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Origins
Origin & Evolution of Life
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The Surprising Complexity of LUCA
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
10/08/11 |
| New research indicates that the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) of life on Earth had a structure that would be recognizable as a cell. |
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Reef Recovery After Mass Extinction
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
10/02/11 |
| New research shows that reefs recovered faster than previously thought after Earth's largest mass extinction. |
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Video Shows Tool-Use by a Fish
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
10/01/11 |
| Scientists have captured the first video of tool use by a fish. The orange-dotted tuskfish was caught on film throwing a clam against a rock to crush it. Tool-use may be a deep-seated behavioral trait that evolved in wrasses, one of the largest and most diverse families of marine fishes. |
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When Water Becomes Glass
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/27/11 |
| New research may help explain the physical properties of 'glassy water.' |
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DNA's Hidden Code
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/26/11 |
| A "hidden" code linked to the DNA of plants allows them to develop and pass down new biological traits far more rapidly than previously thought. |
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Sequencing the Dark Matter of Life
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/20/11 |
| Scientists have developed a method to analyze the genomes of thousands of bacteria species that cannot be cultured in a laboratory. Because the majority of bacteria on Earth are 'un-cultureable', the breakthrough could provide a vast amount of new data about life on Earth. |
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How Continents Shaped Civilization
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/20/11 |
| Using advanced genetic analysis techniques, biologists are uncovering new information about how modern-day humans dispersed on Earth and brought with them civilization-changing technologies. |
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The Ice Age Giants
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/11/11 |
| Scientists have discovered the fossil of a primitive woolly rhino in Tibet. The discovery suggests that some giant mammals first evolved there before the beginning of the Ice Age. |
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Fossil Could be the Oldest Human Ancestor
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/10/11 |
| Researchers have revealed new information about the brain, pelvis, hands and feet of a primitive homonin that existed around the same time as early Homo species. |
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