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April 15, 2015

Why we have chins
Iowa City IA (SPX) Apr 15, 2015
Look at a primate or a Neanderthal skull and compare it with a modern human's. Notice anything missing? We have one feature that primates, Neanderthals, archaic humans--any species, for that matter--don't possess: a chin. "In some way, it seems trivial, but a reason why chins are so interesting is we're the only ones who have them," says Nathan Holton, who studies craniofacial features and mechanics at the University of Iowa. "It's unique to us." New research led by Holton and colleagues at the UI ... read more

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Japan says will try again with 'scientific' whaling program Japan's top whaling negotiator said Tuesday Tokyo would try again to justify its "scientific" Antarctic Ocean hunt after a panel of experts said the government had not proved why it needed to kill the mammals. ... more		More Tibetan autonomy 'not up for discussion': China Beijing threw cold water Wednesday on the possibility of re-launching talks with the Dalai Lama, saying greater autonomy for Tibet was "not up for discussion" and accusing the spiritual leader of backing "ethnic cleansing". ... more		In parched California, Beverly Hills may go greener by going brown With its lush shrubs and manicured lawns, posh Beverly Hills is being shoved somewhere it's never been - pinched by deepening drought, mandatory cuts and now potential fines. Even its mega-rich have had to shut the spigot, under fire for over-watering. ... more
				Pacific Ocean responsible for global warming slowdown The climate is warming. Temperatures have been rising significantly over the last half-century. But over the last 15 to 20 years, temperatures haven't been rising as fast as climate models suggest they should have. Scientists have been calling the discrepancy "the slowdown." ... more		'Warm blob' in Pacific Ocean linked to weird weather across the US The one common element in recent weather has been oddness. The West Coast has been warm and parched; the East Coast has been cold and snowed under. Fish are swimming into new waters, and hungry seal ... more

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				A new beginning for baby mosasaurs They weren't in the delivery room, but researchers at Yale University and the University of Toronto have discovered a new birth story for a gigantic marine lizard that once roamed the oceans. ... more		Coexisting in a sea of competition Diversity of life abounds on Earth, and there's no need to look any farther than the ocean's surface for proof. There are over 200,000 species of phytoplankton alone, and all of those species of mic ... more

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Aliens Are Probably Huge 650-Pound Creatures New research proposes that if intelligent life outside Earth's atmosphere exists, chances are it's enormous. The findings from University of Barcelona cosmologist Dr. Fergus Simpson are based ... more		Conservation from 5,000 feet It's not enough to simply classify a large swath of habitat as protected. Conservation requires regularly monitoring, researchers at the Vienna University of Technology say. ... more		Britain's UKIP takes aim at Tories in election manifesto Britain's anti-EU UK Independence Party launched its election manifesto on Wednesday, appealing to Conservative voters with pledges to raise defence spending and bring forward a vote on Britain's EU membership. ... more		India government trying to shut us down: Greenpeace Greenpeace India accused the government Tuesday of preventing local donors from funding its activities, saying the move was aimed at shutting down its operations in the country. ... more

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