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  • Orcas Have an Underestimated Potential for Intelligence, Scientists Say

    09.03.2010

    In exploring the brain of a dead killer whale with an MRI, scientists found enormous potential for intelligence. They found the whales to have the second-largest brains among all ocean mammals, and while not as rich in memory cells as the brains of humans, their brains allow for fine sensing…

  • New Findings Back Snowball Earth Theory

    05.03.2010

    Reporting their findings in the journal Science, a team of geologists led by scientists from Harvard University has found evidence of sea ice reaching until the equator some 716.5 million years ago, adding new elements to support the snowball Earth theory, which theorizes that the Earth has in the past…

  • Warmer Periods May Be Typical during Transitions between Interglacial and Glacial Eras

    04.03.2010

    The end of the last interglacial era some 115,000 years ago showed significant climate fluctuations, according to a new study. In Central and Eastern Europe, German and Russian climate researchers were able to find that the slow transition between the two latest glacial eras featured at least two possible warming…

  • CryoSat-2 Launch Postponed

    22.02.2010

    The launch of ESA's CryoSat-2 satellite from Baikonur, Kazakhstan has been postponed due to a concern related to the second stage steering engine of the Dnepr launcher.  The Ukranian company Yuzhnoye, which developed the launcher, stated that while the fuel supply of the second stage engine ought to be sufficient…

  • Spanish Cave Indicates Glacier Melt Likely to Be Sudden and Quick

    15.02.2010

    We are currently living in an ice age that began some 2.6 million years ago. Although this ice age has witnessed some 20 cycles of glacial and interglacial periods over 100,000-year time scales, scientists are still guessing at what triggers the switch in and out of ice ages. However a…

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