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Tongue makes the difference in how fish and mammals chewProvidence RI (SPX) Jun 28, 2011 Evolution has made its marks - large and small - in innumerable patterns of life. New research from Brown University shows chewing has evolved too. Researchers looked at muscles that control the movement of the jaw and tongue in fish and in mammals. They learned that fish use tongue muscles primarily to funnel the food farther into the mouth for processing, as if the morsel were an object in an assembly line. Mammals use tongue muscles to position the food, so that jaw muscles can best use teeth t ... read more |
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  Ancient symbiosis between animals and bacteria discovered Marine shallow water sandy bottoms on the surface appear desert-like and empty, but in the interstitial space between the sand grains a diverse fauna flourishes. In addition to bacteria and protozoa ... more | .. |
  CWRU Law Professor Eyes Prize-based Incentives to Generate Climate Innovation Could a multi-million dollar prize spur the next big innovation in sustainable climate technology? Jonathan H. Adler, professor and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation at Case Wes ... more | .. |
  TEPCO suspends water recycling due to leak A leak Monday forced Japan's TEPCO to halt the pumping in of decontaminated runoff water being used to cool reactors at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a company spokesman said. ... more | .. |
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 Spectacular discoveries in New Guinea A frog with fangs, a blind snake and a round-headed dolphin are among more than 1,000 new species recently found on the incredible Melanesian island of New Guinea, environment group WWF said. ... more | .. |
  Flooding of ancient Salton Sea linked to San Andreas earthquakes Southern California's Salton Sea, once a large natural lake fed by the Colorado River, may play an important role in the earthquake cycle of the southern San Andreas Fault and may have triggered lar ... more | .. |
  Emissions from energy use in the water sector are poorly understood Greater understanding is needed of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from energy use in the water sector if it is to meet sustainability goals, according to researchers at the University of East Anglia ... more | .. |
 Prodigal plankton species makes first known migration from Pacific to Atlantic via Pole Some 800,000 years ago - about the time early human tribes were learning to make fire - a tiny species of plankton called Neodenticula seminae went extinct in the North Atlantic. Today, that m ... more |
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Chad hopes 'green charcoal' can save vanishing forests
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 The mechanics of speciation Mate choice, competition, and the variety of resources available are the key factors influencing how a species evolves into separate species, according to a new mathematical model that integrates al ... more | .. |
  Deep history of coconuts decoded The coconut (the fruit of the palm Cocos nucifera) is the Swiss Army knife of the plant kingdom; in one neat package it provides a high-calorie food, potable water, fiber that can be spun into rope, ... more | .. |
 Fossilized pollen reveals climate history of northern Antarctica A painstaking examination of the first direct and detailed climate record from the continental shelves surrounding Antarctica reveals that the last remnant of Antarctic vegetation existed in a tundr ... more | .. |
  Fighting back from extinction, New Zealand right whale is returning home After being hunted to local extinction more than a century ago and unable to remember their ancestral calving grounds, the southern right whales of mainland New Zealand are coming home. A new ... more |
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 Sudan seeks $1 bln in Darfur water-for-peace bid Sudan's government and the United Nations launched a $1-billion cash appeal Monday to help reverse the rapid decline in Darfur's water supplies, seen as one the key drivers in the region's conflict. ... more | .. |
  Sudan leader's arrival in China 'delayed' A meeting between President Hu Jintao and Sudan leader Omar al-Bashir, who is accused of war crimes, was cancelled Monday after Bashir's arrival in Beijing was delayed, the Chinese government said. ... more | .. |
 New Orleans police on trial for post-Katrina killings Five New Orleans police officers indiscriminately shot unarmed residents during the chaos unleashed by Hurricane Katrina and got colleagues to help cover up the crime, prosecutors said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Fire threatens top US research center The US government's top Los Alamos research center was closed Monday due to the threat from approaching wildfires, officials said, stressing that all nuclear and other materials were safe. ... more |
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China helpless as Middle East war craters regional leverage: analysts
Israel says Iran violated nascent cease-fire, orders new attacks
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  Freed China critic says wants to resume activism Prominent Chinese dissident Hu Jia wants to resume his activism but he is weighing up the impact on his family, according to his first reported comments since being released from prison at the weekend. ... more | .. |
 Japan PM adds nuclear, reconstruction posts amid crisis Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Monday added two posts to his cabinet to oversee the country's nuclear crisis and post-tsunami reconstruction, amid intensifying pressure on him to resign. ... more | .. |
  Sarkozy touts investments as election race heats up French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised massive investments in education, research and nuclear power Monday, touting his economic record as a top rival entered the 2012 presidential race. ... more | .. |
 Kenya: camel's milk set for boom times For the tattered-clothed young men in this remote community, milking a camel's stubby utters at sunrise is not a novelty, but a daily chore to get milk valued by their tribe for generations. ... more |
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 'Orca ears' inspire Stanford researchers to develop ultrasensitive undersea microphone For most people, listening to the ocean means contemplating the soothing sound of waves breaking gently on a sandy beach. But for researchers studying everything from whale migration to fisher ... more | .. |
 Measuring body temperatures of dinosaurs for the first time Were dinosaurs slow and lumbering, or quick and agile? It depends largely on whether they were cold or warm blooded. When dinosaurs were first discovered in the mid-19th century, paleontologists tho ... more | .. |
 Landscape coefficients prove useful for urban water conservation efforts Although water consumption and conservation are widely recognized as significant environmental concerns in the United States, most Americans are still unaware of the major impact of landscape irriga ... more | .. |
 Model helps pinpoint cyanobacterial genes that capture the sun's energy A new computer model of blue-green algae can predict which of the organism's genes are central to capturing energy from sunlight and other critical processes. Described in a paper published in ... more |
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Earth's satellites at risk if asteroid smashes into Moon: study
ULA, Amazon launch second batch of satellites on Atlas V rocket
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 Discovering lost salmon at sea Where Atlantic salmon feed in the ocean has been a long-standing mystery, but new research led by the University of Southampton shows that marine location can be recovered from the chemistry of fish ... more | .. |
  Paving the Way for Space-Based Air Pollution Sensors Although the nation's air has grown significantly cleaner in recent decades, about 40 percent of Americans - 127 million people - live in counties where pollution levels still regularly exceed natio ... more | .. |
 Is La Nada To Blame For Recent Wild US Weather Ride June 21, 2011: Record snowfall, killer tornadoes, devastating floods: There's no doubt about it. Since Dec. 2010, the weather in the USA has been positively wild. But why? Some recent news rep ... more | .. |
 Nigeria prepares to launch two earth observation satellites Nigeria has concluded plans to launch into orbit two satellites from Russia on July 7, a top government official with the country's National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has said. ... more |
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 Scientists uncover an unhealthy herds hypothesis Biologists worldwide subscribe to the healthy herds hypothesis, the idea that predators can keep packs of prey healthy by removing the weak and the sick. This reduces the chance disease will wipe ou ... more | .. |
 New and old threats to soybean production University of Illinois researchers identified the top pathogens, pests and weeds affecting soybean production in a recent article in Food Security. Soybean aphid, soybean rust, soybean cyst nematode ... more | .. |
 Dairy manure goes urban When natural ecosystems are replaced by roads, homes, and commercial structures, soil is negatively impacted. Studies have shown that, among other issues, distressed urban soils are often significan ... more | .. |
 China hosts Sudan leader wanted by world court Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is to arrive in China on Monday for a state visit, with rights groups outraged over the warm welcome for a man accused of genocide and war crimes. ... more |
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