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  • July 2008

    • 'One in a Million' Conjoined Birds Found in Arkansas

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 18, 08 8:39 PM CDT

      'One in a Million' Conjoined Birds Found in Arkansas

      A pair of barn swallows born joined at the hip are being sent to the Smithsonian Institute for study, the AP reports. An Arkansas landowner found them fallen out of a tree this week and kept them for a day, but they refused to eat and died. Conjoined birds are extremely rare: “I can't even say it's one in a million,” one expert said. “It's probably more than that.” More »

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      Arkansas  • discovery  • birds  • scientific discoveries  • conjoined twins  • animals

    • New Clues May Help Predict Earthquakes

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 10, 08 11:02 AM CDT

      New Clues May Help Predict Earthquakes

      Researchers could be closer to predicting earthquakes hours before they happen, with an article in the journal Nature detailing how scientists detected seismic changes in rocks as much as 10 hours before two small California temblors. “Hurricane [warnings] give you an idea of what could be done,” one researcher told the BBC of such a breakthrough—still perhaps years away in daily application. More »

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      earthquake  • scientific discoveries  • seismology  • tremor

  • June 2008

    • Study Rewrites Birds' Family Tree

      newser  |  Chicago Sun Times  |  Jun 26, 08 9:45 PM CDT

      Study Rewrites Birds' Family Tree

      A five-year study of bird DNA is turning the world of ornithology on its head. The study revealed such drastic new information about the evolution of birds that dozens will need new scientific names, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Notable finds: Falcons are not related to hawks or eagles; hummingbirds—colorful daytime creatures—evolved from the drab nocturnal nightjar; and parrots are more closely related to songbirds than thought. More »

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      DNA  • evolution  • birds  • scientific discoveries  • scientific research  • Field Museum

    • Scientists Find Fossil of Most Primitive 4-Legged Creature

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 26, 08 2:08 AM CDT

      Scientists Find Fossil of Most Primitive 4-Legged Creature

      Scientists have found a partial skeleton of the world's most primitive four-legged creature— a water-dwelling tetrapod—in Latvia, AP reports. The four-foot-long fish eater resembles a small alligator and likely belongs to an extinct offshoot of the four-legged family tree. The fossil is 365 million years old—predating dinosaurs by 100 million years. More »

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      evolution  • fish  • scientific discoveries  • scientists

    • Scientists Hail Ice Find on Mars

      newser  |  Wired  |  Jun 20, 08 4:49 AM CDT

      Scientists Hail Ice Find on Mars

      White material on Mars that was puzzling NASA scientists has turned out to be ice, Wired reports. "Are you ready to celebrate? We have ICE! Best day ever!" gushed a team scientist. The discovery of evidence of water—essential for terrestrial life—is exactly what scientists were hoping to find on Mars. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • scientific discoveries

  • May 2008

    • Scientific Journals Battle Doctored Images

      newser  |  Chronicle of Higher Education  |  May 30, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      Scientific Journals Battle Doctored Images

      Scientific journals' status as bastions of objectivity and truth has come under fire in the past 10 years because of "image fraud," the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Researchers alter representations of scientific data for inclusion in journal articles for various reasons, and not all have evil intentions. One admitted doctorer said she “was trying to present” the data “even better.” More »

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      federal investigation  • scientific discoveries  • scientific research  • doctored photo  • false statement

    • Morning Sickness May Help Protect Embryos

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  May 20, 08 5:59 PM CDT

      Morning Sickness May Help Protect Embryos

      Far from being a mere nuisance, morning sickness may actively protect embryos, LiveScience reports. Doctors have long recognized the association of morning sickness and a healthy pregnancy, but new research suggests the condition evolved to protect embryos from dangerous environmental factors. More »

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      pregnancy  • motherhood  • scientific discoveries  • prenatal care

  • April 2008

    • 'Father of Chaos Theory' Dead at 90

      newser  |  MIT News  |  Apr 17, 08 10:13 AM CDT

      'Father of Chaos Theory' Dead at 90

      The MIT scientist whose pioneering of chaos theory revolutionized science, has died at the age of 90, MIT News reports. Meteorologist Edward Lorenz came up with the concept of chaos theory after meticulously analyzing weather data and discovering microscopic differences could have huge effects, leading to his paper "Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly's Wings in Brazil Set Off a Tornado in Texas?" More »

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      science  • MIT  • scientific discoveries  • meteorology

  • February 2008

    • 'Frog From Hell' Fossil Turns up in Madagascar

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 19, 08 3:15 AM CST

      'Frog From Hell' Fossil Turns up in Madagascar

      Fossil hunters digging in Madagascar have discovered a 70 million-year-old, 10 pound ancestor of the horned frog. Over twice as large as its modern-day descendants, the  "slightly squashed beach-ball" shaped creature probably lunched on small lizards and baby dinosaurs, and has earned the charming nicknames "frog from hell" and "Beelzebufo," reports the Daily Telegraph . More »

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      animal  • fossil  • scientific discoveries  • frogs  • paleontology  • Dinosaurs  • continents  • Cretaceous Period

    • Scientists Near Invisibility Cloak for Sound

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 16, 08 12:30 PM CST

      Scientists Near Invisibility Cloak for Sound

      Researchers are making progress on something that sounds right out of the pages of Harry Potter —a sort of invisibility cloak for sound. A team of scientists in Spain is trying to turn theory into reality by creating a cloak that causes sound waves to slip around an object, the Daily Telegraph reports. Possible uses: shielding submarines from sonar, improving concert hall acoustics, or simply stopping the racket from noisy neighbors. More »

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      science  • scientific discoveries  • sound

  • December 2007

    • 2007's Top 10 Scientific Findings

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  Dec 30, 07 2:45 PM CST

      2007's Top 10 Scientific Findings

      What were the most important scientific findings of 2007? LiveScience gives you the top 10: Climate change: The IPCC issued its strongest warning yet that humans are causing global warming. Arctic melting: Two studies found retreating arctic ice. Extreme weather: Global warming is contributing—specifically hurricanes and heat waves. Alternative energy: Biofuels’ futures are uncertain as researchers uncovered pros and cons for gasoline’s successors. More »

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      list  • heat wave  • scientific discoveries  • science experiment

  • November 2007

    • Roaches Fooled by Robots, Follow Their Lead

      newser  |  Nature  |  Nov 17, 07 6:57 AM CST

      Roaches Fooled by Robots, Follow Their Lead

      Scientists have created robot cockroaches that genuine roaches accept into their communities—and even follow. The robots were covered in roach scent and programmed to like the same things roaches do—darkness and the company of other cockroaches. A Belgian theoretical biologist Jose Halloy and his colleagues found that the impostors could lead the real bugs, sometimes even to places they would normally avoid, Nature reports. More »

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      insects  • scientific discoveries  • robotics  • cockroaches

  • October 2007

    • Chicago's Top 10 Contributions to Science

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Oct 4, 07 4:20 PM CDT

      Chicago's Top 10 Contributions to Science

      It's not all about heavy winds and deep-dish pizza.  A bevy of scientists picked Chicago's 10 most important scientific achievements as a part of a week promoting science: World's first controlled nuclear reaction Invention of the cell phone Development of hormone treatments for prostate and breast cancer More »

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      list  • cell phones  • malaria  • scientific discoveries  • skyscraper

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