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Oldest Bee Fossil Creates New BuzzThe fossil, well preserved in amber, supports the theory that bees evolved from wasps.
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Diet Linked to Brain Size in PrimatesBrains tissue is expensive for a body to produce, so when times are tough, some primates go with a smaller noodle, a new study suggests.
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Whales Set Deep-Diving RecordBeaked whiles are found to dive deeper than any other air-breathing creature. Yet oddly, only during shallow dives do they get the bends.
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Ozone Hole Breaks RecordThis year marked the largest average ozone hole area ever, scientists reported today.
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Bacteria Found Nearly 2 Miles UndergroundScientists found a gold mine of bacteria almost two miles beneath the Earth’s surface where the Sun don’t shine.
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Human Activity Linked to Antarctic Ice Shelf CollapseHuman-caused global warming was responsible for the collapse of an Antarctic ice shelf in 2002, scientists announced today.
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One Bird’s Battle with Ugliness -
Alaskan Lakes Dry UpMore than 10,000 Alaskan lakes have dried up or shrunk in size in span of 52 years, scientists reported today.
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Hot New Study: Gold Forms FastThe large Ladolam gold deposit on Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea formed within a recently extinct volcano in just 55,000 years, a blink of an eye in geologic time.
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Teenager Plays Video Game Just By ThinkingThe days of attacking aliens with a joystick could soon be over as one teenager plays Space Invaders using only signals from his brain.
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Mammal Extinction Blamed on Earth's WobbleThe emergence and disappearance of mammalian species could be due to wobbles in Earth's orbit, suggests a new study.
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World Living on Ecological DebtEach year, humans are living increasingly beyond their ecological means by stripping the planet’s capacity to support the demands placed by the global population, scientists say.
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Life's Cradle Also a Living MuseumThe tropics are where new species begin and older species continue to live, putting to rest the debate of whether to call these hotspots a cradle or a museum of life.
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Snowball Effect Fuels Arctic MeltdownAverage air temperatures from January to July 2006 in most of the Arctic were 2 to 7 degrees warmer than the average over the past 50 years.
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A Woman's Skin Ages Faster -
Women Aroused as Quickly as MenUsing technology that senses heat, scientists find that women are aroused as quickly as men.
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Beauty Boils Down to a Simple AverageJohnny Depp may be easy on the eyes, but in reality he is just easy on the mind, a new study suggests.
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Study: Global Warming Near Critical LevelEarth's average temperature is very close to the highest known temperature of the past one million years.
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Global Warming Takes a BreakCooling ocean temperatures in the last three years signal a temporary halt for global warming, but researchers expect the warming trend to resume.
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Meltdown: Ice Cracks at North PoleSatellite data show fractures in the thinning perennial ice cover of the Arctic.
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Tiny Silicon Engine is Newfangled BatteryScientists are developing a battery with a tiny gas turbine engine that could last up to 10 times conventional batteries.
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Study: You Do Have Time to ExerciseShort bursts of intense exercise seem to have a similar effect as longer moderate activity.
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Sun's Variations Have Little Effect on Global WarmingChanges in the brightness of the Sun had little affect on Earth's unusual warming since the 17th century.
