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The reindeer and the mammoth already lived on the Iberian Peninsula 150,000 years ago
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09/09/2010 01:34 AM
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A team made up of members of the University of Oviedo (UO) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have gathered together all findings of the woolly mammoth, the woolly rhinoceros and the reindeer in the Iberian Peninsula to show that, although in small numbers, these big mammals, prehistoric indicators of cold climates, already lived in this territory some 150,000 years ago. (2010-09-08)
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Can We Spot Volcanoes on Alien Worlds? Astronomers Say Yes.
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09/09/2010 01:34 AM
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Volcanoes display the awesome power of Nature like few other events. Earlier this year, ash from an Icelandic volcano disrupted air travel throughout much of northern Europe. Yet this recent eruption pales next to the fury of Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system. (2010-09-08)
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Irrigation's Cooling Effects May Mask Warming--For Now
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09/09/2010 01:34 AM
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Expanded irrigation has made it possible to feed the world's growing billions-and it may also temporarily be counteracting the effects of climate change in some regions, say scientists in a new study. (2010-09-08)
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Stanford land-use expert brings satellite data down to Earth
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09/09/2010 01:34 AM
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By integrating remote satellite imagery with revelations from door-to-door interviews, Stanford University geographer Eric Lambin and his colleagues are exploring the complex conditions that give rise to a broad range of land-use challenges - from the reforestation of Vietnam to the spread of Lyme disease in Belgium. (2010-09-08)
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Ancient brewers tapped antibiotic secrets
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09/09/2010 01:34 AM
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A chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Nubians shows that they were regularly consuming tetracycline, most likely in their beer. (2010-09-03)
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Most new farmland comes from cutting tropical forest, says Stanford researcher
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09/09/2010 01:34 AM
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A new study led by a Stanford researcher shows that more than 80 percent of the new farmland created in the tropics between 1980 and 2000 came from felling forests, which sends carbon into the atmosphere and drives global warming. But the research team also noted that big agribusiness has largely replaced small farmers in doing most of the tree cutting in Brazil and Indonesia, which may make it easier to rein in the trend. (2010-09-03)
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Goodbye to cold nights
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09/09/2010 01:34 AM
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Given the impact of climatic extremes on agriculture and health in Spain, researchers at the University of Salamanca (USAL) have analysed the two factors most representative of these thermal extremes between 1950 and 2006 - warm days and cold nights. (2010-09-01)
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Silicon oxide circuits break barrier
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09/09/2010 01:34 AM
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Rice University scientists have created the first two-terminal memory chips that use only silicon, one of the most common substances on the planet, in a way that should be easily adaptable to nanoelectronic manufacturing techniques and promises to extend the limits of miniaturization subject to Moore's Law. (2010-09-01)
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With new technique, UF astronomers find potassium in giant planet's atmosphere
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09/09/2010 01:34 AM
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Any driver who's seen deer silhouetted by the headlights of an oncoming car knows that vital information can be conveyed by the outlines of objects. (2010-09-01)
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Space telescope's new survey of outer galaxy helps Iowa State astronomers study stars
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09/09/2010 01:34 AM
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The Spitzer Space Telescope is now taking aim at the outer reaches of the Milky Way and helping two Iowa State University astronomers advance their star studies. (2010-08-31)
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National Geographic features University of Miami's work on Bahamas 'blue holes'
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09/09/2010 01:34 AM
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The cover story of the most recent issue of National Geographic Magazine (August 2010) features a University of Miami (UM) led expedition to the underwater caves of the Bahamas, known as 'blue holes.' (2010-08-27)
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NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Two Planets Transiting Same Star
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09/09/2010 01:34 AM
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NASA's Kepler Mission has discovered the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet transiting the same star. (2010-08-27)
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Astronomers find two large planets, plus possible super-Earth-size one
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09/09/2010 01:34 AM
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A team of three University of Florida astronomers contributed to the Kepler spacecraft's discovery of two Saturn-sized planets, plus a possible third planet with a radius just one-and-a-half times that of Earth, orbiting a distant star. (2010-08-27)
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Pulverized Planet Dust Might Lie Around Double Stars
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09/09/2010 01:34 AM
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Tight double-star systems might not be the best places for life to spring up, according to a new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. (2010-08-25)
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