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Family Walks on All Fours, May Offer Evolution Insight, Experts Say
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Amanda
- 1111 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Five adult siblings who can walk only on all fours have been found in Turkey, researchers say. These human quadrupeds may provide clues to how humans evolved to stand on two feet.
Sea Urchin Genome Reveals Striking Similarities to Humans
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Amanda
- 1111 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Scientists already knew that the creatures, which resemble underwater hedgehogs, are one of only a few invertebrates (animals without backbones) on the human branch of the evolutionary tree.
Monster "Hurricane" Spotted on Saturn
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Amanda
- 1111 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
ust as people from North Carolina to the Yucatán Peninsula are heaving sighs of relief over this year's dwindling--and relatively light--Atlantic hurricane season, scientists have discovered the biggest cyclone ever seen, several worlds away.
Solar Wind Particles Solve Lunar Mystery
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Amanda
- 1111 days ago - space.newscientist.com
Trace chemicals ejected from the Sun and collected by NASA's Genesis mission have solved a long-standing lunar mystery that threatened to rewrite our understanding of how the Sun evolved.
Space Elevators: 'First Floor, Deadly Radiation!'
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Amanda
- 1111 days ago - space.newscientist.com
Space elevators are touted as a novel and cheap way to get cargo, and possibly people, into space one day.
Fleet of Probes Enlisted to Contact Silent Mars Orbiter
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Amanda
- 1111 days ago - space.newscientist.com
NASA may call on its fleet of Martian probes - including the twin rovers - to come to the aid of its Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, which has not called home in more than a week.
Space Mirrors Could Create Earth-Like Haven on Mars
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Amanda
- 1111 days ago - space.newscientist.com
Mirrors in orbit around Mars could create Earth-like conditions on a small patch of the planet's surface, according to a NASA-funded study.
Artificial Earthquake Batters Replica House
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Amanda
- 1111 days ago - newscientisttech.com
A simulated 6.7-magnitude earthquake was set off in a New York laboratory on Tuesday to test how a house would stand up to the shaking.
Unruly Star May Be Swallowing Embryonic Planets
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Amanda
- 1111 days ago - space.newscientist.com
A rare outburst from an infant star suggests the star may be swallowing embryonic planets.
Neanderthals Have Genome Chunk Sequenced
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Amanda
- 1111 days ago - newscientist.com
What are the genetic changes that set us apart from our Neanderthal cousins? Although the ancient race is long extinct, we may soon know the answers.
 
 
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