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Tiny 'Dracula' dinosaur had bristles and fangs, ate veggies
The 200-million-year-old dinosaur 'was two-legged, probably fleet-footed, and had grasping hands,' said researcher Paul Sereno.
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Half of Great Barrier Reef lost to starfish and cyclones in less than 30 years (+video)
That overall 50-percent decline, they estimate, is a yearly loss of about 3.4 percent of the reef.
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Nazi space Buddha was meteorite, includes swastika
This space Buddha, also known as 'iron man' to the researchers, is of unknown age, though the best estimates date the statue to sometime between the eighth and 10th centuries.
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Elusive element 113, long sought by scientists, finally created in Japan
If confirmed, the achievement will mark the first time Japan has discovered a new element, and should make Japan the first Asian country with naming rights to a member of the periodic table.
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Italian seismologists could get four years for incorrect earthquake prediction
According to prosecutors, the six researchers and the Department of Civil Protection downplayed the likelihood that a series of tremors that hit the city in early 2009 were foreshadowing a larger quake.
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Space-time-crystal-powered eternal clock could keep time after end of universe
Researchers have now proposed an experimental design for a 'space-time crystal' that would be able to keep time forever.
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Arctic warming could spur regrowth of ancient fossil forest
The paleo-scene won't sprout up overnight, of course, said Alexandre Guertin-Pasquier of the University of Montreal, who will present his research at the Canadian Paleontology Conference in Toronto this week.
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Massive Arctic ice melt far surpasses previous record
This summer, melt pushed the sea ice back to 1.32 million square miles, according to the US National Snow & Ice Data Center, which tracks sea ice using satellite data.
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As Antarctic ice streams speed up, major ice melt triggered inland
New simulation results may also add to forecasts about Antarctica's contribution to global sea levels, researchers pointed out.
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Melting Arctic snow threatens to leave seals out in the cold
Ringed seals are currently under consideration for threatened species listing.
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Humongous Roman mosaic found under farmer's field in Turkey (+video)
So far, the researchers have revealed about 40 percent of the mosaic. The floor is in 'pristine' condition, and would have fronted an open-air marble swimming pool flanked by porticos.
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Scientists manage to boil water without bubbles
A new type of nanomaterial exploits the Leidenfrost effect, in which droplets of water can skate across hot a hot surface without boiling away, to boil water without creating explosive bubbles.
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Sea otters: Surprising global warming warriors have effect on CO2 levels
Sea urchins greedily graze on kelp when otters are not around, but in the presence of the predators, urchins hide in crevices and eat just the plant scraps.
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Crab species on ocean floor has ultraviolet vision, say researchers
A crab living in darkness at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea is sensitive to blue and ultraviolet light, an adaptation that researchers think helps it spot food that bumps against glowing plankton.
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Quantum 'teleportation' distance record broken
Researchers say that exploiting quantum entanglement could lead to near-instantaneous data transmission.
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On ocean floor, a shrimp that vomits light
A shrimp that spews glowing chemicals is one of the many discoveries made by a team of scientists investigating bioluminescence at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea.
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Why you shouldn't use the phrase 'once in a blue moon' this week
A blue moon, that is, a second full moon within one calendar month, is rare, but it still happens every once in a while. Like this coming Friday.
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Birthplace of most European and West Asian languages traced to Turkey
Using methods borrowed from epidemiology, researchers have identified Anatolia, a peninsula that is now part of Turkey, as the origin of the major language families of Europe and West Asia.
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Mayan collapse mystery solved? Deforestation exacerbated a drought
Mayan collapse: One new study blames the collapse of the Mayan empire on deforestation combined with drought. Environmental and trade problems caused the Mayan collapse, says another new study.
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Helium-breathing apes display operatic vocal skills, say researchers (+video)
The gibbon, a lesser ape native to Asia, uses the same vocal techniques as trained sopranos, finds a Japanese experiment involving helium-enriched air.
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Antarctic Peninsula now almost as warm as 12,000 years ago
Rapid warming of the Antarctic Peninsula is bringing temperatures close to the warmth that followed the end of the last ice age, says lead researcher Richard Mulvaney, a paleoclimatologist with the British Antarctic Survey.
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NASA finds spiny dinosaur prints at its Maryland campus (+video)
Stanford has discovered the footprint of a lumbering, spiny dinosaur called a nodosaur in NASA's own backyard on the Goddard Space Flight Center campus.
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When did modern humans first arrive in Asia? Skull pieces could hold clues. (+video)
An anatomically modern human skull uncovered in Laos's 'Cave of the Monkeys,' could shed light on human migration patterns out of Africa.
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Giant Burmese python discovered in Florida (+video)
A newly found Burmese python has broken previous records in size and egg capacity. The discovery is an indication of just how comfortable the invasive species is in its Florida home.
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Early human ancestors had lots of company, fossils reveal (+video)
Our apelike forbears shared East Africa with lots of other hominid species, according to an analysis of fossils discovered in northern Kenya.
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