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 Dinosaur Protein Confirms Bird LinkScraps of protein from the bones of a 68 million-year-old dinosaur and a mastodon carcass confirm their places in the family tree of life on Earth, researchers reported on Thursday.
The same team that established Tyrannosaurus rex is a distant relative of chickens filled in more gaps, showing that the dinosaur was far more closely related to living birds than to alligators.
And a 500,000-yea... Dinosaur Protein Confirms Bird Link  Hubble Telescope Unveils Colliding GalaxiesThe Maryland-based Space Telescope Science Institute released 59 new images from the Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday to celebrate the 18th anniversary of its launch.
"This new Hubble atlas dramatically illustrates how galaxy collisions produce a remarkable variety of intricate structures in never-before-seen detail," the Institute said in a statement.
"Astronomers observe o... Hubble Telescope Unveils Colliding Galaxies  Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose 19 billion TonnesGlobal greenhouse gas emissions including main offender carbon dioxide rose in 2007 despite efforts to curb them, a US government agency said.
Atmospheric CO2 increased by 0.6 percent or 19 billion tonnes over 2006 levels, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in preliminary data from its annual update to its greenhouse gas index.
"Viewed another way, last year... Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose 19 billion Tonnes  PETA Offers $1 Million for Lab MeatPETA is offering scientists a $1 million cash prize if they can produce and commercialize lab created meat by 2012.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is offering a $1 million prize to anyone who can create a commercially viable poultry product in a laboratory.
PETA leaders say lab-grown meat could satisfy appetites without harming animals.
"People are surprised to learn th... PETA Offers $1 Million for Lab Meat  Illinois Earthquake Shakes Chicago, Indiana, MidwestThe epicenter, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), was three miles below ground, 131 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri, six miles northwest of Mount Carmel, Illinois and 38 miles north-northwest of Evansville, Indiana.
The earthquake was a measure of 5.2 shaking the Midwest.
The earthquake was felt in other states as well including Lousiville, Kentucky, southern Michig... Illinois Earthquake Shakes Chicago, Indiana, Midwest  Greenland lake vanishes from climate warmingResearchers say that rising global climate temperatures are expected to cause an increase in meltwater in frozen expanses like the Greenland ice sheet, and this meltwater often forms sizable lakes.
Scientists have worried that when this increase in meltwater reaches the base of the Greenland ice sheet, it could further lubricate its slide over bedrock toward the sea, causing it to shrink more q... Greenland lake vanishes from climate warming  John A. Wheeler physicist dies at 96John A. Wheeler, one of America's greatest physicists, died on Sunday at his New Jersey home from pneumonia.
Wheeler was involved in the Manhattan project that developed the world's first atomic bomb and was one of Albert Einstein's last collaborators.
The physicist, who was for many years a professor at Princeton University, also worked with Niels Bohr, the Nobel Prize-winning Danish scien... John A. Wheeler physicist dies at 96  Forecasters Predict Active Hurricane SeasonWeather experts at the University of Colorado, a team led by William Gray, say current oceanic and atmospheric trends indicate an active Atlantic hurricane season. Gray, who has been in the hurricane predicting business for 25 years, delivered his report at a conference in the Bahamas.
US forecasters warned Wednesday that the Atlantic hurricane season, starting in June through November 30, woul... Forecasters Predict Active Hurricane Season  Human North American Fossils Date 14,000 YearsScientists made an important discovery from an Oregon cave that could put humans in North America as much as 14,000 years ago. Fossil feces found at the site yielded DNA indicating these early residents were related to people living in Siberia and East Asia.
"This is the first time we have been able to get dates that are undeniably human, and they are 1,000 years before Clovis," said ... Human North American Fossils Date 14,000 Years  Archeologists Locate Oldest Gold NecklaceArcheologists Locate Oldest Gold Necklace
Archeologists make a surprising discovery in southern Peru after they unearthed the oldest gold necklace ever found. Tests on the ancient bit show that it's around 4,000 years old, when hunter-gatherers lived in the area.
