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Science & Tech News tagged with discovery

Scientists Zero in on Reason for Mammoths' Demise
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, discovery, mammoths, demise, interesting, investigation, research )

Simone
- 6 hours 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
- 23 hours 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
- 1 day 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
- 1 day 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
- 1 day 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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Treasure Trove of History Found at SugarHouse Site
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, archaeology, Native Americans, articles, ancient )

Lone
- 2 days ago - philly.com
Under a tent on the grounds of the future SugarHouse Casino, archaeologists sift through buckets of debris, picking out and bagging the choicest broken bits.
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One Night Only: Leonid Meteor Shower
Science & Tech  (tags: meteor shower, space, interesting, discovery, astronomy, scientists )

Lone
- 3 days ago - latimes.com
The annual Leonid meteor shower will make its one-night appearance over North America tonight. Viewing conditions should be excellent because the peak will occur after midnight, when the lights of metropolitan areas will be at
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New Clues Discovered to Detect Alien Planets
Science & Tech  (tags: Alien, Planet, Discovery, universe, Science )

Sophie
- 4 days ago - dailygalaxy.com
Finding alien worlds is an idea older than science-fiction itself. The problem is how planets are exceptionally difficult to spot at the best of times, what with being small dull rocks insanely far away,
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South Pole Explorers to Drill for Sir Ernest Shackleton's Whisky
Science & Tech  (tags: archaeology, interesting, history, discovery )

Marty
- 4 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Explorers are planning to recover a rare batch of whisky lost during explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated voyage to the South Pole a century ago.
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Glencoe Massacre Orders Displayed
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Marty
- 4 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A 300-year-old document which led to one of the most infamous episodes in Scottish history is to go on display.
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Where To Watch Tomorrow's Leonid Meteor Showers
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, discovery, environment, interesting, humans, science, research, space, news )

Daphna
- 5 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
The Leonid Meteor shower is back once again! The Leonids are an easily observed and frequent meteor shower. On November 16th and 17th 2009, the display is predicted to be exceptional at many locations. The Leonid Meteors appear to radiate from the constel
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Splash! NASA Moon Strikes Found Significant Water
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, discovery, water.moon, research, nasa, scientists )

Lone
- 7 days ago - chron.com
LOS ANGELES -- It turns out there's lots of water on the moon -- at least near the lunar south pole. The discovery announced Friday comes from an analysis of data
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Lakes of Antarctica Isolated for Millions of Years Discovered With New, Unknown Viruses
Science & Tech  (tags: science, technology, investigation, discovery, antarctica, viruses, environment, ancient )

Beatrice
- 9 days ago - dailygalaxy.com
Like a modern, micro version of The Thing, Antarctica's icy lakes have been discovered to house a surprisingly diverse community of viruses, including some that were previously unidentified. The finding could shed light on whether microbial life evolved
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Stone Age Humans Crossed Sahara in the Rain
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery, environment )

Marty
- 9 days ago - newscientist.com
Wet spells in the Sahara may have opened the door for early human migration. According to new evidence, water-dependent trees and shrubs grew there between 120,000 and 45,000 years ago. This suggests that changes in the weather helped early humans cross
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Vanished Persian Army Said Found in Desert
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 9 days ago - news.discovery.com
Bones, jewelry and weapons found in Egyptian desert may be the remains of Cambyses' army that vanished 2,500 years ago.
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National Medical Research Day: Celebrating the Importance of ARRA Funding for Iowa and Beyond
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