Biology
Scientists discover Gossamer-like Sea creature
Scientists have discovered a gossamer-like creature at the bottom of the ocean bed between Indonesia and Philippines coast. This Squidworm have arms on its head and use bristles to swim. This squidworm measures 9.4cm (3.4inch) in length in morphology. Scientists say squidworms live about 100 to 200 meters above the ocean bed and plunges up [...]
Two explosions may have shaped early multicellular life
The Ediacara fossil: Fractofusus andersoni Scientists have known for some time that most major groups of complex animals appeared in the fossils record during the Cambrian Explosion, a seemingly rapid evolutionary event that occurred 542 million years ago. Now Virginia Tech paleontologists, using rigorous analytical methods, have identified another explosive evolutionary event that occurred about [...]
Scientists find missing evolutionary link using tiny fungus crystal
The crystal structure of an RNA molecule bound to a protein. The crystal structure of a molecule from a primitive fungus has served as a time machine to show researchers more about the evolution of life from the simple to the complex, as outlined in this recent study. By studying the three-dimensional version of the [...]
Frogs may be on the brink of extinction
This frog needs your help. The year of 2008 has now been named among conservationists, the Year of the Frog in response to the impending doom in store for frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and caecilians across the planet. According to this article at Telegraph.co.uk, this is going to be the biggest mass extinction since the [...]
Synthetic DNA close to yielding new life forms
Scientists at LS9, Inc. hard at work A recent recent article on The Washington Post went into detail about how the idea creating artificial life forms through artificial DNA may be soon turned reality. Up until recently, even the most advanced laboratories couldn’t really do much more than add a few extra genes to something [...]
Ancient kangaroos didn’t hop
A 25 MILLION-year-old fossil has revealed that a predecessor of Australia’s hopping kangaroo once galloped on all fours, had dog-like fangs and possibly climbed trees, scientists have reported.
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