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Behavior of Marine Plankton may Forecast Future Extinctions
Marine communities traveled to Antarctica during the Earth’s warmest phase in 66 million years, long before a major extinction occurred. During the Early Eocene Climatic…
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200,000 Years Ago, Two Species Interbred to Generate a New Butterfly Species
Researchers discovered that the Amazonian butterfly is a hybrid species created by two different species mated together about 200,000 years ago. The discovery, made by…
Environment
By Mid-century, Climate Change could be the Primary cause of Biodiversity Loss
According to a massive multi-model study published in Science, land-use change alone has caused a 2% to 11% decrease in global biodiversity throughout the twentieth…
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During the Evolution of Walking, the Hip Bone linked to the Rib Bones
A new reconstruction of the 375-million-year-old fossil fish Tiktaalik, a close relative of limbed vertebrates, utilizes micro-CT to uncover bones that remained trapped in matrix.…
Biology
Scientists uncover Genetics behind the Genesis of Gliding
Researchers explain the genomic and developmental origins of the patagium, a thin skin membrane that permits some mammalian species to fly through the air. People…
Biology
Discovering New Species of Australia and New Guinea’s Massive Fossil Kangaroos
Palaeontologists at Flinders University have described three strange new species of huge fossil kangaroos from Australia and New Guinea, revealing that they are more diversified…
Biology
Paleontologists discovered what could be the Largest known Marine Reptile
The fossilized remnants of a second massive jawbone measuring more than two meters long were discovered on a beach in Somerset, UK. Experts have recognized…
Health
Researchers Investigate how we Experience Bitter Tastes
A new study has revealed the precise protein structure of the TAS2R14, a bitter taste receptor that allows us to sense bitter tastes. In addition…
Geography
Researchers discovered the Oldest Undisputed evidence of Earth’s Magnetic Field
A new study sponsored by the University of Oxford and MIT has recovered a 3.7-billion-year-old record of Earth’s magnetic field, which looks to be quite…
Biology
Vitamin D modifies Mouse Gut Flora to enhance Cancer Immunity
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Aalborg University in Denmark discovered that…
Biology
Fossil Frogs’ Skincare Secrets
Paleontologists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have answered a century-old riddle about how some fossil frogs keep their fleshy parts: it’s all down…
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Finding a New Defender for the Liver – the Function of Resident Macrophages
Researchers at Osaka University discovered that liver resident macrophages play an important role in protecting against gut bacteria and associated chemicals entering the portal vein,…
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