that was cold-blooded is a very interesting find. Myotragus balearicus lived on a Mediterranean island (now Majorca), with scarce resources, so they did what all good reptiles do – they adjusted their growth rate and metabolism.

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NASA has announced that they’ve discovered a large lunar ice field on the Earth’s Moon!
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A balloon-borne telescope has delivered video images of the sun’s bubbling, gassy surface in details we’ve never before been able to see.

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In a proposal reminiscent of Noah’s Ark, scientists plan to collect DNA sequences for 10,000 vertebrate species, approximately one for every vertebrate genus. The Genome 10K Project, or “genome zoo”, will be analyzed to reveal evolutionary changes that took place, leading to the species here today.

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The quest for the ability to grow back organs and limbs, the “holy grail” of regenerative medicine, took a giant leap forward recently. Physorg.com reported Tuesday that researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies recently identified an essential cellular pathway that unlocks certain gene expression patterns that are last seen in humans only during embryonic development. The source of this amazing new discovery? The zebrafish, a cousin to the minnow that is often found in aquariums.

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Izpisúa Belmonte, a professor in the Gene Expression Laboratory, (more…)

With more than 17,000 species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, all in danger of going extinct, it seems appropriate to gaze upon some incredible photos of nature’s beauty now and then.

Exotic Birds PICS –

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Yesterday National Geographic unveiled an exclusive video, “Secrets of Google’s 3-D Mars, Moon“. The video offers tips on getting the most of Google Earth’s Space features, and information on little known features found within the application. Featured in the video are two former NASA scientists who now work for Google: (more…)

The oldest known spider webs, approximately 140 million years old in fact, have been discovered preserved in amber. Despite the timing, with Halloween arriving and the close association of spider webs to the spooky holiday, this is no trick.

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In research conducted by Katie Liljenquist of Brigham Young University, Chen-Bo Zhong of the University of Toronto, and Adam Galinsky of Northwestern University, test clearly showed that people exposed to rooms with fresh, clean smells such as those freshly spritzed with Windex, were more fair and generous than people in normal-smelling rooms. Those who were in the clean-smelling rooms didn’t consciously remember the smell, but they proved to be more willing to share and donate than the groups in rooms that had not been spritzed.

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A team of researchers, including Dezhe Jin, assistant professor of physics at Penn State University and neuroscientists from MIT and Japan’s RIKEN Brain Science Institute have discovered that specific neurons in primate brains keep track of time. This knowledge could help in creating cures for diseases such as Parkinson’s, in which the ability to control the timing of movements is impaired.

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