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05/04/2012
Ötzi has the oldest blood cells in the world
Traces of blood have been identified in the mummy Ötzi, the Similaun man who lived 5,300 years ago and was found...
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Ötzi has the oldest blood cells in the world
Traces of blood have been identified in the mummy Ötzi, the Similaun man who lived 5,300 years ago and was found...
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04/06/2012
A gigantic feathered dinosaur fossil has been found
A group of Chinese and Canadian researchers has announced, in the journal Nature, the discovery of three fossil skeletons...
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A gigantic feathered dinosaur fossil has been found
A group of Chinese and Canadian researchers has announced, in the journal Nature, the discovery of three fossil skeletons...
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04/03/2012
The use of fire goes back 1 million years
Our ancestors started using fire 1 million years ago, in the Lower Paleolithic, 300 thousand years before what paleontologists had previously assumed...
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The use of fire goes back 1 million years
Our ancestors started using fire 1 million years ago, in the Lower Paleolithic, 300 thousand years before what paleontologists had previously assumed...
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01/27/2012
The discovery of new species continues
No less than 19,232 species were described as new in 2009, the last year for which there is a complete report...
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The discovery of new species continues
No less than 19,232 species were described as new in 2009, the last year for which there is a complete report...
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01/05/2012
New species discovered in Antarctic hydrothermal vents
A seven-armed starfish, a white octopus and an unknown species of crab are part of the marine fauna discovered...
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New species discovered in Antarctic hydrothermal vents
A seven-armed starfish, a white octopus and an unknown species of crab are part of the marine fauna discovered...
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09/21/2011
A new dolphin species has been discovered
A new dolphin species has been recently discovered in Australia. It has been given a scientific name, Tursiops australis and a common name, Burrunan dolphin
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A new dolphin species has been discovered
A new dolphin species has been recently discovered in Australia. It has been given a scientific name, Tursiops australis and a common name, Burrunan dolphin
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06/14/2011
Turtle week
In occasion of World Oceans Day, held on the 8th June, the WWF launched the appointment with turtle week, a week dedicated to marine turtles, which from 14 to 19 June will celebrate...
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Turtle week
In occasion of World Oceans Day, held on the 8th June, the WWF launched the appointment with turtle week, a week dedicated to marine turtles, which from 14 to 19 June will celebrate...
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03/04/2011
The journey of the hammerhead shark
For the first time some researchers of Miami University were able to track a specimen of a hammerhead shark using satellite tag technology.
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The journey of the hammerhead shark
For the first time some researchers of Miami University were able to track a specimen of a hammerhead shark using satellite tag technology.
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02/17/2011
Stop whale hunting
For the moment at least Japan has stopped its annual Antarctic whale hunt for scientific purposes due to the protests of environmentalists.
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Stop whale hunting
For the moment at least Japan has stopped its annual Antarctic whale hunt for scientific purposes due to the protests of environmentalists.
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01/20/2011
Jurassic park: fact or fiction?
After having extracted a sample of intact DNA from the remains of a mammoth preserved in Siberia a group of scientists in Kyoto are going to attempt to clone a cell that might give rise to a real mammoth.
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Jurassic park: fact or fiction?
After having extracted a sample of intact DNA from the remains of a mammoth preserved in Siberia a group of scientists in Kyoto are going to attempt to clone a cell that might give rise to a real mammoth.
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10/28/2010
Amazon: a new species found every three days
According to the WWF’s latest report “Amazon Alive”, presented in these days during the World Conference on Biodiversity in Nagoya, Japan, in the decade from 1999 to 2009, 1200 new species have been discovered and described in the Amazon.
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Amazon: a new species found every three days
According to the WWF’s latest report “Amazon Alive”, presented in these days during the World Conference on Biodiversity in Nagoya, Japan, in the decade from 1999 to 2009, 1200 new species have been discovered and described in the Amazon.
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