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Science & Tech News tagged with Discovery

Museum Is Displaying Treasures of the Other Evolution Pioneer
Science & Tech  (tags: evolution, discovery, Alfred Russel Wallace, natural selection, darwin )

Nancy
- 6 hours ago - nytimes.com
One day in spring 1979, Robert E. Heggestad walked into a small antique shop in Arlington, Va. Mr. Heggestad, a young lawyer from Iowa, was looking for Chinese carpets. The selection of rugs in the small back room was disappointing,
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1,500-Year-Old Girl Is Reconstructed
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 6 hours ago - joongangdaily.joins.com
She was probably 16 years old and had a wide, flat Asian face, a long neck and a slim figure. The girl died 1,500 years ago. But now she's reborn - well, partially, at least.
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Could Jupiter Moon Harbor Fish-Size Life?
Science & Tech  (tags: moon, ocean, fish, discovery, interesting, science, space )

Angela
- 1 day ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
In the oceans of a moon hundreds of millions of miles from the sun, something fishy may be alive--right now.
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Cassini's Big Sky: View From the Center of Our Solar System
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, computers, design, discovery, interesting, internet, nasa, news, NewTechnology, research, scientists, science, space, study, tech, technology, world, concept, humans )

PinkMindy
- 2 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Cassini recently revealed new data that appeared to overturn the decades-old belief that our solar system resembled a comet in shape as it moves through the interstellar medium (the matter between stars in our corner of the Milky Way galaxy).
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Bird of Fragile Beauty May Soon Perch on Heritage List
Science & Tech  (tags: archaeology, history, discovery, interesting )

Marty
- 2 days ago - standard.net.au
FLAGSTAFF Hill's famous Loch Ard Peacock may soon be recognised as a state treasure if its nomination for the Victorian Heritage Register is approved.
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NEW SPECIES PICTURES: Deep-Sea
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, new species, science, interesting, ocean thermal energy conversion )

Angela
- 2 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
A newfound creature nicknamed "Dumbo" (pictured) may look like it's all ears--but the protrusions are actually fins that help propel the animal through the darkness 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) under the sea.
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25 Everyday Technologies That Came From NASA
Science & Tech  (tags: Science, Technology, NASA, Discovery )

Sophie
- 2 days ago - onlinesciencedegrees.net
Many people do not realize that everything from toys to sunglasses and even horseshoes have benefitted from technologies originally intended for astronauts, shuttle flights, and other elements of space exploration.
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Biodiversity Loss Is Earth's 'Immense and Hidden' Tragedy, Darwin's 'Natural Heir' Warns
Science & Tech  (tags: biodversity, earths loss, studies, darwin natural heir, discovery, environment, research, habitat )

Simone
- 4 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Problem of biodiversity loss has been 'eased off centre stage' by focus on climate change, according to Prof Edward Wilson, the ecologist described as 'Darwin's natural heir'
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Gardener Finds Treasure in Her Back Garden
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 4 days ago - lep.co.uk
Mrs Chapman was stunned when she went to prepare some soil for new plants, and discovered a metal decorative ring buried in the mud at the bottom of the garden.
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Did We Wipe Out the Prehistoric Hobbit Man?
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery, humans, interesting, investigation, scientists, research )

Daphna
- 6 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
A race of intelligent, diminutive hominids co-existing alongside humanity in South-East Asia? In the year 2003, a creature from mythology stepped out of the shadows and into the cold, hard light of science when an archaeological dig revealed what ap
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Scientists Zero in on Reason for Mammoths' Demise
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, discovery, mammoths, demise, interesting, investigation, research )

Simone
- 6 days ago - latimes.com
About 15,000 years ago, North America was home to an astonishing number of large plant-eating mammals -- giant sloths, mastodons, mammoths. A thousand years later, they were all gone, wiped from the face of the Earth with sudden finality. Scientists
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U. of C.'s Sereno Unveils Ancient Crocodile Fossils
Science & Tech  (tags: crocodile, fossils, found, 110 million yrs. old, interesting, archaeology, ancient, discovery )

Lone
- 7 days ago - chicagotribune.com
Crocodiles may have a nasty, nightmarish reputation among most people, but the leathery, snappish critters have been around so long that they probably gave most dinosaurs a fright, too
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Breakthrough Technology Converts CO2 to Ethanol Without Biomass
Science & Tech  (tags: concept, discovery, energy, environment, humans, investigation, NewTechnology, research, science, scientists, world )

Daphna
- 7 days ago - greenlivingideas.com
Producing fuel out of thin air sounds like a pipe dream, but a new process from a biofuel company promises to be able to turn CO2 and sunlight into fuel, bypassing the current need for large amounts of agricultural land and water to produce biomass feedst
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Investigates the Sun's Cycle of Highs and Lows
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, computer, concept, discovery, energy, interesting, nasa, NewTechnology, news, research, scientists, science, space, study, technology, world )

PinkMindy
- 7 days ago - astronomy.com
How intense will the next solar cycle be? Can we predict when a violent solar storm will blast Earth with energetic particles? Could a prolonged period of inactivity on the sun plunge Earth into a prolonged winter?
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National Medical Research Day: Celebrating the Importance of ARRA Funding for Iowa and Beyond
Science & Tech  (tags: science, medicine, health, research, humans, non humans, discovery, illness, disease, healthcare, prevention, protection, treatment, medicine )

Dee
- 8 days ago - icts.uiowa.edu
National Medical Research Day, sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges, was held on October 21, 2009. The event celebrated the importance and impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and biomedical research.
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