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Science Daily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
We've all read studies about the health benefits of having a life partner. The same thing is true at the molecular level, where amino acids known as cysteines are much more vulnerable to damage when single than when paired up with other cysteines.
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Bacteria possess an ingenious mechanism for preventing oxygen from harming the building blocks of the cell, according to new research.
ForestTalk (Free subscription) | yesterday
If so, soon you may have your answer! 24 willow saplings from derived from clones of trees in Fredericton, New Brunswick and Truro, Nova Scotia are now in space!! The saplings were launched into space last Monday via NASA's space transport shuttle - Atlantis. They are on their way to the international space station. Rodney Savidge , a professor in the faculty of forestry and environmental management...
Truthdig (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iran has announced it will conduct a set of week-long war games exercises centered around the country’s nuclear sites after Western powers, especially the U.S., moved to a full-court press over Iran’s nuclear program. The Wall Street Journal: Iran announced Saturday it would conduct a large-scale, air-defense exercise—a week-long drill that comes as Western powers ratchet up pressure...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Honoring 150 years of "On the Origin of Species;" Noor is recipient of Darwin-Wallace MedalPlease join the National Science Foundation (NSF) on Monday, Nov. 23, at 10 a.m. ET for a live webcast featuring Darwin-Wallace Medal recipient Mohamed Noor of Duke University, who will answer media questions about current evidence for evolution and modern evolution theory. Among the topics:* Does modern...
Genetic Archaeology News (Free subscription) | yesterday
This week, scientists are revealing the genetic instructions inside corn, one of the big three cereal crops. Corn, or maize, has one of the most complex sequences of DNA ever analyzed, says University of Wisconsin-Madison genomicist David Schwartz, who was one of more than 100 authors in the article in the journal Science.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Evidence of Asian carp, a fish that some fear could destroy the ecosystem of Lake Michigan, has been found beyond a barrier intended to keep the fish out.
Gene Expression (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Pleistocene Megafaunal Collapse, Novel Plant Communities, and Enhanced Fire Regimes in North America : Although the North American megafaunal extinctions and the formation of novel plant communities are well-known features of the last deglaciation, the causal relationships between these phenomena are unclear. Using the dung fungus Sporormiella and other paleoecological proxies from Appleman Lake,...
Desdemona Despair (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
SAN FRANCISCO, California, November 19, 2009 (ENS) - National Park Service officials in California are about to decide how to kill non-native trout to save critically endangered native yellow-legged frogs. How to eradicate the trout has generated a controversy among environmental groups. The nonprofit organization Save The Frogs, based in Virginia, is urging the National Park Service to quickly remove...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.
Green Options (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Bighead carp are one of two non-native species of Asian carp causing widespread concern among Great Lakes advocates. The other is silver carp. Great Lakes advocates are calling it a “ conservation emergency ” now that non-native Asian carp have been detected within seven miles of Lake Michigan. They want an immediate closure of locks and gateways leading to the lake in a literally”last-ditch”...
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Another Atlas exclusive essay written by the indefatigable historian Fjordman. This the third and final part of his history of geology and planetary science. Part one can be read here and part two here. A History of Geology and Planetary Science Fjordman Auroras in the Northern Hemisphere are called northern lights; in the Southern Hemisphere southern lights. They appear as arcs, clouds and streaks...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A team led by Penn State's Ross Hardison, T. Ming Chu Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has taken a large step toward unraveling how regulatory proteins control the production of gene products during development and growth. Working with collaborators including Drs.
New Scientist (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Animal specimens preserved in jars look Victorian, but the images in Evidence of Evolution show there's still nothing better for studying new species
New Scientist (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
In Latino populations, love unites people with similar mix of ancestries
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sorapedia | 10/07/2009
Tamil Nadu-born Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, a senior scientist at the MRC Laborartory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 along with two others, the Nobel Committee announced today.
petercasier | 09/17/2008
Today, the Vatican said the theory of evolution is compatible with the Bible but planned no posthumous apology to Charles Darwin for the cold reception they gave him 150 years ago.
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