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3.5 billion-year-old microbial mats in sedimentary rock found in Australia

Posted on June 16, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

Evidence of 3.5 billion-year-old bacterial ecosystems found in Australia Washington, D.C.— Reconstructing the rise of life during the…

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    Farside of the moon is like thick crust pizza with craters

    Posted on June 16, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    55-year old dark side of the moon mystery solved The Man in the Moon appeared when meteoroids struck the Earth-facing side of the moon…

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      New species of nocturnal primate has a toxic bite

      Posted on June 16, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      An international team of scientists studying the elusive nocturnal primate the slow loris in the jungles of Borneo have discovered an…

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        Mummy-making wasps discovered in Ecuador

        Posted on June 15, 2014October 31, 2023 by Sciworthy

        Some Ecuadorian tribes were famous for making mummified shrunken heads from the remains of their conquered foes. Field work in the cloud…

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          If all human-related deforestation of the tropics were to stop, the forests could absorb the equivalent of one-fifth of global emissions

          Posted on June 12, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

          Reducing deforestation in the tropics would significantly cut the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere – by as much as…

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            Increasing ocean temperatures means less zooplankton and therefore less fish

            Posted on June 11, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

            Phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass will decrease 6 percent and 11 percent due to climate change Sea surface temperature is expected to…

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              10,000 species of birds today thanks to incredible adaptive radiation in early dinosaur evolution

              Posted on June 10, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              Shrinking helped dinosaurs and birds to keep evolving A study that has ‘weighed’ hundreds of dinosaurs suggests that shrinking…

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                This genus of bushcricket is a living example of an ultrasonic speaker system

                Posted on June 10, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                In the rainforests of South America, scientists have discovered a new genus and three new species of insect with the highest ultrasonic…

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                  Ice is nice – new species of sea anemone that lives only on ice

                  Posted on June 9, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  Using a camera-equipped robot to explore beneath the Ross Ice Shelf off Antarctica, scientists and engineers with the Antarctic Geological…

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                    66-million-year-old snapshot of a forest just before the mass extinction of the dinosaurs

                    Posted on June 8, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    As far back as the time of the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago, forests recovered from fires in the same manner they do today, according to…

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