September 18th, 2011
A University of Alberta research team has discovered a treasure trove of Cretaceous feathers trapped inside of tree resin. The resin turned to resilient amber, which preserved some 80 million-year-old protofeathers, possibly from non-avian dinosaurs, as well as plumage that is very similar to modern birds, including those that can swim under water. Interesting that [...]
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September 18th, 2011
We’re all going to be going in blind on this one, but this is quite interesting and something that is stated as groundbreaking. A “hidden” code linked to the DNA of plants allows them to develop and pass down new biological traits far more rapidly than previously thought, according to the findings of a groundbreaking [...]
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September 1st, 2011
I was watching the BBC documentary “Life” with David Attenborough earlier today and figured this was interesting enough that I wanted to read and share a bit more about it. While most people believe that only humans are tool users, it has been observed in nature that some other primates use them as well. Chimpanzees [...]
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