Tuesday, March 26, 2013

[Science] Study: Humans may have caused massive ancient bird extinction

Study: Humans may have caused massive ancient bird extinction
http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/study-humans-may-have-caused-massive-ancient-bird-extinction/
Humans were the main culprit behind a series of ancient bird extinctions, according to a newly published report. Writing Monday, scientists pointed to human colonization of the Pacific Islands has the main cause of the extinction of more than 1,000 bird ...

Freezing and storing endangered lynx embryos keeps hope for the species alive
http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/freezing-and-storing-endangered-lynxs-embryos-keeps-hope-for-the-species-alive/
A pair of captive Iberian lynxes who were sterilized may get to pass on their genes, after all. Researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) in Berlin salvaged embryos and egg cells from the two cats during their sterilizations and ...

Light travels at many Speeds,new studies suggest
http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/light-travels-at-many-speedsnew-studies-suggest/
Since the days of Einstein, physicists have held the speed by which light travels through a vacuum to be a constant and have constructed many theories of the universe accordingly.

Chimps, gorillas, other apes struggling to survive
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/chimps-gorillas-apes-struggling-survive-18811403
BANGKOK (AP) - The multibillion-dollar trade in illegal wildlife - clandestine trafficking that has driven iconic creatures like the tiger to near-extinction - is also threatening the survival of great apes, a new U.N.

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