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Dinosaur Bones
Oct 29, 2015 03:12 PM EDT

Tyrannosaur May Have Killed and Then Cannibalized Fellow Dinosaur

It's a tyrannosaur eat tyrannosaur world when it comes to dinosaurs. Scientists have found a tyrannosaur bone that has peculiar teeth marks that strong suggest it was gnawed by another tyrannosaur.

Microscopic Engine
Oct 29, 2015 03:05 PM EDT

Microscopic Engine Runs With A Single Particle, Lasers And Electric Fields.

Researchers have created a new Brownian Carnot engine, a microscopic motor that runs on a single particle, lasers and electric fields instead of gas. The microscopic engine was a breakthrough in thermodynamics.

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Oct 29, 2015 02:51 PM EDT

ESA Rosetta Spacecraft Discovers Comet Has Oxygen in its Atmosphere

There may be an unusual component in the atmosphere of the famed Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko: oxygen.

Researchers Examine 300 Million-Year-Old Super-shark Fossils Discovered In Texas
Oct 29, 2015 01:47 PM EDT

300 Million-Year-Old Super-Shark Fossils Discovered In Texas

Researchers have discovered 300 million-year-old 'super shark' fossils in Texas. The recent finding is revealing new evidence about many modern shark species and ancient sharks, which date back to the time of the dinosaurs.

Rare Bird Species
Oct 29, 2015 12:38 PM EDT

Rare Bird Species In Hawaii May Lose Habitats To Rising Air Temperatures And Disease

GSA researchers found in a study that rare and endangered bird species in Hawaii are at risk of losing their ranges due to the increase of air temperatures and mosquito-borne diseases.

Job Stress
Oct 29, 2015 12:26 PM EDT

Careers: Pursuing Passion Leads To Satisfaction, Beats Out Talent And Income, Study Says

Researchers at Tel Aviv University found that pursuing one's passion in work leads to better satisfaction in life overall, regardless of talent/

Jupiter
Oct 29, 2015 11:15 AM EDT

Jupiter Bumped Giant Planet Out Of Solar System

A team of astrophysicists at the University of Toronto found in a study that Jupiter may have removed another major planet from the solar system millions of years ago.

Baby Mammoths
Oct 29, 2015 10:21 AM EDT

Baby Mammoth Weaning Age Decreased Leading Up To Extinction

A recent study found that the weaning age (when a calf stops nursing) in mammoths was reduced as the extinction period began to approach.

DNA
Oct 29, 2015 09:24 AM EDT

World's Oldest DNA Sequence May Reveal More about Ancient Ancestors

The world's oldest DNA sequences may reveal the most ancient animal ancestors.

Chicken
Oct 29, 2015 08:38 AM EDT

Evolution Changes Animals a Lot More Quickly Than Expected, New Chicken Study Reveals

After studying individual chickens that were part of a long-term pedigree, researchers found two mutations that had occurred in the mitochondrial genomes of the birds after only 50 years.

Mars
Oct 29, 2015 07:21 AM EDT

Mission to Mars: New Robot May Prepare Colony Before Humans Arrive

Scientists may have created a new type of robot for future human missions to Mars.

Ancient Human Ear-Orienting System Finds Clues To Hearing Deficits In Infants
Oct 28, 2015 09:03 PM EDT

Ear Wax Does Not Contain Insecticide

It's certainly a sticky situation for your ear wax.

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