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SA Kyle is an amateur biologist and astronomer with an endless curiosity about the way things work. She is a freelance writer for science magazines, software companies, and the LA Buddhism column on Examiner.com.

Tiger moth tricks bats more than treats

Biologists from Wake Forest University have discovered that a species of tiger moth is able to play a sound that tricks bats, avoiding becoming the bat’s next tasty treat. The tiger moth is able to make up to 450 ultrasonic clicks in a tenth...
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California funds $3B to improve energy efficiency of existing buildings, Fed to follow suit

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB 758 into law last week, requiring the California Energy Commission (CEC) to set up a regulatory agency for reducing emissions from existing residential and non-residential buildings. The law was accompanied...
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Massive meteor impact off India, not Mexico, may have ended the Dinosaurs

Scientists from Texas Tech University are suggesting that the immense Shiva basin off the west coast of India might have caused the global extinction that ended the world of dinosaurs.Shiva, mostly submerged on India’s continental shelf, is...
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Quantum computers on the horizon for Ohio researchers

Researchers from Ohio State University have developed a way to create quantum computing chips using today’s chip making technology.Paul Berger, professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics at Ohio State University, and his...
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September 2009 hottest in 31 years in the tropics, second hottest on record globally

This September set records in the tropics for hot weather and was the second hottest September on record globally, according to the Earth Systems Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The heat wave was accompanied by a routine...
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Researchers map the first complete human epigenome

Researchers at the Salk Institute have released the first study that maps a human epigenome, showing how the genome is regulated in developed cells. Today’s study, published in the advanced online edition of Nature, is the first high...
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Current conservation targets may not prevent extinction in a warming world

Conservation efforts for saving species have set their populations too low to prevent extinction, says a new study published by the University of Adelaide and Macquarie University today. The study, which incorporated changes to habitat due to...
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin raps with Snoop Dogg and Talib Kweli

Buzz Aldrin is lighting up the news wires again as the famed Appollo astronaut has collaborated with hiphop legend Snoop Dogg and Talib Kweli on a new song called "Rocket Experience". "I have only two passions: space exploration and...
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Moon Movie a must watch for 2009

The upcoming indie sci-fi movie, Moon, promises to be one of the best films of the year. Starring Sam Rockwell and directed by Duncan Jones, Moon is being hailed as an intelligent, gritty, lightly comic film.The movie premiered at Sundance Film...
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Microquakes jitter Ontario and Chino Hills

A magnitude 1.3 earthquake hit Magnolia Boulevard in Ontario this afternoon at 1:28 p.m., the US Geological Survey reported. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.8 miles just south of Tropicana Street at 34 degrees 2.8 minutes north latitude...
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