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Alligator lungs offer insight into the rise of the dinosaurs

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  • January 15, 2010
When C.G. Farmer sliced open an alligator for dissection, an organ immediately caught her eye; something about the lungs was strange. And what...
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Top 10 science stories of 2009 -- #3: against the odds ancient octopus fossils discovered

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  • December 31, 2009
In celebration of the approaching New Year, I present a list of my most popular science stories of 2009. Taken from the vast expanse of all fields...
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Top 10 science stories of 2009 -- #5: evidence shows some large dinosaurs survived mass extinction

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  • December 31, 2009
In celebration of the approaching New Year, I present a list of my most popular science stories of 2009. Taken from the vast expanse of all fields...
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Evidence of iridescence found in 40 million-year-old feather fossil

For the first time, scientists have found preserved evidence of color-causing particles on the fossilized feathers of ancient birds which would...
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Top science stories of 2009 (so far)

Right before the school year starts, science stops. Professors flee away on vacations to recoup those last shreds of sanity, and grad students use...
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New doubts arise over the dinosaur-bird link

That birds descended directly from dinosaurs is one of the most strongly accepted hypotheses in evolution.However, there is mounting evidence to...
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Evidence shows some large dinosaurs survived mass extinction

A US paleontologist is challenging one of the field’s greatest theories: the mass extinction of dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period...
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Against the odds ancient octopus fossils discovered

Octopods (or octopi) have been making waves in the news lately. From the frisky female who flooded an aquarium in California to the recent video of...
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