The Wildlife Conservation Society has just announced that a national park, once home to Africa’s…
Month: February 2013
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Tapping into the rubber plant genome
Scientists have sequenced the draft genome sequence of the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis, the major…
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2012 global temperatures 10th highest on record
The globally-averaged temperature for 2012 marked the 10th warmest year since record keeping began in…
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2012 warmest and second most extreme year on record for the contiguous United States
In 2012, the contiguous United States (CONUS) average annual temperature of 55.3°F was 3.2°F above…
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Whitehole Exploit Kit Emerges
In our 2013 security predictions, Trend Micro Chief Technology Officer Raimund Genes predicted that we…
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Whitehole Exploit Kit Emerges
In our 2013 security predictions, Trend Micro Chief Technology Officer Raimund Genes predicted that we…
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Enzyme behind breast cancer mutations identified
Researchers have uncovered a human enzyme responsible for causing DNA mutations found in the majority…
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The last big bump before a supernova explodes
Astronomers have found the first causal evidence that massive stars shed huge amounts of material…
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No clear evidence more gluten in new wheat is responsible for increase in celiac disease
No clear evidence exists to support the idea that celiac disease is increasing in prevalence…
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Scientists discover how chromosomes keep their loose ends loose
We take it for granted that our chromosomes won’t stick together, yet this kind of…