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Origins
Origin & Evolution of Life
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Ancient Fish Gave Us a Hand
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
07/12/11 |
| New research shows that the genetic instructions for developing limbs were present in primitive fish millions of years before animals walked on land. The findings provide new insight into the mechanisms behind the evolution of life on our planet. |
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The Loudest Animal
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
07/05/11 |
| Scientists have determined the loudest animal on Earth. |
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Pigments of the Past
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
07/02/11 |
| Scientists are unearthing the appearance of ancient animals with the help of powerful X-rays. Trace metals in fossils are being used to determine the pigmentation patterns of creatures that have been dead for more than a hundred million years. The research is providing a unique look into the evolution of life on Earth. |
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Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
06/30/11 |
| Whether or not dinosaurs were slow and lumbering or quick and agile may have depended upon their blood. |
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Breathing Through the Eyes
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
06/24/11 |
| New research is providing information about the evolutionary feats of avian retinas. |
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Can Humans Sense Earth's Magnetism?
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
06/23/11 |
| A protein expressed in the human retina is able to sense magnetic fields when implanted into fruit flies. The finding is reopening an area of sensory biology in humans. |
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Life Between Snowball Earths
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
06/19/11 |
| Hundreds of microscopic fossils show that organisms emerging after an ancient glaciation evolved tough exteriors to weather the frozen climate. |
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Why We Don't See in Infrared
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
06/13/11 |
| New research shows that light-capturing pigment molecules in photoreceptors can occasionally be triggered by heat - giving the false impression that our eyes have captured photons, when in reality they haven't |
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