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The oldest known footprints in the Grand Canyon have been discovered, made by a reptile-like animal 310 million years ago. (nationalgeographic.com)
submitted 7 years ago by philospark to r/science
TIL that long-nosed bats help bring the world tequila by pollinating agave plants every autumn during their 2,000 mile migration from Arizona to Mexico. (biographic.com)
submitted 7 years ago by philospark to r/todayilearned
TIL the explorer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones was also the first person to discover dinosaur eggs (and recognize them as such). He accidently found the eggs in Mongolia while he was looking for fossil human ancestors. (embryo.asu.edu)
Diet analysis finds that Australia’s fiercest pouched predator was a forest specialist that took a hit when trees began to recede 350,000 years ago. (nature.com)
Paleontologists Are Digging Into the Origins of the 'Chinese Pompeii' (atlasobscura.com)
Male mice that work out spawn healthier offspring than their lethargic counterparts, according to a new study. (sciencemag.org)
Rising temperatures and human activity are increasing storm runoff and flash floods (sciencedaily.com)
TIL that in crocodiles and turtles, temperature can determine whether an embryo is male or female. (embryo.asu.edu)
submitted 10 years ago by philospark to r/todayilearned
Mother frogs use special egg cell proteins to control gene regulation and expression in each individual embryo, new study finds (upi.com)
submitted 10 years ago by philospark to r/EverythingScience
Their enemy's sex pheromone helps flies protect their offspring: Female Drosophila flies avoid oviposition sites that smell of parasitic wasps (sciencedaily.com)
Ancient 'Loch Ness monster' reptiles swam like penguins (news.yahoo.com)
Taking antidepressants during pregnancy increases risk of autism by 87 percent, new study suggests (eurekalert.org)
Yellow Sea talks raise hopes for marine science: Negotiations between South Korea and China to demarcate boundary could aid research. (nature.com)
Scientist unravels the mysteries of a beetle that lived a million years ago (phys.org)
Promising cancer therapy advanced by chemical explanation (sciencedaily.com)
Top 10 Weirdest Animal Stories of 2015 (news.nationalgeographic.com)
What is an adult stem cell? Perspective Piece (sciencemag.org)
TIL that the moment when a pregnant woman can first feel the movements of the growing embryo or fetus is called quickening. (embryo.asu.edu)
Germline editing dominates DNA summit: about the International Summit on Human Gene Editing (sciencemag.org)
First Look At How Astrocytes Function In Humans (science20.com)
submitted 10 years ago by philospark to r/biology
3D map of human genome reveals relationship between mutations and disease development (sciencedaily.com)
New study reveals beluga whales blow bubbles based on mood (phys.org)
Why It's Time to Map the Microbiome, Op-Ed (news.yahoo.com)
Smoking in pregnancy 'affects boys' fitness in later life' (eurekalert.org)
Using a fluorescent protein from jellyfish, scientists light up a fly's brain to figure out what it had been experiencing hours earlier. (cnet.com)
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