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Earliest T. Rex Was Tiny

Friday, September 18th, 2009 - 09:18:53 - Anuradha Menon

If dinosaur evolution were an Austin Powers movie, T. rex would be Dr. Evil. And today scientists unveiled Mini-Me. But in this case, it was the tiny...

'Death Stench' - Universal Ancient Warning

Sunday, September 13th, 2009 - 14:02:25 - Ehud Rattner

The smell of recent death or injury that repels living relatives of insects has been identified as a truly ancient signal that functions to avoid...

The DNA Instruction Manual
Monday, September 7th, 2009 - Anuradha Menon
Code for Life: Beginning more than three and a half billion years ago, a tiny, primitive molecule encoded instructions deep...

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Acclerating Evolution

Monday, July 27th, 2009 - 19:38:11 - Ehud Rattner

If humans want to persuade microbes to produce vast quantities of fuels or pharmaceuticals, we may need to give evolution a helping hand. A new...

Century-Old Eggs Brought to Life

Monday, July 20th, 2009 - 13:59:22 - Ehud Rattner

Suspending a life in time is a theme that normally finds itself in the pages of science fiction, but now such ideas have become a reality in the...

Creatures from the Ocean Depths
Monday, July 6th, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili
The deep sea, or deep layer, is the lowest layer in the ocean, existing below the thermocline, at a depth of 1000 fathoms...

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New Fossil Primate Challenges 'Missing Link'

Sunday, July 5th, 2009 - 16:06:06 - Ehud Rattner

Remember Ida? It's been just a month since the fossil primate made her debut on the History Channel where she was called a "missing link" between...

Secret of Scotland's Shrinking Sheep Solved

Sunday, July 5th, 2009 - 09:50:12 - Ehud Rattner

Call it the case of the shrinking sheep. On the remote Scottish island of Hirta, sheep have been getting smaller, shrinking an average of 5% over the...

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