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Wed, 8 Sep 2010 02:53:43 -0400
Photos: Few Remaining River Dolphins Indicators of River, Human Health
The decline and near extinction of several species of river dolphins is a reflection of the deterioration of water quality and quantity around the globe, according to a new report.

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Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:47:44 -0400
How to Stem a Global Food Crisis? Store More Water
The key to averting a global food crisis in the face of climate-change related droughts and floods may simply be a matter of storing more water, according to a new report released yesterday at World Water Week in Stockholm.

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Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:11:18 -0400
New Zealand Earthquake Pictures: Walls, Roads Crumble
See wrecked cars and collapsed buildings following a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand, on Saturday.

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Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:07:17 -0400
Pictures: Crab Swarms Overtake Island—Mystery Solved
A surge in hormones allows millions of migrating Christmas Island red crabs to make their epic annual trek to the ocean, a new study says.

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Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:07:17 -0400
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Fri, 3 Sep 2010 17:43:43 -0400
Fire-Tornado Pictures: Why They Form, How to Fight Them
Recent "firenadoes" in Brazil and Hawaii aren't rare, just rarely reported, an expert says: Large-scale versions occur once a year in the U.S.

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Fri, 3 Sep 2010 17:31:43 -0400
Why Hurricane Earl Weakened on Path to Cape Cod
Changes in the wall of clouds around Hurricane Earl's eye helped it diminish to a Category 1 storm as it moved toward Cape Cod, experts say.

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Thu, 2 Sep 2010 23:21:02 -0400
Oil Rig Explosion Photos: Mariner Energy Platform Burns
Just months after BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, which leaked millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, another Gulf oil rig exploded into flames Thursday.

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Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:56:08 -0400
Photos: Africa's Disappearing Damselflies, Fish, and Wildflowers
Dams, wetland destruction, and overfishing threaten to wipe out more than 20 percent of Africa's freshwater species, many unique to the continent.

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Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:36:46 -0400
Hurricane Earl a Harbinger of Worse to Come?
Though expected to only graze the U.S. coast, Hurricane Earl is the first of many intense storms that could menace the U.S. East Coast this season, one expert says.

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Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:50:31 GMT
Scientists Drill into Ancient, Underwater Coral Reef (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - A voyage to the outer edges of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has brought back pieces of an ancient, fossilized ancestor to the vast, living ecosystem.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:25 GMT
Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button? (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramatically changed the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world, according to a comprehensive study of fossil records. The findings suggest humans will live in a very different future if they drive animals to extinction, because the loss of each species can alter entire ecosystems.
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:13:50 GMT
Fossil of stocky new predatory dinosaur unearthed in Romania (AFP)

This image, obtained from the National Science Foundation (NSF), shows the fossilized hindlimb of a Balaur bondoc showing the double sickle claws of the foot, found on a Late Cretaceous island in what is now Europe.(AFP/NSF/Mick Ellison)AFP - The fossil of a stocky new dinosaur with two sets of claws on its feet unearthed in Romania has given researchers a window into what European predators looked like in the final years of the Age of Dinosaurs.
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Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:00:55 GMT
Remains of deadly European dinosaur discovered (AP)
AP - Around 70 million years ago a stocky dragon stalked what is now Romania.
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Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:42:09 GMT
Fossilized Creek Beds Offer Up Ancient Climate Change Clues (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - An ancient, fossilized landscape is slowly rising up from the fields of sugar beets and barley in England's Fens, an agricultural hub near the country's central eastern coast.
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Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:10:25 GMT
Mind-Controlling Parasites Date Back Millions of Years (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Mind control by parasite sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but not only have scientists revealed that it is real across a range of animals - including perhaps humans - they now even have fossil evidence suggesting it has taken place for millions of years.
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Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:01:02 GMT
Fossils of Earliest Animal Life Possibly Discovered (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Fossils of what could be the oldest animal bodies have been discovered in Australia, pushing back the clock on when animal life first appeared on Earth to at least 70 million years earlier than previously thought.
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Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:26:13 GMT
`Lucy' species used stone tools, fossil study says (AP)

**EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL 1:00 PM EDT ON AUGUST 11, 2010**In a 2009 photo provided by the Dikika Research Project, project leader Dr. Zeresenay Alemseged excavates a freshly found 3.4 million years old Rhino fossil of a species that lived at the same time and place where the Australopithecus afarensis butchered carcasses using stone tools. (AP Photo/Dikika Research Project)AP - Two ancient animal bones from Ethiopia show signs of butchering by human ancestors, moving back the earliest evidence for the use of stone tools by about 800,000 years, researchers say.
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Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:24:40 GMT
Cave of marsupial fossils discovered in Outback (AP)
AP - Scientists have discovered a cave filled with 15-million-year-old fossils of prehistoric marsupials in the Outback, a rare find that has revealed some surprising similarities between the creatures and modern-day kangaroos and koalas.
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Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:22:27 GMT
Vt. scrap-wood dinosaur posing modern-day problem (AP)
AP - Does a 25-foot-tall, 122-foot-long dinosaur need a permit to avoid extinction?
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Wed, 8 September 2010 10:43:50 GMT
King Tut's Family Secrets
DNA evidence reveals the truth about the boy king's parents and new clues to his untimely death.

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Wed, 8 September 2010 10:43:50 GMT
The Risks and Rewards of Royal Incest
King Tut’s family was not the only royalty to have close relations among its close relations.

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Wed, 8 September 2010 10:43:50 GMT
The Beauty of Insect Eggs
Engineered for survival, insect eggs hang on and hatch wherever their parents deposit them.

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Wed, 8 September 2010 10:43:50 GMT
Madagascar's Pierced Heart
The island’s geographic isolation created a wonderland of biological richness. Now population pressures and political turmoil speed the plunder of its rosewood, minerals, and gems.

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Wed, 8 September 2010 10:43:50 GMT
Eels: Mystery Travelers
They spend decades in rivers and lakes, then cross oceans and spawn in secret.

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Wed, 8 September 2010 10:43:50 GMT
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Wed, 8 September 2010 10:43:50 GMT
Fraser Island
Aboriginal gods wanted a paradise on Earth. So they created Fraser Island.

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Wed, 8 September 2010 10:43:51 GMT
Big Idea: Augmented Reality
Imagine bubbles floating before your eyes, filled with cool info about stuff you see on the street. Science fiction? Nope. It's augmented reality. And one day it'll be as routine as browsing the Web.

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Wed, 8 September 2010 10:43:51 GMT
Editor's Note
Editor Chris Johns reflects on reconciliation in South Africa.

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Wed, 8 September 2010 10:43:51 GMT
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Decorate your desktop with beautiful images from this month's issue of the magazine.
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