California: $400 million plan to slow largest lake shrinkage
California officials have proposed spending nearly $400 million over 10 years to slow the shrinkage of the state's largest lake.
Environment
Mar 16, 2017
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Agriculture, dietary changes, and adaptations in fat metabolism from ancient to modern Europeans
Good vs bad cholesterol. Margarine vs butter. Red meat vs. vegan. The causal links between fats and health have been a hotly debated topic for scientists, physicians and the public.
Evolution
Mar 16, 2017
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Paleozoic echinoderm hangover: Waking up in the Triassic
The end-Paleozoic witnessed the most devastating mass extinction in Earth's history so far, killing the majority of species and profoundly shaping the evolutionary history of the survivors. Echinoderms are among the marine ...
Archaeology
Mar 16, 2017
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Animal behaviorist looks through the eyes of peafowl
Flock, muster ostentation, cluster, lek, pulchritude, pride or bawl, no matter what a group of peacocks is called, Texas A&M University at College Station is now home to 40 of them, thanks to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2017
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Symphonizing the science: NASA twins study team begins integrating results
It begins with one instrument. Then another joins in. Before you know it a grand symphony is playing before your eyes. NASA Twins Study researchers are eager to integrate their results and create a symphony of science.
Space Exploration
Mar 16, 2017
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Egyptian statue recently unearthed is not Ramses II
A massive statue recently unearthed in Cairo and thought to depict one of the country's most famous pharaohs may be of another ancient Egyptian ruler, the country's antiquities minister said Thursday.
Archaeology
Mar 16, 2017
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How improved valves let grasses 'breathe,' cope with climate change
New work from a joint team of plant biologists and ecologists from Carnegie and Stanford University has uncovered the factor behind an important innovation that makes grasses—both the kind that make up native prairies and ...
Biotechnology
Mar 16, 2017
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Temperature and humidity of ancestral environment are linked to differences in nostril width across human populations
Big, small, broad, narrow, long or short, turned up, pug, hooked, bulbous or prominent, humans inherit their nose shape from their parents, but ultimately, the shape of someone's nose and that of their parents was formed ...
Evolution
Mar 16, 2017
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NASA's GPM analyzed rainfall in ex-Tropical Cyclone 11S
Ex-tropical cyclone 11S was still generating some heavy rainfall, despite losing its tropical status and becoming a sub-tropical storm when the GPM core satellite passed overhead. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 16, 2017
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Lessons from Yahoo hack: Simple tips to safeguard your email
Details from the Department of Justice indictment of Russian hackers on Wednesday show that many people are still not taking routine precautions to safeguard their email accounts—and hackers are exploiting that.
Security
Mar 16, 2017
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