Based on careful study of fossilized teeth, scientists have found that multiple ancient groups of crocodyliforms — the group including living and extinct relatives of crocodiles and alligators — were …read more Source:: Science
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Breast cancer screening does not reduce mortality
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•Fewer and fewer women die from breast cancer in recent years but, surprisingly, the decline is just as large in the age groups that are not screened. The decline is …read more Source:: Science
Careful, You are made of glass
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•Ever wondered how groups of cells managed to build your tissues and organs while you were just an embryo? …read more Source:: Science
Bonobos share and share alike
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•Bonobos are willing to share meat with animals outside their own family groups. This behavior was observed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is documented in a new …read more Source:: Science
Basking sharks gather in large groups off northeast US coast
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•Groups of basking sharks ranging from as few as 30 to nearly 1,400 individual animals have been observed aggregating in waters from Nova Scotia to Long Island. While individual sightings …read more Source:: Science
Solving Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’: How flowering plants conquered the world
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•Researchers have found that flowering plants have small cells relative to other major plant groups, made possible by a greatly reduced genome size, and this may explain how they became …read more Source:: Science
Huge genetic diversity among Papuan New Guinean peoples revealed
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•The first large-scale genetic study of people in Papua New Guinea has shown that different groups within the country are genetically highly different from each other. Scientists reveal that the …read more Source:: Science
Two major groups of rabies virus display distinct evolutionary trends
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•Using hundreds of viral genome sequences, scientists have shown that two major groups of rabies virus have unique evolutionary tendencies. …read more Source:: Science
Bacteria communicate to ramp up collective immune response to viral threats
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•Bacteria can boost their own immune systems by “talking” to each other, surprising new research shows. This research provides new insight into how groups of bacteria collectively defend against viral …read more Source:: Science
SDN groups team up to promote standards, open software development
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•By Michael Cooney Software Defined Networking standard bearer the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and ON.Lab have merged with designs on further pushing SDN benchmarks and open source software development of …read more Source:: OpenSource