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As science evolved, people
started asking questions and developing theories about how evolution on the
biological scale occurred, and how organisms that apparently have nothing in
common may have been related million of years ago. And even though in the past
the methods to prove such theories were mostly intuitive and rudimentary,
modern genetics can now support them, and provide the necessary evidence to
link different mammals on the evolution scale.
Scientists have linked birds and
reptiles as descendants of a common ancestor, and what better example to prove
such a connection...
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The crew of STS-124 participated Friday in a launch dress
rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
in Florida. Part
of the three-day terminal countdown demonstration test, the rehearsal called
for the astronauts to be fully suited for liftoff as they simulated the final
hours of the countdown.
Friday afternoon, the astronauts returned to their home base
at NASA's Johnson Space Center
in Houston.
They'll report to Kennedy once again a few days before their launch aboard
space shuttle Discovery, currently targeted for May 31.
Navy Cmdr. Mark E. Kelly will command the STS-124...
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Microsoft's Chairman Bill Gates said that the long-awaited Worldwide Telescope will be launched before the end of the month. The software uses the best images from the Hubble Space Telescope and approximately ten earth bound telescopes and allows users to view outer space. More precisely, it will also allow viewing Earth similar to NASA World Wind, Microsoft Virtual Earth and Google Earth, although it will not be powered by Virtual Earth and it will only share the image database with it. "This is taking data that's very complex, gathered over many years from many telescopes, and making...
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California has approved funding worth $271 million in total to create twelve stem cell research centers throughout the state. The money was raised following a 2004 voter initiative strongly supported by Schwarzenegger to issue bonds worth 3 billion to fund stem-cell research, mainly into human embryonic stem cells. Through this initiative, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will provide a steady stream of stem cell research funding to scientists in California over the next 10-12 years. As for now, Stanford University will receive the largest grant, $43.6 million, while nearly...
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An
international scientific team announced Wednesday they had finally decoded the
genetic blueprint of the platypus, one of the strangest creatures on Earth.
Decoding
the platypus genome has long been an important goal for scientists who wanted
to thoroughly understand the origins of mammal evolution. The study, conducted
by nearly 100 scientists, was published in the journal Nature.
"The platypus genome is extremely important, because it
is the missing link in our understanding of how we and other mammals first
evolved," explained Oxford University's Chris Ponting, one...
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The Interior Department can no longer postpone the decision
on whether to list the polar bear as...
Yi So-yeon, the first South Korean astronaut to go into
space, still feels the consequences of the...
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imagine the creatures that inhabit the Antarctic waters, as they...
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Species Act is not that protective it seems, and environmentalists...
In its thirteenth flight conducted from Satish Dhawan Space
Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, today...
A second satellite for Europe's own global navigation satellite system has been successfully...
What can be cuter than a
penguin? A penguin in a suit! Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin and...
Math…the final frontier some
would say… and most students would probably agree. In order to fix...
While some scientists suggested
that by injecting sulphate compounds into the upper atmosphere,...
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