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Amazing that there was an Earth that long ago. Seriously, I thought it was like 6,000 years old. Amazing. This must be false.
Large size and a fast bite spelled doom for bony fishes during the last mass extinction 65 million years ago, according to a new study.
“The same thing is happening today to ecologically similar [...]

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As if we aren’t pleased with the termite population already, we find out that they may be able to reproduces with out even being wined and dined. A termite peeping Tom with a camcorder must be in heaven (too much?).
Scientists at North Carolina State University and three universities in Japan have shown for [...]

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A team or researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison is extracting the chemical details of life history from the teeth of crew members Christopher Columbus left on the island of Hispaniola after his second voyage to America in 1493-94.
“This is telling us about where people came from and what they ate as children,” explains T. [...]

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Firefox has increased its market share significantly in the browser market in recent years. Last month a report showed that it has for the first time exceeded 20% for a full month. Almost anyone that is familiar with using the internet regularly at a high level has switched over to Firefox as their main browser [...]

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The Dead Sea is the deepest point on Earth, but according to Shahrazad Abu Ghazleh and colleagues from the University of Technology in Darmstadt, Germany its levels are dropping at an alarming rate. This drop is also feared to have serious environmental side-effects.
Before you dig your copy of An Inconvenient Truth from your home [...]

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