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Bizarre New Horned Tyrannosaur From Asia Described

October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently published the findings of a new unordinary fossil. The discovery is believed to be a type of tyrannosaurs. Apparently archaeologists did not realize how many different kinds of tyrannosaurs there were. A graduate student affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History says that “Not all [...]

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Scientists Discover Largest Orb-weaving Spider

October 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

     A  few researchers from the Untied States and Slovenia have found a big Nephila species from Africa and Madagascar. The new species are the biggest orb weaver known. the females of these species are the only one that are giant. they can get to be as big as 1.5 inches long and with a [...]

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Wasp Show the Ability to Alter Their Brain’s Architecture

October 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Wasps may seem like a tiny little creature and you may think nothing much about them. They are puny little animals with a brain the size of two grains of sand. Though you shouldn’t underestimate the brain power of the wasps. Scientists have been studying the brain of the wasp and have discovered they have [...]

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The Physics Of A Bump In A Rug

October 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Apparently there is physics involved in a bump in a rug. The scientists have used their studies of bumps in a rug to apply it to other more important things. It can be used to explain how certain defects in a crystal move, the way tectonic plates move,  how cell membranes slide, and how inchworms [...]

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Computers Faster Only for 75 More Years

October 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Physicists have determined that eventually computers are not going to be able to be made any faster. Computer speed has been steadily increasing, but, can only reach a certain speed. That speed will be reached before the end of 75 years. To read the full article click here. This is an important discovery to know. [...]

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Chimps Trained To Enable Keepers To Take DNA Samples With Cheek Swabs

September 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

“As the University of Leicester approaches the 25th anniversary of the discovery of DNA fingerprinting (September 10), Leicester geneticists interested in a particular type of DNA are receiving some help from an unusual band of assistants.” Dr. Richard badge is study the DNA of chimps at a zoo trying to see if evolution could exist. [...]

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Turtles and their babies threatened by us!!!

September 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

  Well as we don’t know yet we have been harming our turtles and their babies. We have been threatening them because we try to put signs and nets but no one listens. Even when they say they  are about to be ext inced we just don’t seem to get the message through our  heads. Poachers have [...]

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A robot in the ocean?

September 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

              Scientists are always creating new robots for different jobs. One of the newest robots has been made to travel across the sea floor. Many scientists, engineers, and marine biologists have worked on this robot for four years. The robots name is Benthic Rover. This robot moves along the ocean floor taking pictures and measuring [...]

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What do Health, Climate, Ecosystems and Financial Markets Have in Common?

September 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

           Though these terms may seem different, they all have one common factor: change.  The shift in the above are all proving to be warning signs of a drastic change in our world. Also, they are all slowly reaching there “tipping point,” because they are shifting so suddenly. The current state of these things are exceeding [...]

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Crocodiles talk in their eggs

September 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Scientists have done research, proving that crocodiles communicate while still in their eggs. Just before they hatch they talk to each other. Scientists were puzzled why the crocodiles communicate before they even hatch. They thought of a few ideas, the main idea they came up all together, so that the mother can take them all [...]

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