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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Giant black hole kicked out of home galaxy - Astronomy Magazine - 0 views
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Giant celestial disk hard to explain Star's oversized debris ring challenges theories of planet formation Web edition : Friday, June 15th, 2012 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - About 80 light-years away, an enormous, dusty ring swirls around a sunlike star, with a defined inner edge that is probably sculpted by a planet orbiting at 140 times Earth's distance from the sun.
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Flying predators probably gobbled up the biggest of the large flying insects 150 million years ago About 300 million years ago, long before the first dinosaurs appeared, a different type of oversized critter inhabited Earth: giant insects. Scientists suspect bugs grew bigger then because the atmosphere contained more oxygen than it does now.
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If aliens ever sent us a message, scientists hope to pick it up in a remote part of northern California. There, in a clearing nestled amid the volcanoes of the Cascade Range, 42 radio dishes point together at the sky. The dishes, each 20 feet across, form a single, giant scientific instrument called the Allen Telescope Array.
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"Dramatic" New Maya Temple Found, Covered With Giant Faces - 0 views
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Fossils show ancient insects grew as long as 2 centimeters Web edition : Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 The flea's features weren't always set in stone. Ancient fleas were larger and had longer siphons to suck blood with than today's fleas, researchers report in a study published online February 29 in Nature.
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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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