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Origins
Origin & Evolution of Life
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A Hidden Symbiosis
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/26/12 |
| Scientists have discovered an unusual symbiosis between tiny single-celled algae and highly specialized bacteria in the ocean. |
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Organics on Ice
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/21/12 |
| In order to understand how life began on Earth, researchers are creating concoctions of organics on ice and zapping them with lasers. The study provides the first look at organic chemistry on icy particles in the frigid reaches of our solar system. |
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A Die-Off Before the Dinos
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/16/12 |
| Sixty-five million years ago, a mass extinction on Earth wiped out the dinosaurs. New research now indicates that a separate extinction event occurred shortly before that, triggered by volcanic eruptions that warmed the planet. |
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Giant Viruses Shake Up Tree of LIfe
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/15/12 |
| A new study of giant viruses supports the idea that viruses are ancient living organisms. The study could have important implications in our understanding of the origin and evolution of life on Earth. |
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Newer Isn't Necessarily Better
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/09/12 |
| A new study shows how tiny sea creatures called rhabdopleurids have survived for more than 500 million years and outlasted more elaborate species that descended from a common ancestor. |
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Dinosaur Tracks at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
08/26/12 |
| A paleontologist has confirmed that two nodosaurs walked through the campus of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. They left their prints sometime between 110 and 112 million years ago. |
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Life's First Taste of Phosphorus
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
08/23/12 |
| Phosphorus is vital to life on Earth, even though our planet doesn't provide life very much phosphorus to work with. Scientists are now studying how phosphorus biochemistry may have originated at the dawn of life. |
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The Water Hexamer
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
08/20/12 |
| A new study has uncovered fundamental details about the hexamer structures that make up the tiniest droplets of water. |
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Division of Labor and Multicellular Life
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
08/09/12 |
| A new study suggests that the increased efficiency of dividing tasks among different individuals may explain a key transition in evolutionary history, from single-celled to multi-celled organisms. |
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High Pressure Proteins
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
07/31/12 |
| By performing high-pressure studies of proteins, scientists are learning how deep-sea bacteria adapt to the environment in which they live. |
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