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Sawfish are armed to the teeth
Sawfish are equipped with a powerful weapon, but sadly the long, saw-like snout, or rostrum, can't protect them from habitat loss and fishing nets.
April 7, 2011
Comet Wild-2 has evidence for liquid water on the surface
The first convincing evidence of liquid water on a comet comes from analysis of a sample of Comet Wild-2, returned to Earth by NASA’s Stardust space mission.
April 7, 2011
Two small asteroids pass within moon’s distance today
The moon is our closest neighbor in space, but today two asteroids come closer. One passed through the Earth/moon system this morning - and the other minutes ago.
April 6, 2011
Mireya Mayor, NFL cheerleader turned scientist
A new book by Mireya Mayor recounts how she went from NFL cheerleader a primatologist and a host of WILD and survived a plane crash.
April 6, 2011
Asteroid 2010 SO16 is following Earth in its orbit around sun
Astronomers in Ireland have found another asteroid , asteroid 2010 SO16, is Earth's companion, sharing our orbit around the sun.
April 6, 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
Space exploration of planets the next 10 years of
Squyres led a committee for the U.S. National Research Council that in 2011 released a report on the future of space explorations in our solar system.
April 5, 2011
Earthquake in Japan was not expected to be 9.0 magnitude
The March 2011 earthquake near Japan - which reached 9 on the Richter scale – was not anticipated for that region of the ocean, geophysicists say.
April 4, 2011
Numbat babies: Cute and endangered Australian marsupials
These numbat babies are part of a Perth Zoo program to save the endangered Australian marsupial from extinction.
April 4, 2011
David Monsma on new report on Arctic: The Shared Future
David Monsma of the Arctic Institute describes key findings and recommendations of a new report - The Shared Future - from the Commission on Arctic Climate Change.
April 4, 2011
