Around_the_Web – Page 90

Earth Life May Have Come From Fragments of Other Planets
By the Editor on September 25, 2012
Microorganisms that crashed to Earth embedded in the fragments of distant planets might have been the sprouts of life...
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Ocean Bacteria Colonized Land 2.75 Billion Years Ago
By the Editor on September 25, 2012
Researchers at the University of Washington have determined that “some” microbial life migrated from the Earth’s oceans to land...
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Chart the Universe
By the Editor on September 25, 2012
Astronomers in Germany have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm to help them chart and explain the structure and dynamics...
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3D Scan Tracks Unborn Chimp’s Brain for the First Time
By the Editor on September 25, 2012
Chimps may be similar to us in many ways but they can’t compete when it comes to brain size....
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Climate Change Will Shift Marine Predators’ Habitat
By the Editor on September 25, 2012
The top ocean predators in the North Pacific could lose as much as 35% of their habitat by the...
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Why Curiosity Matters
By the Editor on September 24, 2012
Adam Steltzner is a rocker-turned-NASA engineer who helped take the country’s cool new Curiosity rover to the surface of...
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Humongous, Gassy Halo Found Surrounding Milky Way
By the Editor on September 24, 2012
Our galaxy — and the nearby Large and Small Magellanic Clouds as well — appears to be surrounded by...
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Bill Nye: Creationism Threatens U.S. Science
By the Editor on September 24, 2012
The man known to a generation of Americans as “The Science Guy” is condemning efforts by some Christian groups...
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When Knowledge Explodes
By the Editor on September 24, 2012
We like to believe that more information allows us to make more informed decisions, to be more knowledgeable. That's...
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What Will Ice-Free Arctic Summers Bring?
By the Editor on September 24, 2012
On Sunday, September 16, the sun did not rise above the horizon in the Arctic. Nevertheless enough of the...
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