Ancient human ancestor was one tall dude, his footprints say
NEW YORK: He stood a majestic 5-foot-5, weighed around 100 pounds and maybe had a harem. That's what scientists figure from the footprints he left behind some 3.7 million year ago. He's evidently the tallest known member of the prehuman species best known for the fossil skeleton nicknamed "Lucy," reaching a stature no other member of our family tree matched for another 1.5 million years, the researchers say. The 13 footprints are impressions left in volcanic ash that later hardened into rock, e..>> view originalColorado To Kill Some Mountain Lions, Bears To Boost Mule Deer Numbers
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved a plan to kill some mountain lions and black bears. It's part of a plan the commission hopes will decrease the number of predators to help boost the state's mule deer population. Under the plan ...>> view originalUK approves three-parent IVF babies
UK approves three-parent IVF babies Last updated 21:59, December 16 2016 GETTY Laboratory fertilisation of eggs in IVF treatment. Britain is the first country to formally licence an in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment designed to create babies from three people.In a long-awaited decision, Britain's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) gave the final go-ahead for the t..>> view originalWhere is the ice on Ceres?
NASA's Dawn spacecraft determined the hydrogen content of the upper yard, or meter, of Ceres' surface. Blue indicates where hydrogen content is higher, near the poles, while red indicates lower content at lower latitudes. Image credit: ...>> view originalTrump team says Energy Department questionnaire "was not authorized"
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team said a controversial Energy Department questionnaire, which asked for the names of employees involved in the agency’s climate change efforts, “was not authorized.” The statement from the transition team further said the person responsible had been “counseled.”Environmentalists were outraged last week by the questionnaire the Trump transition team sent to the Energy Department that asked for a list of staffers who worked on climate change -- a reque..>> view originalBig Diamonds Bring Scientists A Message From Superdeep Earth
Geologists studied these scraps of diamond leftover from the shaping of big jewels. Evan Smith/Gemological Institute of America hide caption toggle caption Evan Smith/Gemological Institute of America Geologists studied these scraps of diamond leftover from the shaping of big jewels. Evan Smith/Gemolo..>> view originalScientists Say the Clock of Aging May Be Reversible
The aging process is clocklike in the sense that a steady accumulation of changes eventually degrades the efficiency of the body’s cells. In one of the deepest mysteries of biology, the clock’s hands are always set back to zero at conception: However old the parents and their reproductive cells, a fertilized egg is free of all marks of age. Ten years ago, the Japanese biologist Shinya Yamanaka amazed researchers by identifying four critical genes that reset the clock of the fertilized egg. The ..>> view originalNASA Launches 8-Satellite Constellation to Track Hurricanes from Space
A rocket fired from a jet plane Thursday (Dec. 15) to launch NASA's latest Earth-observing mission, an 8-satellite mission to study hurricanes like never before. The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission will use radio signals from the GPS satellites to measure the wind speed near the ground in the tropics, between 35 degrees north and 35 degrees south where most hurricanes are born. CYGNSS launched into orbit on an Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket at 8:35 a.m. EST (..>> view originalSeahorse Genetic Secrets Revealed: Scientists Sequence Genetic Genome Of This Peculiar Creature
First Posted: Dec 16, 2016 03:20 AM EST Seahorses are peculiar sea creatures, and for the first time, scientists have sequenced the creature's genetic genome. (Photo : Alex Shakspeare/YouTube Screenshot) For the first time, scientists have unlocked some of the genetic secrets of the most peculiar fish including its unusual male pregnancy -- the seahorse. An international team of researchers has fully sequenced the Southeast Asian tiger tail seahorse, named for its distinctive yellow-and-..>> view originalWatch killer whales eat a shark alive
Drone pilot Slater Moore captured a rare sight on camera: two adult female killer whales and two calves tearing into a still-wriggling shark in California's Monterey Bay. It's rare to catch this particular type of killer whale, called the offshore ...>> view original
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