 Pterosaurs couldn't soar, says expert October 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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A Japanese researcher has put paleo-biologists in a flap by suggesting pterosaurs -- the winged lizards beloved of toymakers and dino movies -- were unable to fly, New Scientist says. | |
 Study says eyes evolved for X-Ray vision August 28, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 189 vote(s)
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The advantage of using two eyes to see the world around us has long been associated solely with our capacity to see in 3-D. Now, a new study from a scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has uncovered ... | |
Study casts doubt on creationism October 24, 2007 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 64 vote(s)
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The St Bernard dog – named after the 11th century priest Bernard of Menthon – may have ironically challenged the theory of creationism, say scientists. | |
Natural selection may not produce the best organisms July 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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"Survival of the fittest" is the catch phrase of evolution by natural selection. While natural selection favors the most fit organisms around, evolutionary biologists have long wondered whether this leads to the best possible ... | |
 Scientists Develop New Method to Investigate Origin of Life September 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Penn State have developed a new computational method that they say will help them to understand how life began on Earth. The team's method has the potential to trace the evolutionary ... | |
 A New Way to Think About Earth's First Cells June 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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A team of researchers at Harvard University have modeled in the laboratory a primitive cell, or protocell, that is capable of building, copying and containing DNA. | |
Algae: Biofuel of the future? August 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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University of Virginia researchers have a plan to greatly increase algae oil yields by feeding the algae extra carbon dioxide (the main greenhouse gas) and organic material like sewage, meaning the algae could simultaneously ... | |
Researchers find animal with ability to survive climate change September 24, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Queen's researchers have found that the main source of food for many fish - including cod - in the North Atlantic appears to adapt in order to survive climate change. | |
 Why Are Pygmies Short? December 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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The question is controversial. Traditional explanations attribute pygmies' small stature to minimizing caloric requirements and walking in dense forests. However, a new study by researchers at the University ... | |
 New source for biofuels discovered April 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 70 vote(s)
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A newly created microbe produces cellulose that can be turned into ethanol and other biofuels, report scientists from The University of Texas at Austin who say the microbe could provide a significant portion ... | |
Study shows male homosexuality can be explained through a specific model of Darwinian evolution June 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Reporting in this week's PLoS ONE, an Italian research team, consisting of Andrea Camperio Ciani and Giovanni Zanzotto at the University of Padova and Paolo Cermelli at the University of Torino, found that the evolutionary ... | |
Scientists discover why flies are so hard to swat August 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 111 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past two decades, Michael Dickinson has been interviewed by reporters hundreds of times about his research on the biomechanics of insect flight. One question from the press has always dogged him: ... | |
 Global warming affects world's largest freshwater lake May 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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Russian and American scientists have discovered that the rising temperature of the world's largest lake, located in frigid Siberia, shows that this region is responding strongly to global warming. | |
Evidence of evolutionary selection found in 544 genes September 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By comparing the genomes of humans and five other mammals, Cornell researchers have identified 544 genes that have been shaped by positive selection over millions of years of evolution. | |
 New hypothesis for origin of life proposed December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 100 vote(s)
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Life may have begun in the protected spaces inside of layers of the mineral mica, in ancient oceans, according to a new hypothesis. | |
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