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Study: Woolly mammoths are extinct and it’s YOUR FAULT
There’s been some dispute in scientific circles about whether the woolly mammoths died out because of natural variations in climate, or because of the malign influence of roving bands of humans. Turns out it’s a little from column A, a little from column B — meaning that if we actually do manage to clone a […]
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Oh, no big deal, just a LIVE PENGUIN CAM
SeaWorld San Diego set up a live cam starring 300 penguins.
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Climate change will shake the Earth — literally
A changing climate isn't just about floods, droughts, and heat waves. It brings erupting volcanoes and catastrophic earthquakes too.
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Giant, awesome ‘tree lobster’ survived 80 years in hiding
http://vimeo.com/14413689 The Lord Howe Island stick insect, which you see hatching above, looking like an alien struggling out of a human torso, will grow to the size of your hand. It’s also called a “tree lobster” — that’s how big it is. The most incredible thing about these insects, though, is not how big they […]
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Hot buttered sloths in pajamas
What do you do when orphaned baby sloths are afflicted with mange? Shave them, rub them with lard, and wrap them in sloth pajamas.
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New Center for PostNatural History is a museum of human influence on nature
It makes sense that there would be a museum to chronicle just how much we’ve messed with plants, animals, the climate, and in general the world around us. The Center for PostNatural History, opening this week in Pittsburgh, is that museum.
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Myhrvold finds we need clean energy yesterday (and no natural gas) to avoid being cooked
Former Microsoft exec Nathan Myhrvold built a specialized set of models to answer the question: What effect will deployment of clean energy have on global temperature? The results are in ... and grim.
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What ‘left’ and ‘right’ really mean on climate change (hint: nothing)
There is no coherent left vs. right on climate, at least not in terms of ideology.
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Giant prehistoric penguins!
Scientists have spent the past 35 years reconstructing a giant penguin fossil from New Zealand, and here’s the first look at their results. Kairuku (Maori for “diver who returns with food”) lived about 25 million years ago, and it looks a little different from modern penguins. For starters, it’s more than 4 feet tall.
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Climate change is screwing up bird migration
According to UNC Chapel Hill researchers who just crunched 10 years’ worth of data, climate change is throwing bird migration patterns just a tiny bit off-kilter — and that small disruption could have major effects on the health of bird populations.
