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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 10th, 2006
Evolution Can Occur Quickly, Change Population Interaction

Evolution Can Occur Quickly, Change Population Interaction

A new Cornell study shows that evolution and ecology can operate on the same time scale

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 7th, 2006
Warming Climate Fuels the Wildfires

Warming Climate Fuels the Wildfires

Rising seasonal temperatures and the earlier spring conditions lead to a dramatic increase of large wildfires in the western United States

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 7th, 2006
Corals Switch Skeleton Material as Seawater Changes

Corals Switch Skeleton Material as Seawater Changes

Johns Hopkins scientists have demonstrated that corals can build their skeletons out of different minerals depending on the chemical composition of the seawater around them

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 7th, 2006
Tigers Get a Business Plan

Tigers Get a Business Plan

The Wildlife Conservation Society has launched an ambitious new program that calls for a 50 percent increase in tiger numbers in key areas over the next decade

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 6th, 2006
Oceanic Invasions Across Darwin's Impassable Barrier

Oceanic Invasions Across Darwin's Impassable Barrier

Study confirms close relationships between populations of the same fish species across the barrier and indicates that genes move in both directions

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 6th, 2006
Scientist Finds "Genetically Distinct" Shark

Scientist Finds "Genetically Distinct" Shark

And it is threatened by extinction

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 6th, 2006
Carbon Dioxide Makes the Oceans More Acidic and Threatens Marine Life

Carbon Dioxide Makes the Oceans More Acidic and Threatens Marine Life

Worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide are dramatically altering ocean chemistry and threatening marine organisms, including corals.

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 5th, 2006
How Stem Cells Stay Childlike

How Stem Cells Stay Childlike

Scientists find a feed-back mechanism that allows differentiated cells to produce stem cells as descendants

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 5th, 2006
Planning for Stewardship Important Part of Ecological Restoration

Planning for Stewardship Important Part of Ecological Restoration

Restoring degraded ecosystems around Seattle - and giving them a fighting chance to stay healthy - can be as much about PR as the right plants

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 5th, 2006
How Does a Batch of Immature Cells Give Rise to an Organ as Extraordinarily Complex as the Human Brain?

How Does a Batch of Immature Cells Give Rise to an Organ as Extraordinarily Complex as the Human Brain?

Medium is the message for stem cells in search of identities

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 4th, 2006
Earth Observation Satellites Contribute to International Polar Year

Earth Observation Satellites Contribute to International Polar Year

2007-2008

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 4th, 2006
Underwater Microscope Finds Biological Treasures in the Subtropical Ocean

Underwater Microscope Finds Biological Treasures in the Subtropical Ocean

Scientists towing an underwater digital microscope across the Atlantic have found possible missing links to the global nitrogen cycle, which in turn is linked to ocean productivity

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 4th, 2006
New Fruit Fly Protein Illuminates Circadian Response to Light

New Fruit Fly Protein Illuminates Circadian Response to Light

Understanding how light affects 24-hour rhythms will likely open doors to future treatments of jetlag

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 3rd, 2006
Pest Control Without the Use of Toxic Agents

Pest Control Without the Use of Toxic Agents

Eco-friendly bug sucker

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 3rd, 2006
Survey of Animal Shelters Says Dogs Fare Better than Cats

Survey of Animal Shelters Says Dogs Fare Better than Cats

"There are so many cats that it's very difficult to manage the quantity"

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 3rd, 2006
Biologists Solve Plant Growth Hormone Enigma

Biologists Solve Plant Growth Hormone Enigma

How auxin controls the "architecture" of the plant

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 3rd, 2006
"Emotional Contagion" Among Mice

"Emotional Contagion" Among Mice

New Pain Research Shows Mice Capable Of Empathy

 
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