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Climate, Habitat Threaten Wild Coffee Species
An anonymous reader writes “BBC reports that Dr. Aaron Davis of the Royal Botanical Gardens claims ‘almost three-quarters of the world’s wild coffee species are threatened, as a result of habitat loss...
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Scientist Smackdown: Did “Ardi” Change the Story of Human Evolution?
The bones of our ancestors do not speak across time with ultimate clarity. The fossils with which scientists reconstruct our family tree are often fragments that offer hints and clues to where we came...
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Oil Spill Update: A Tropical Storm, a Backup Plan, & Deliberately Flooding...
Hurricane predictors warned us this season could be a bad one, and could bring unknown consequences for the ongoing BP oil spill. We may soon find out what those consequences are, as Tropical Storm...
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Kipling Was Half-Right: Why the Big Cats Got Their Spots (Or Stripes)
It’s common wisdom that the big cats, like so many animals, evolved their particular look to blend into the background and skulk around undetected. But just how much are a cat’s spots or stripes...
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The Challenges of Building a Mars Base
ambermichelle writes with an excerpt from an article in Txchnologist: “Going to Mars? Expect to stay a while. Because of the relative motions of Earth and Mars, the pioneering astronauts who touch...
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Space Fish: ISS Aquatic Habitat Delivered By HTV-3
astroengine writes “Yes, it’s the moment we’ve all (secretly) been waiting for: Fish In Space! But before you go getting too excited and start asking the big questions — like: if there’s a bubble in a...
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Artificial Misting System Allows Reintroduction of Extinct Toad
terrancem writes “The Kihansi Spray Toad went extinct in the wild in 2005 when its habitat in Tanzania was destroyed by a dam. However conservationists at the Bronx Zoo managed to maintain a captive...
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