Researchers have discovered a species of extinct dolphin off the coast of South Carolina. …read more Source:: Science
Day: August 23, 2017
New microbe has potential to help rebalance Earth’s nitrogen cycle
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•Microbiologists have now provided unparalleled insight into the Earth’s nitrogen cycle, identifying and characterizing the ammonia-oxidizing microbe, Nitrospira inopinata. …read more Source:: Science
Confederate submarine crew killed by their own weapon
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•A powerful shockwave from the H.L. Hunley’s own weapon killed the crew of the Confederate combat submarine as it sunk a Union ship. This finding comes from a four-year research …read more Source:: Science
You and some ‘cavemen’ get a genetic checkup
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•Evolution has weeded out genetic variants associated with diseases for millennia and propagated variants that protect against ailments, a comparative genetics study shows. But in the last 500 to 1,000 …read more Source:: Science