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Biology In The News

Hand-picked stories of interest

Archive for February, 2009

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Humans and Chimpanzees Genetically More Similar Than One Yeast Variety Is to Another

Posted in News, February 27th, 2009 |

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New Theory on How Animals Smell: Brain Encodes Complex Plumes of Odors With a Simple Code

Posted in News, February 27th, 2009 |

Harvard News:

Rare skeleton among early 3-D scanning subjects

Posted in Harvard News, February 21st, 2009 |

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Another Amphibian at Risk: Salamanders

Posted in News, February 16th, 2009 |

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Parasite Wasps Have Practiced Gene Therapy For A Hundred Million Years

Posted in News, February 16th, 2009 |

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No Joy In Discoveries Of New Mammal Species, Only A Warning For Humanity, Paul Ehrlich Says

Posted in News, February 16th, 2009 |

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When It Comes To Elephant Love Calls, The Answer Lies In A Bone-shaking Triangle

Posted in News, February 15th, 2009 |

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Execretion analysis aids primate social studies: Biologist gets the straight poop on baboons

Posted in News, February 15th, 2009 |

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Stanford: Using synchrotron X-rays to tease the hidden secrets of dinosaurs and old documents

Posted in News, February 15th, 2009 |

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Humans And Chimpanzees Genetically More Similar Than One Yeast Variety Is To Another

Posted in News, February 15th, 2009 |

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White-nose Kills Hundreds Of Bats Near Abandoned Mines In Pennsylvania

Posted in News, February 15th, 2009 |

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Climate Change Likely To Be More Devastating Than Experts Predicted, Warns Top IPCC Scientist

Posted in News, February 15th, 2009 |

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Same marine species found in Antarctic, Arctic

Posted in News, February 15th, 2009 |

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Tailor-made Recombinant Proteins In Mammals

Posted in News, February 15th, 2009 |

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Evolution Resources from the National Academies

Posted in News, February 13th, 2009 |

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HAPPY 200th BIRTHDAY CHARLES DARWIN!

Posted in News, February 12th, 2009 |

Harvard News:

BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE LIBRARY: MCZ Library scan of the month

Posted in Harvard News, February 10th, 2009 |

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Arctic unicorns’ in icy display

Posted in News, February 10th, 2009 |

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Hummingbird ‘Tag’ Suggests Fragmentation May Be Part Of Pollination Crisis

Posted in News, February 10th, 2009 |

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Salamander Decline Found In Central America

Posted in News, February 10th, 2009 |

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