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After Mastodons and Mammoths, a Transformed Landscape
Science & Tech  (tags: Mastodon, mammoths, extinction, Ice Age )

Ingrid
- 23 hours ago - sciencedaily.com
Roughly 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, North America's vast assemblage of large animals -- including such iconic creatures as mammoths, mastodons, camels, horses, ground sloths and giant beavers ---
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The Real Rolling Stones: Mystery of Death Valley's Gliding Rocks
Science & Tech  (tags: Death Valley, rolling stones, desert, scientists, research, interesting )

Ingrid
- 1 day ago - dailymail.co.uk
These extraordinary pictures reveal a bizarre event that is puzzling the science world - rocks that glide across the desert.
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Frog Legs Trade May Facilitate Spread of Pathogens
Science & Tech  (tags: Frog legs, trade )

Ingrid
- 1 day ago - sciencedaily.com
Most countries throughout the world participate in the $40-million-per-year culinary trade of frog legs in some way, with 75 percent of frog legs consumed in France, Belgium and the United States.
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Gardener Finds Treasure in Her Back Garden
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 6 hours 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
- 4 hours 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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Top Climate Scientists Share Their Outlook
Science & Tech  (tags: Climate Change, climate, science, globalwarming, research, research, scientists, science, interesting )

David
- 12 hours ago - ft.com
While climate scientists agree the world is warming due to man's activities, there are still large areas of conflict, notably over how certain we can be about the predictions.
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How to Make Nano Solar Cells From Powdered Donuts (Video)
Science & Tech  (tags: energy, science, technology, design, interesting )

Daphna
- 3 hours ago - treehugger.com
It's friday and we know you need something to keep you busy for the weekend, so here's the perfect thing. As the efficiency (and business case) for nano-based solar technology continues to ascend, isn't time you got in the game? Don't worry, it's not as e
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US and China to Jointly Explore Space
Science & Tech  (tags: China, humans, interesting, manned spaceflight, nasa, news, science, US, space )

Dan
- 3 hours ago - space.com
Both nations announced they will cooperate in space exploration, including human spaceflight. The fastest way to put humans on asteroids and on Mars, as well as placing power-beaming satellites in orbit as described in the book Sunstroke by David Kagan.
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Brain Power: 'Size Isn't Everything'
Science & Tech  (tags: Neuroscience, studies, insects )

Maria
- 7 hours ago - abc.net.au
When it comes to brain power, it's the complexity of neuronal connections, rather than the size of the brain itself, that is most important, say scientists.
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First Human Stem Cell Trial Using IVF Embryos Will Treat Patients Facing Blindness
Science & Tech  (tags: blindness, Stem Cell Research, interesting )

Ingrid
- 18 minutes ago - dailymail.co.uk
Patients facing blindness with a rare and incurable eye disease are expected to become the first ever people to benefit from an embryonic stem-cell therapy.
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