The Canadian Rocky Mountains were formed when the North American continent was dragged westward during the closure of an ocean basin off the west coast and collided with a microcontinent …read more Source:: Science
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Researchers unravel mechanisms that control cell size
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•A multidisciplinary team has provided new insight into underlying mechanisms controlling the precise size of cells. The researchers found that ‘the adder,’ a function that guides cells to grow by …read more Source:: Science
Alligator study reveals insight into dinosaur hearing
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•A biologist finds alligators build neural maps of sound the way birds do, suggesting the hearing strategy existed in their common ancestor, the dinosaurs. …read more Source:: Science
How to escape a black hole: Simulations provide new clues about powerful plasma jets
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•New simulations have combined decades-old theories to provide new insight about the driving mechanisms in plasma jets that allows them to steal energy from black holes’ powerful gravitational fields and …read more Source:: Science
Solar activity research provides insight into sun’s past, future
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•Scientists have developed a new technique for looking at historic solar data to distinguish trustworthy observations from those that should be used with care. This work is critical to understanding …read more Source:: Science
NASA InSight lander arrives on Martian surface to learn what lies beneath
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•Mars has just received its newest robotic resident. NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander successfully touched down on the Red Planet after an almost …read more Source:: Science
Oldest fossil of a flying squirrel sheds new light on its evolutionary tree
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•The oldest flying squirrel fossil ever found has unearthed new insight on the origin and evolution of these airborne animals. …read more Source:: Science
Rare intermediate fossils give researchers insight into evolution of bird-like dinosaur
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•An international team of researchers has discovered new species of alvarezsaurs, an enigmatic group of dinosaurs that share many characteristics with birds. …read more Source:: Science
World’s oldest lizard fossil discovered
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•Paleontologists have identified the world’s oldest lizard, providing key insight into the evolution of modern lizards and snakes. …read more Source:: Science
Fossil study sheds light on ancient butterfly wing colors
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•Pioneering new research has given an illuminating new insight into the metallic, iridescent colors found on the earliest known ancestors of moths and butterflies, which inhabited the Earth almost 200 …read more Source:: Science