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Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:36 pm

Geography Predicts Human Genetic Diversity

By analyzing the relationship between the geographic location of current human populations in relation to East Africa and the genetic variability within these populations, researchers have found new evidence for an African origin of modern humans.

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:46 am

Three bacterial genomes found lurking inside recently sequenced fruit fly genomes

When scientists finished sequencing the genomes of seven species of fruit fly last year, little did they know that they had also sequenced the genes of several bacteria that dwell undetected inside fruit fly embryos.

(Bugs have littler bugs?)

Eisen said. "After all, there are more bacterial cells in a human body than there are human cells."

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lswot · Post by **lswot** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:12 pm

ewwwww

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:00 pm

eww too?

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 12:22 pm

Henry J wrote:eww too?

eeew bet!

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:28 pm

Tonight, The History of Dragons narrated by Patrick Stewart.

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:22 am

Ideas About Fossil Horses Undergo Evolution In Thinking

The old gray mare, she ain’t what she used to be, says a University of Florida researcher whose findings show that the evolution of horses had more twists and turns than previously thought.

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:14 am

In the mating game, male wild turkeys benefit even when they don't get the girl

For wild turkeys, at least, helping your brother find a willing and eager mate is a better way to pass on your genes than chancing the mating game alone,

(Oh, brother! What turkeys.)

Integrative biology professor Walter Koenig, another of Krakauer's advisors and an expert on mating systems,

(Walter Koenig? Say what?)

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Unlike other bats, vampire bats keep out of trouble by running

Although most people think of bats as stealthy mammals that flit about in the night sky, at least one species has evolved a terrestrial trot never before seen in bats,

(They probably thought they saw a slayer coming for them.)

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Plants defy Mendel's inheritance laws, may prompt textbook changes
(Call the police; these plants are breaking the law!)

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lswot · Post by **lswot** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:35 am

Makes you wonder how much these little studies cost.....

Um....checkov found another job?

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:53 pm

NC State Paleontologist Discovers Soft Tissue in Dinosaur Bones

Conventional wisdom among paleontologists states that when dinosaurs died and became fossilized, soft tissues didn’t preserve – the bones were essentially transformed into “rocks” through a gradual replacement of all organic material by minerals. New research by a North Carolina State University paleontologist, however, could literally turn that theory inside out.

(And it doesn't even involve mosquitos stuck in amber!)

Website · Post by **brian** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:17 pm

^ More on that subject...

These undated photos provided by the journal Science show demineralized fragments of tissues lining the marrow cavity of a Tyrannosaurus Rex femur. Photograph A shows the demineralized fragment is flexible and resilient and when stretched (arrow) returns to its original shape. Photograph B shows the demineralized bone in (A) after air drying. The overall structure and functional characteristics remain after dehydration. Photograph C shows regions of demineralized bone showing fibrous character (arrows). These characteristics are not normally seen in fossil bone. Scientists who had to break a dinosaur bone to remove it from its sandstone location say they have recovered 70-million-year-old soft tissues from inside the bone. The find included what appear to be blood vessels, and possibly even cells, from a Tyrannosaurus Rex. (AP Photo/Science)

Let the cloning begin!!!

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:15 pm

Is it Cretacious Park all over again? Er, Triassic? Oh wait ... Jurassic!

Henry

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:19 am

Maybe those bones weren't as OLD as they thought.

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:19 am

Same Mutation Aided Evolution In Many Fish Species

After decades of laboratory work studying how animals evolve, researchers sometimes need to put on the hip waders, pull out the fishing net and go learn how their theory compares to the real world. According to a Stanford University School of Medicine study published in the March 25 issue of Science, Mother Nature is more predictable than lab experiments suggest.

("Niicccce fissshhhhhhh")

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Octopus Uses Two Arms to "Walk Away" from Trouble

A diving trip always reveals amazing undersea creatures, but in 2000, while helping a film crew in the waters off an Indonesian island, a University of California, Berkeley, biologist did a double take when she saw an octopus walk by on two arms!

(Gives a whole new meaning to the term "arms race", doesn't it? And isn't that little guy cute?)

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lswot · Post by **lswot** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:27 am

At times WE need to

put on the hip waders

when reading, listening to some of the theories put forth by scientists.