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After oil spill cleanup, will we tighten the laws?
As the BP oil spill cleanup continued last week, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) proposed new legislative action that would raise the BP's liability. Are we entering a new era of increased regulation?
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New study suggests that whales evolved in the blink of an eye
It took only 5 million years - an instant in geologic time - for whales to diversify into the vastly different body types seen today, a new study indicates.
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First life on Earth was protected by a thick haze
The results help solve a longstanding mystery called the faint young sun paradox.
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'Splice' - a new thriller about impossible genetic hybrids
Human/animal hybrids are merely the stuff of horror fiction and Internet hoaxes.
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New study could explain why volcanoes form far from the edges of tectonic plates
According to the old model of how volcanoes grow, the volcanoes of the Mediterranean shouldn't exist. A new model could explain how they got there.
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Study finds that young hotshots make better mentors
A study of mathematicians found that academics did a much better job mentoring students during the first third of their careers than the during last third.
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Goliath Tigerfish and other "river monsters" - what's real and what's fake?
Yes, Goliath Tigerfish are real (and really scary). But what about those other "river monsters" out there?
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Newly discovered species of frog already threatened with extinction
A deadly fungus has rolled across Central America, wiping out an estimated 100 species.
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Rhinoceros-sized dinosaur had horns the size of baseball bats
Unearthed in Mexico, a newly discovered species of dinosaur was found to have had horns bigger than any member of its group, including the legendary Triceratops.
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How are spitting cobras so accurate?
A spitting cobra can shoot its venom into the eyes of a moving target with astonishing accuracy. Bruce Young, a biologist at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, wanted to find out how.
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What are the top 10 beaches in the US?
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Best Beaches list.
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Did Ardipithecus ramidus roam the woods or the grasslands?
Ardi, the 4.4 million-year-old skeleton whose discovery last year upended models of human evolution, has prompted a debate about where she lived, and whether she is indeed an ancestor of modern humans.
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Scientists finally figure out what that mysterious bug-eyed ancient creature was all about
Neither shrimp nor vertebrate, Nectocaris pteryx was actually a type of mollusk.
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Artificial life could offer clues about how life began
Last Thursday, the J. Craig Venter genomics research institute announced that it has created the first organism with a manmade genome, offering a potential breakthrough in our understanding how complex life first emerged.
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BP oil spill forces Florida beach to slip from top 10 beaches list
The tar-ball effect has bumped the Panhandle beaches off this year's Top 10 Best Beaches list.
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'Monster' washes ashore in Canada: Is it the Chupacabra?
No. It's probably just a decomposed mink.
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Mediterranean Sea heating up and getting saltier
An increase in ocean salinity suggests an increase in the net evaporation of the water.
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A new way to figure out the size of the BP oil spill
A marine geochemist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, suggests that measuring methane concentration in the water could give a better idea of how big the BP oil spill is.
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J. Craig Venter Institute creates first synthetic life form
A team of scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute announced that they have successfully created a living organism with a completely synthetic genome.
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Is Haiti on the brink of another earthquake?
Scientists have found that the devastating Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake has placed stresses on the fault system beneath the island nation, which could lead to another major quake.
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Does kudzu cause ozone pollution?
Extensive kudzu invasion could lead directly to an increase in the number of days with high ozone levels, a new study suggests.
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Mount St. Helens: 30 years later -- what a comeback!
The story of how plants and animals on Mount St. Helens have rebounded after its cataclysmic eruption 30 years ago shows how ecosystems respond to major disturbances.
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Want to look like a Neanderthal? There's an app for that.
A new iPhone app just released by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History shows what you would look like if you were a Neanderthal with an iPhone.
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School-bus sized squid actually quite friendly, study finds
The colossal squid, with its half-ton mass and razor-sharp tentacle hooks, seems pretty fierce. But new research suggests that the school-bus sized cephalopods are actually pretty mellow.
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New Species of Raptor Dinosaur Found In China
The nearly-complete skeleton of the birdlike dinosaur was found in inner Mongolia
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