Bison turn back the clock on a patch of prairie

Tuesday, May. 19, 2009 12:00AM EDT - by Dawn Walton - National

CALGARY - In a remote part of the already remote Grasslands National Park in the southwest corner of Saskatchewan, a herd of plains bison is in the midst of calving season with another bumper crop of babies.

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Huge hidden biomass lives deep beneath the oceans
19:00 22 May 2008
NewScientist.com news service
Catherine Brahic


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VIEWS: Why the Gay Label Matters


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Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag in Three Months

By Brandon Keim May 23, 2008 | 3:08:54 PM


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Carbon nanotechnology in an 17th century Damascus sword

Posted on 19 November, 2006 by Ed Yong
The Damascus swords of the Middle East were legendarily sharp, strong and flexible. Now, an analysis of one of these weapons under an electron microscope reveals that the key to its properties is nanotechnology, inadvertently used ( Read more... )

 Museum Kills Live Exhibit
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
Published: May 13, 2008

Art is deathless, the poets say. Unless it isn’t.



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  Robert Bakker plays blame-the-atheist

Posted on: May 19, 2008 10:45 PM, by PZ Myers

Robert Bakker is one of the good guys, a paleontologist who really does an excellent job of communicating enthusiasm for science. I saw him talk at St John's University a few years ago, and he clearly inspired the kids in attendance - I greatly enjoyed the talk too ( Read more... )

  Fidelity is as much a quandary for biologists as it is for Evergreeners. It makes sense that individuals would try to maximize the number and genetic fitness of their offspring by mating as much as possible with as many different partners as possible.  For males, every mating is another batch of offspring, cared for by someone else, that he has ( Read more... )

 
National Geographic has an amazing gallery of Nudibranch pictures that all of you should check out. Here are a couple of my favorites:


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Where are the salmon?

Looking at long-term trends, the ocean, and climate change for clues.
By William J. Sydeman
April 17, 200

Though there has been much reporting on the salmon crisis, like The Times' recent "U.S. halts commercial salmon season” and the New York Times' "The trouble with salmon,” no one has yet pointed out that the high numbers in ( Read more... )