Contemplations
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Partial Fossil of Turkey-Size Dinosaur Found in Australia
In sandstone, next to the high-tide mark at the edge of Bass Strait in southeastern Australia, scientists have unearthed fossils of a two-legged, turkey-size, plant-eating dinosaur apparently swept away in…
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Kiwis Bounce Back
New Zealand Birds a Bright Spot in Bleak Extinction Report THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Two types of New Zealand kiwi birds are a rare bright spot in a mostly grim assessment…
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Will Giant Sea Wall plan sink or swim in Jakarta?
Reuters Indonesia’s bustling capital, Jakarta, is sinking faster than any city in the world. An ambitious plan, however, to build a giant wall to keep out the encroaching sea has…
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Dairy a potential ally in Indo-Asia-Pacific’s nutrition challenges
The Indo-Asia-Pacific has made strides in taming hunger and famine, but the rapidly modernizing region needs to focus more on diversifying its diet or risk failing to quell malnutrition, the…
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DNA Research Sparks Ethical Debate
Agence France-Presse Scientific techniques that can wipe out invasive species or alter mosquitoes’ ability to carry disease are advancing, raising concerns about the ethics of permanently changing the natural world,…
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Dimming Earth’s cosmic views
Reuters When Vincent van Gogh peered out the window of the Saint-Paul asylum at the nighttime sky in Saint-Rémy in 1889, he saw the brilliant light of countless stars over…
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Human imprint has thrust Earth into new geological epoch
Reuters The indelible imprint left by human beings on Earth has become so clear that it justifies naming a new geological epoch after mankind, experts revealed in January 2016. The…
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Study concludes Psychology research can be questionable
Agence France-Presse Scientific studies about how people act or think can be replicated less than half the time by outside experts, according to a study that’s raising new questions about…
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Are we alone in the cosmos?
Scientists are about to embark on the biggest search yet for alien life, sweeping the skies for signals of civilizations beyond our solar system with U.S. $100 million from a…
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Smartphones Change Brain and Thumb Interaction
Reuters Typing text messages, scrolling Web pages and checking your email on your smartphone could be changing the way your thumbs and brain interact. That’s according to researchers from the…
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