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Scientists prove plausibility of new pathway to life’s chemical building blocks

Originally Published by ScienceDaily

– Scientists have demonstrated an alternative pathway to life-essential sugars called the glyoxylate scenario.

Posted on February 2nd, 2012
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Male spiders sacrifice their genitals to fertilise big hungry females

Originally Published by The Guardian – Study suggests breaking off their own sexual organs during sex allows males to fertilise their mate despite being eaten alive.

Posted on February 1st, 2012
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Sun unleashes an X1.8 class flare on Jan. 27, 2012

Originally Published by ScienceDaily: Earth & Climate News

– The sun unleashed an X1.8 class flare that began at 1:12 PM ET on January 27, 2012 and peaked at 1:37.

Posted on January 31st, 2012
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Dazzling displays of northern lights seen at high latitudes January 24

Originally Published by EarthSky – On the night of January 24, 2012, observers at high latitudes reported incredible displays of the northern lights.

Posted on January 27th, 2012
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Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist

Originally Published by Orion

– Once noble and redemptive, environmentalism has devolved into an engine of consumerism and a platform for partisanship.

Posted on January 18th, 2012
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Rescue struggles towards Alaska’s frozen-in village

Originally Published by New Scientist

– What happens if the rescue attempt to get oil to the icebound village of Nome, Alaska fails?

Posted on January 16th, 2012
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Monkeys’ many faces

Originally Published by BBC News

– The hidden evolutionary secrets of primates’ faces.

Posted on January 14th, 2012
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Nobel prizewinning quasicrystal fell from space

Originally Published by New Scientist

– A Nobel prizewinning crystal has just got alien status.

Posted on January 4th, 2012
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2011 in the environment

Originally Published by The Guardian

– A gallery of pictures telling the stories of the year’s major environmental news.

Posted on January 2nd, 2012
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A science news preview of 2012

Originally Published by BBC News

– What scientific discoveries lie just around the corner?

Posted on January 2nd, 2012
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