An algorithm akin to the annoyingly helpful one that attempts to auto-complete text messages and emails is now being harnessed for a better cause. A group of researchers are using …read more Source:: Science
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Ancient animal species: Fossils dating back 550 million years among first animal trails
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•A geoscientist calls the unearthed fossils, including the bodies and trails left by an ancient animal species, the most convincing sign of ancient animal mobility, dating back about 550 million …read more Source:: Science
Mosquito ‘spit glands’ hold key to curbing malaria, study shows
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•Mosquitoes can harbor thousands of malaria-causing parasites in their bodies, yet while slurping blood from a victim, they transmit just a tiny fraction of them. In an effort to define …read more Source:: Science
Earliest life may have arisen in ponds, not oceans
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•Primitive ponds may have provided a suitable environment for brewing up Earth’s first life forms, more so than oceans, a new study finds. Researchers report that shallow bodies of water, …read more Source:: Science
Missing-link in planet evolution found
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•For the first time ever, astronomers have detected a 1.3 km radius body at the edge of the Solar System. Kilometer sized bodies like the one discovered have been predicted …read more Source:: Science
Scientists decipher the magma bodies under Yellowstone
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•Using supercomputer modeling, scientists have unveiled a new explanation for the geology underlying recent seismic imaging of magma bodies below Yellowstone National Park. …read more Source:: Science
The ocean is losing its breath — here’s the global scope
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•In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen has gone up more than fourfold. In coastal water bodies, including estuaries and seas, …read more Source:: Science
The volatile processes that shaped Earth
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•Although it is widely understood that Earth was formed gradually, from much smaller bodies, many of the processes involved in shaping our growing planet are less clear. Astronomers have now …read more Source:: Science
Sea spiders move oxygen with pumping guts (not hearts)
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•To keep blood and oxygen flowing throughout their bodies, most animals depend on a beating heart. But researchers have discovered that sea spiders use a strange alternative: they move blood …read more Source:: Science
Portions of the brain fall asleep and wake back up all the time
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•When we are in a deep slumber our brain’s activity ebbs and flows in big, obvious waves, like watching a tide of human bodies rise up and sit down around …read more Source:: Science