Wednesday, March 20, 2013

[Science] Ancient, 'Lost' Tectonic Plate Discovered Beneath California

Ancient, 'Lost' Tectonic Plate Discovered Beneath California
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/5679/20130320/ancient-lost-tectonic-plate-discovered-beneath-california.htm
(Photo : Forsyth lab/Brown University) An ancient, "lost" tectonic plate that disappeared under North America millions of years ago may have been found again.

NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spies GRAIL crash location
http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-spies-grail-crash-location-20274730/
There are huge number of satellites and other spacecraft in orbit around the Earth and around other celestial bodies in our solar system.

Cloning extinct animals: to hell with frogs!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/brain-flapping/2013/mar/20/cloning-extinct-animals-frogs-suck
The recent news that scientists in Australia have successfully inserted the DNA of an officially extinct frog into a living embryo, effectively creating a living genome and for all intents and purposes resurrecting the species, bringing it back from extinction.

Complete Neanderthal genome published by German researchers
http://www.slashgear.com/complete-neanderthal-genome-published-by-german-researchers-20274732/
A group of German researchers announced this week that they have completed sequencing of a Neanderthal genome. The scientists say that the high-quality sequencing will be made available online for other researchers and scientists to study.

ATK building world's largest space telescope in Magna
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2295562/Nasa-image-shows-aftermath-moment-star-shone-brighter-sky.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
MAGNA, Utah (ABC 4 News) - ATK is busy constructing the worlds largest space telescope in Magna. The James Webb Space Telescope will be at least 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope and open our view to never before seen ...

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