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Shireen Gonzaga
Volcano shuts down air traffic
The eruption of a volcano in spring 2010 shutdown air traffic over European airspace, causing major travel disruption and economic losses.
May 5, 2011
More barrier islands on Earth than previously thought
A new survey of barrier islands has identified 657 more islands that had gone undetected in a similar study 10 years ago.
May 1, 2011
Daniel Speiser on chitons with eyes made of rock
Daniel Speiser led a study showing some small mollusks have evolved an unusual way to see the world, through hundreds of tiny eyes across their shells.
April 20, 2011
Outwitting deadbeat cuckoo finches as parents
Some bird species in Zambia have evolved novel strategies to evict eggs left by parasitic cuckoo finches.
April 19, 2011
A satellite transmitter chronicles a whimbrel’s migrations
A whimbrel's journey is tracked by a satellite transmitter so scientists can track her yearly journeys from the Virgin Islands to northwestern Canada and back.
April 19, 2011
Algae discovered inside salamander embryos
Ryan Kerney and a team of biologists found green algae living inside salamander embryo cells, the first cellular-level symbiosis ever seen in a vertebrate.
April 12, 2011
Lichen species: 432 found in one square kilometer
At the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park in Southwestern Florida, a square kilometer area has yielded 432 different lichen species.
April 11, 2011
Satellite produces detailed view of Earth’s gravitational field
High-precision measurements of Earth's gravitational field by the GOCE satellite produced the most detailed mapping yet of gravity across the Earth's surface.
April 10, 2011
In the category of Best Lab Song, the award goes to …
BioTechniques, The International Journal of Life Science Methods, does more than publish scholarly articles. It also hands out awards for "Best Lab Song".
April 7, 2011
An unusual fossil from the Yunnan Province in China
A new-found fossil reveals the soft body of a 500-million-year-old undersea creature. Hemichordate Galeaplumosus abilus may provide clues to the evolution of vertebrates like us.
April 5, 2011
