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Underground Lab May Solve Cosmic Mystery
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, interesting, discovery, dark matter, nasa, study, technology, scientists, universe, Big Bang, neutrinos, SNOLAB )

Michael
- 6 days ago - cbc.ca
A new astronomical observatory opened this week - one more than 2 kilometres below the ground in Sudbury, ON, Canada - that may finally answer the mystery of Dark Matter in the universe.
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Largest Crocodile Ever Lived In Africa, Crocodylus Thorbjarnarsoni Fossils Suggest
Science & Tech  (tags: Steve Irwin's crocs, largest, croc species, africa, scientists, investigation, discovery, video )

BarbCat
- 17 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Scientists have announced the discovery of a newfound crocodile species that may have been the largest to ever roam the Earth. The colossal reptiles trolled East African waters between 4 million and 2 million years ago, and may have snacked on human....
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The Limits to Environmentalism
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, computers, environment, health, history, humans, investigation, NewTechnology, research, science, scientists, society, technology )

Kit
- 22 days ago - blogs.discovermagazine.com
If you were cryogenically frozen in the early 1970s, like Woody Allen was in Sleeper, and brought back to life today, you would obviously find much changed about the world.
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Human Races May Have Biological Meaning, But Races Mean Nothing About Humanity
Science & Tech  (tags: archaeology, concept, discovery, environment, history, humans, investigation, research, science, scientists, society, study, world )

Kit
- 23 days ago - blogs.discovermagazine.com
Like Charles Darwin, today's scholars have concluded that humans are fundamentally an African species. But unlike Darwin they conclude from this that there is a biological, essential unity of humankind, such that talk of "civilized" and "savage" is->
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Oldest Human Ancestor Found in Lake Sludge
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, humans, world, water, research, science, nature, environment, animals, humans, science, scientists, study, research, world, interesting, humans, discovery, ancient )

Britt
- 26 days ago - news.discovery.com
A microscopic algae-eater that lives in a lake in Norway may be one of the world's oldest organisms.
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Arctic Marine Mammals and Fish Populations on the Rise
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, oceans, wildlife, world, water, science, animals, animalwelfare, AnimalWelfare, wildlife, wildanimals, scientists, science, study, research, world, discovery )

Britt
- 31 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Arctic marine mammals and fish populations are on the rise, according to a report released on Monday by the the Arctic Council's biodiversity working group at a Montreal conference.
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Ravens Remember and Greet You Accordingly
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, wildlife, wildlife, wildanimals, animals, animalwelfare, AnimalWelfare, science, scientists, study, discovery )

Britt
- 32 days ago - news.discovery.com
When you go outside, do the birds sound happy or angry when they see you? New research has found that at least one group of birds, ravens, remembers prior interactions with people and varies calls based on those earlier experiences.
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Astronauts Condemn NASA's Global Warming Endorsement
Science & Tech  (tags: global warming, climate, science, scientists, NASA, environment, astronauts )

Carol
- 40 days ago - washingtonexaminer.com
In an unprecedented slap at NASA's endorsement of global warming science, nearly 50 former astronauts & scientists--including the ex-boss of the Johnson Space Center--claim the agency is on the wrong side of science.
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Distant Galaxies Confirm Accelerating Growth of Universe, Dark Energy
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, computers, concept, discovery, investigation, NewTechnology, research, scientists, space, study )

Kit
- 42 days ago - livescience.com
The pesky reality that the universe's expansion is accelerating -- an observation that prompted astronomers to invoke an unknown entity called dark energy to explain it -- has been further confirmed by new measurements.
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Deadly, Bat-Killing Epidemic Came From Europe
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, AnimalWelfare, environment, suffering, killing, society, wildlife, wildanimals, science, scientists, research )

Britt
- 42 days ago - news.discovery.com
A fungus that has caused the deaths of millions of bats may have traveled here on the bottom of a shoe or on animal stowaways.
15 comments
Manatee Mystery: Why Can't They Avoid Speedboats?
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, nature, oceans, wildlife, habitat, humans, animals, animalwelfare, AnimalWelfare, wildlife, wildanimals, environment, scientists, science )

Britt
- 43 days ago - news.discovery.com
The sea cows have good hearing but may be less aware of sounds when they're sleeping.
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Researchers Create Solar Battery Thin Enough To Wrap Around A Hair
Science & Tech  (tags: research, scientists, solar battery, thinnest, lightest, University of Tokyo, Johannes Kepler University, Japan, Austria )

Naoko
- 50 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
Researchers from the University of Tokyo and Austria's Johannes Kepler University have created the wolrd's thinnest and lightest solar battery.
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Butterfly Wings and Renewable Energy
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, investigation, energy, discovery, design, NewTechnology, scientists )

Organic
- 57 days ago - organicconnectmag.com
Scientists have found that one of the solutions to increased efficiency of renewable solar energy has been fluttering right before our very eyes for millions of years--in the wings of butterflies.
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