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by M.B. Reilley, University of Cincinnati January 3, 2013 (TSR) - A team of international archaeologists including Christian Cloke of the University of Cincinnati is providing new insights into successful…
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January 3, 2013 (TSR) - Elementary school students often learn that plants grow toward the light. This seems straightforward, but in reality, the genes and pathways that allow plants to…
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January 3, 2012 (TSR) - After extensive analyses by a team of scientists led by Carl Agee at the University of New Mexico, researchers have identified a new class of…
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by Dr. Spencer Weart, Physicist specializing in solar physics and geophysics December 25, 2012 (TSR) - Since it is the Sun’s energy that drives the weather system, scientists naturally wondered…
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by George Dvorsky, i09.com December 21, 2012 (TSR) - Another day, another mind-bending celestial discovery. It was only yesterday that we told you about Philip Gregory’s claim that there are…
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December 10, 2012 (TSR) - Capra is a genus of mammals, the goats or wild goats, composed of up to nine species including the wild goat, the markhor and several…
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December 6, 2012 (TSR) - A strange new phenomenon has been discovered by the Voyager 1 space probe as it comes ever closer to crossing the heliopause, the unexplored outer…
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A young “homeless planet”, up to seven times the size of Jupiter and with no gravitational ties, has been spotted by scientists for the very first time. …
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November 12, 2012 (TSR) - As temperatures soar and droughts increase in frequency, scientists around the world are working to create food crops tolerant of extreme temperatures - often an…
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November 9, 2012 (TSR) - Astronomers have discovered another potentially habitable planet – and it’s at least seven times the mass of Earth. Dwarf star HD 40307g hosts a system…
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October 27, 2012 (TSR) - The ostrich-like dinosaurs in the original Jurassic Park movie were portrayed as a herd of scaly, fleet-footed animals being chased by a ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex.…
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October 26, 2012 (TSR) - An exhibition was inaugurated Friday at the Houston Museum of Natural Science to demystify the ancient Maya culture and debunk the myth that the Mayans…
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