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An internationally recognized water and climate change expert admitted yesterday that he lied about his identity to obtain internal funding and strategy documents from the Heartland Institute. [More]
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Extinction Looms for Rare Frog Species, Now Down to One Individual
And then there was one. The last known Rabb’s fringe-limbed tree frog ( Ecnomiohyla rabborum ) now lives by himself at Zoo Atlanta in Georgia after the zoo euthanized the only other member of its species
Fossilized, ‘Pompeii’ Forest Discovered Under Ash
About 300 million years ago, volcanic ash buried a tropical forest located in what is now Inner Mongolia, much like it did the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. [More]
Smoking Messes Mouth Bacterial Community
It's no secret cigarettes can yellow your teeth. But tobacco smoke has another, unseen effect. It can wipe out the healthy bacteria in your mouth, leaving the field open for pathogenic bugs–like the kind that cause gum disease
Alex the Parrot’s Posthumous Paper Shows His Mathematical Genius
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Co-oppulation: Sometimes It Takes More Than 2 to Tango [Slide Show]
Dawn Higginson thought it was strange when she learned that some diving beetles produce sperm that fuse together at the head like Siamese twins. But when the postdoctoral researcher from the University of Arizona began asking why such conjugate gametes form, things only got even stranger. The sperm of the diving beetle, which gets its name from its ability to swim underwater, occur in many shapes and forms
King Tides May Help Prepare Californians to Cope with Rising Sea Levels
STINSON BEACH, Calif. — The Pacific Ocean laps against a seaside property in the small Northern California town.
Staph Turns into Drug-Resistant Superbug on Farms
Image courtesy of iStockphoto/vladacanon Scary antibiotic-resistant infections aren’t just lurking in the hospital anymore. They’re in gyms, at the beach , and increasingly, on the farm. [More]
Transistor Shrunk Down to Scale of Single Phosphorus Atom
Scanning tunnelling microscope image of a silicon surface lithographically prepared for two electrodes and a single transistor atom in the center. Credit: ARC Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication, at UNSW The shift from fragile, bulky vacuum tubes to solid-state transistors paved the way for the information age. And the steady downsizing of transistors has made the devices of the information age ubiquitous, thanks to processors that become smaller, cheaper and faster with each passing year.
