[ad_1] IMAGE: Paleontologist Tom Cullen cuts the T. rex femur in SUE to find out how T. rex grew. View More Credit: © David Evans Tyrannosaurus Rex it was one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs of all time: it measured up to 42 feet in length from snout to tail …
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[ad_1] IMAGE: A young Tasmanian devil. Tasmanian devils are threatened by devil 1 face tumor (DFT1), a transmissible cancer. View More Credit: Maximilian Stammnitz A transmissible cancer in the Tasmanian devil has evolved over the past two decades, with some lineages spreading and replacing others, according to a new study …
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[ad_1] Dolphins actively slow their hearts before diving and can even adjust their heart rate depending on how long they intend to dive, suggests a new study. Posted in Frontiers in physiology, the findings provide new insights into how marine mammals conserve oxygen and adapt to pressure when diving. The …
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[ad_1] A plant commonly found on the rocky slopes of the Hengduan Mountains in China has evolved to become less visible, turning its color from bright green to gray, matching rocks in areas where it is heavily harvested. Fritillaria delavayi it has been growing in China for thousands of years …
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[ad_1] IMAGE: Willow blossoms provide nectar for many active insects in early spring. The beginning of flowering in the goat willow (Salix caprea) was one of the phenological events studied … view More Credit: Svetlana Bondarchuk To do the right thing at the right time, organisms must pick up signals …
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[ad_2][ad_1] Nicolas Economou / NurPhoto via Getty Images Bitcoin is not a fad that will fade away, said Michael Sonnenshein, chief executive of Grayscale Investments. Investors understand that “buying Bitcoin and putting it in their wallet is a store of value, an inflation hedge, a digital gold, a digital form …
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[ad_1] For thousands of years, the delicate Fritillaria delavayi it grew slowly on the rocky slopes of the Hengduan Mountains in China, producing a bright green flower after its fifth year. But the conspicuous little plant has a deadly enemy: the people, who harvest the flower for traditional Chinese medicine. …
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[ad_1] For thousands of years, the delicate Fritillaria delavayi it grew slowly on the rocky slopes of the Hengduan Mountains in China, producing a bright green flower after its fifth year. But the conspicuous little plant has a deadly enemy: the people, who harvest the flower for traditional Chinese medicine. …
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[ad_1] Using cats as an animal model to study the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the researchers determined that the virus has a narrow transmission bottleneck. The current 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the agent SARS-CoV-2, is widely believed to be zoonotic in origin (meaning …
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[ad_1] IMAGE: Ten versions of instruments that develop (from left to right) in the different study conditions. View More Credit: University of Exeter The human ability to teach and our use of complex tools may have evolved together, according to new research. The improvement of technologies across generations, known as …
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