The finding marks the earliest known gold jewelry made in the Americas which shows that gold was being used as a status symbol mu... Archeologists Locate Oldest Gold Necklace  Gray Wolf DelistedThe Federal Endangered Species Act protection of the wolves was lifted Friday in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, giving those states management of the estimated 1,500 gray wolves in the central region. Hunts are already scheduled by state wildlife agencies to reduce the wolf population to between 900 and 1,250.
Environmentalists plan to sue the federal government next month to restore wolf protecti... Gray Wolf Delisted  Oldest Human Fossil FoundOldest Human Fossil Dates 1.2 Million Years
Archaeologists have recently discovered the oldest human fossil that once roamed Europe as much as 1.2 million years ago.
The oldest human fossil discovery was made recently in a cave near Burgos, Spain.
Researchers stated on Wednesday that they have discovered a fossil belonging to early humans that once roamed Europe about 1.2 million years ag... Oldest Human Fossil Found  Antarctica Wilkins Ice Shelf Near CollapseThe Antarctica Wilkins ice shelf has begun to disintegrate under the effects of global warming.
Satellite images by the University of Colorado's National Snow and Ice Data Center show a substantial collapse measuring 25.5 by 1.5 miles. The Wilkins ice shelf initially broke off on February 28.
Scientists say the ice breakage led to disintegration of the shelf's interior, of which 160 square m... Antarctica Wilkins Ice Shelf Near Collapse  Arctic Glaciers Melting AcceleratesScientists monitoring sea ice around the high Arctic and glaciers on the world's highest mountains are detecting ominous new changes linked to the warming global climate, they reported Tuesday.
According to a team of NASA scientists, who are monitoring sea ice by satellite, the ice at the Arctic that feezes and thaws each season in the far north has spread more widely this past winter.
The s... Arctic Glaciers Melting Accelerates  Flooding the Grand CanyonThe unusual experiment is taking berth at the Grand Canyon where extra water is being released from the Glen Canyon Dam to gradually help flush sediment down river into the canyon.
"Today we're here to set the river free once again and through this experiment we hope to enhance the habitat in the canyon and its wildlife and learn more about these complex natural systems," Secretary of... Flooding the Grand Canyon  Scientists Can Read Your Brain SignalsResearchers said they can decode signals in a key part of the brain to identify what the eyes are seeing.
The University of California at Berkeley neuroscientists is using a tool known as functional magnetic resonance imaging (also known as fMRI), a non-invasive scanner that detects minute flows of blood within the brain, then highlighting which cerebral areas are sound, touch and light.
Th... Scientists Can Read Your Brain Signals  Scientists discover two massive dinosaur fossilsScientists at the University of Chicago made the huge fossil discovery along the edge of a Nigerian desert. The two dinosaurs were found originally found during an expedition in 2000.
Researchers said the dinosaurs were pretty similar in that they both ate meat.
The first dinosaur discovered was Kryptos palaios, with a short-snout, long tail and very short arms.
The second dinosaur was Eo... Scientists discover two massive dinosaur fossils  Chimpanzees have better memory than human adultsJapanese researchers reported new results in young chimpanzees. The team from the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University taught three five-year-old chimpanzees and their mothers the sequence of the numbers one through nine, then matched them up against human adults in two short-term memory tests. The chimps won in each test.
Chimpanzee Ayumu, who is 5-years-old, beat nearly all of the u... Chimpanzees have better memory than human adults  Teen Discovers Mummified DinosaurTyler Lyson discovered the 35-foot long mummified hadrosaur, now named Dakota, weighed in at 35 tons, and is about 67 million years old. Scientists identified the find to be the best and most preserved among all other discoveries of mummified dinosaurs made in the last century.
The rare find was made in a dinosaur-laden area in North Dakota.
Paleontologist Phillip Manning of England's Univ... Teen Discovers Mummified Dinosaur  Skin Cells to Replace Embryonic Stem CellsThe recent report suggests that skin cells has four genes that are needed to reprogram human somatic cells that carry the essential characteristics of embryonic stem cells.
The scientific research was carried out in the lab of UW-Madison biologist and professor of anatomy at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, James Thomson, the scientist who in 1998 was the first ... Skin Cells to Replace Embryonic Stem Cells
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