A new study of the High Arctic climate roughly 50 million years ago led by the University of Colorado at Boulder helps to explain how ancient alligators and giant tortoises were able to thrive on Ellesmere Island well above the Arctic Circle, even as they endured six months of darkness each year.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2010, its budget is about $6.9 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 universities and institutions. Each year, NSF receives over 45,000 competitive requests for fu
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A solar sneeze, a superhot planet, the death of a comet and more in this week's news Web edition : Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 Someone should teach the Sun some manners. When it sneezed on June 7, the sun blew an enormous glob of dark plasma into space - and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory caught it on tape.
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