Over the last 540 million years, the Earth has weathered three major ice ages — periods during which global temperatures plummeted, producing extensive ice sheets and glaciers that have stretched …read more Source:: Science
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Ancient mammal remains digested by crocodiles reveal new species
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•Fossilized bones that appear to have been digested by crocodiles in the Cayman Islands have revealed three new species and subspecies of mammal that roamed the island more than 300 …read more Source:: Science
Scientists find increase in asteroid impacts on ancient Earth by studying the Moon
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•A team of scientists has determined the number of asteroid impacts on the Moon and Earth increased by two to three times starting around 290 million years ago. Previous theories …read more Source:: Science
Ultra-close stars discovered inside a planetary nebula
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•Astronomers have discovered two stars in a binary pair that complete an orbit around each other in a little over three hours, residing in the planetary nebula M3-1. Remarkably, the …read more Source:: Science
Planned intermittent fasting may help reverse type 2 diabetes, suggest doctors
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•Planned intermittent fasting may help to reverse type 2 diabetes, suggest doctors after three patients in their care, who did this, were able to cut out the need for insulin …read more Source:: Science
Geologists reveal ancient connection between England and France
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•The British mainland was formed from the collision of not two, but three ancient continental land masses, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
E. coli tailored to convert plants into renewable chemicals
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•Jet fuel, pantyhose and plastic soda bottles: all three could be made from bioengineered bacteria. …read more Source:: Science
How do snakes eat live crabs? By being finicky diners
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•Biologists found that three species of Asian water snake use different strategies to prey on similar food resources. …read more Source:: Science
Metalens combined with an artificial muscle
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•Inspired by the human eye, researchers have developed an adaptive metalens that is essentially a flat, electronically controlled artificial eye. The adaptive metalens simultaneously controls for three of the major …read more Source:: Science
Robotic fish can ‘see’ and mimic live fish
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•Researchers tapped advances in real-time tracking software and robotics to design and test the first closed-loop control system featuring a bioinspired robotic replica interacting in three dimensions with live zebrafish. …read more Source:: Science