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Month: June 2011
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Open Letter to RIM Management Calls for Massive Change (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine – An anonymous letter posted to the Web on Thursday, allegedly penned by…
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Aircraft influence the local weather, new study shows; Inadvertent cloud seeding can increase precipitation around major airports
As airplanes fly through the clouds, they often punch holes through the ones that contain…
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Pigment patterns from the prehistoric past
An international collaboration has for the first time revealed chemical traces of pigments in bird,…
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X-rays reveal patterns in the plumage of the first birds
Researchers report in Science Express that they have taken a big step in determining what…
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Down-under digestive microbes could help lower methane gas from livestock
The discovery that a bacterial species in the Australian Tammar wallaby gut is responsible for…
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Unearthing the appearance of ancient animals: X-ray technique for determining fossil pigmentation patterns
An international team is unearthing the appearance of ancient animals by using the world’s most…
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How social pressure can affect what we remember: Scientists track brain activity as false memories are formed
How easy is it to falsify memory? New research shows that a bit of social…
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Takeoffs and landings cause more precipitation near airports, researchers find
Researchers have found that areas near commercial airports sometimes experience a small but measurable increase…
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Telomeres: Two genes linked to why they stretch in cancer cells
Scientists have provided more clues to one of the least understood phenomena in some cancers:…