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Communicating on the Ocean Floor
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/09/11 |
| Summary: A new study shows that individual shrimp on the ocean floor may have their own, unique 'voice.' |
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Volcanic Pumice as Rafts of Life
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/04/11 |
| Summary: A new study shows that volcanic pumice may have played a significant role in the origins of life on Earth. Pumice has a unique set of properties that may have made it an ideal habitat for early organisms. |
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Coral and Algae Partner for Sun Protection
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/03/11 |
| Summary: Researchers have discovered how coral produces natural sunscreen compounds. The findings shed new light on how life can adapt to survive in varied environments. |
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A Fish that Leaps to Land
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/02/11 |
| Summary: A study detailing the social life of a unique, leaping fish may help scientists understand how the first animal life colonized the land. |
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Milestone in Mammal Evolution
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
08/29/11 |
| Summary: Scientists have discovered a new fossil that fills an important gap in the fossil record and sheds new light on the evolution of mammals. |
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New Candidate for Oldest Fossils
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
08/24/11 |
| Summary: Researchers have found what could be the oldest microbial fossils yet documented. The traces, discovered in 3.4-billion-year-old Australian rocks, might help to resolve the question of when cellular life arose, and how it produced energy. |
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Amino Acid Alphabet Soup
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
08/18/11 |
| Summary: All life on Earth relies on a standard set of 20 amino acids to build the proteins that carry out life's essential actions. But did it have to be this way? |
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Galactic Graphene
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
08/17/11 |
| Summary: NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted graphene in space. If confirmed, it would be the first-ever cosmic detection of the unique, chicken-wire-like material. Graphene is composed of carbon and has many industrial applications on Earth. Studying carbon in space may also hold clues about how life on Earth developed. |
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How Simple Life Got Complicated?
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
08/13/11 |
| Summary: New research shows how single-celled organisms may have initially banded together into multicellular groups. |
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A Simple Solution to Life's Origin
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
08/12/11 |
| Summary: A new study shows how a relatively simple combination of naturally occurring sugars and amino acids offers a plausible route to the building blocks of life. |
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