A new Hubble Space Telescope image shows a firestorm of star birth lighting up one end of the diminutive galaxy Kiso 5639. The dwarf galaxy is shaped like a flattened …read more Source:: Science
Day: June 28, 2016
Early bird wings preserved in Burmese amber
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•Thousands of remarkable fossil birds from the time of the dinosaurs have been uncovered in China. However, most of these fossils are flattened in the rock, even though they commonly …read more Source:: Science
Pipelines affect health, fitness of salmon, study finds
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•Pipelines carrying crude oil to ports in British Columbia may spell bad news for salmon, according to a new study. Exposure to an oil sands product — diluted bitumen — …read more Source:: Science
Biologists explain function of Pentagone
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•How do the cells in a human embryo know where they are located in the body and how they should develop? Why do certain cells form a finger while others …read more Source:: Science
Previously unknown global ecological disaster discovered
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•There have been several mass extinctions in the history of the earth with adverse consequences for the environment. Researchers have now uncovered another disaster that took place around 250 million …read more Source:: Science
Lionfish invading the Mediterranean Sea
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•Rising sea temperatures in the Mediterranean are encouraging alien lionfish species to invade and colonize new territories with potentially serious ecological and socioeconomic impacts. …read more Source:: Science
Meet RobERt, the dreaming detective for exoplanet atmospheres
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•Machine-learning techniques that mimic human recognition and dreaming processes are being deployed in the search for habitable worlds beyond our solar system. A deep belief neural network, called RobERt (Robotic …read more Source:: Science
Moon discovered over dwarf planet Makemake in the Kuiper Belt
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•Scientists have discovered an elusive, dark moon orbiting Makemake, one of the ‘big four’ dwarf planets populating the Kuiper Belt region at the edge of our solar system. …read more Source:: Science