Earth/Life Sciences and Discoveries

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Earth Science

Evolution

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/science/23angier.html?_r=2&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a210

A tuatara is hatched. Eggs incubate in the ground for a year, and the reptiles routinely live to be 100 — plenty of time to enjoy crunching on the weta. There is the kiwi, of course, with its dense, furlike feathers, its catlike whiskers and its long, slender, curving bill tipped by a pair of ultrasensitive nostrils; and the kakapo, a heavy, flightless, nocturnal parrot with the flat-cheeked face of an owl; and the giant weta, a cricket the size of a human hand that displays by waving its formidably serrated rear legs high in the air as if brandishing a pair of saws.

The Tuatara, a Still-Evolving Original - NYTimes.com

science

For a better world

04.03.2012 The animal kingdom boasts many an impressive form, from arching giraffe necks to spoon-shaped bird beaks to gigantic beetle claws. But evolution has worked on much smaller scales too, producing nanostructures that help animals climb, slither, camouflage, flirt, and thrive.

Galleries | Science Photography | DISCOVER Magazine

The photo above shows a bright green aurora commanding the night sky over Point Barrow , Alaska as observed on March 9, 2012 with the camera facing northeast. It was taken during the NASA BRomine, Ozone, and Mercury Experiment ( BROMEX ).

Earth Science Picture of the Day

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Comments Dear Readers: A critical choice is in progress. The U.S. Congress is considering a Cap-and-Trade-with-Carbon-Offsets approach to address climate change.

Carbon Fees

http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts

This web page will introduce and lead you through the content of the most comprehensive and authoritative report of its kind. The report summarizes the science and the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future. It focuses on climate change impacts in different regions of the U.S. and on various aspects of society and the economy such as energy, water, agriculture, and health. It’s also a report written in plain language, with the goal of better informing public and private decision making at all levels. In addition to discussing the impacts of climate change in the U.S., the report also highlights the choices we face in response to human-induced climate change.

Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States - Home

The three Working Groups full reports and the Synthesis Report, the final part of the AR4, are available online (see here below). Hardcopies of the Summaries for Policymakers + Technical Summaries are available for free in the 6 UN official languages upon request to the IPCC Secretariat. Hardcopies of the full reports can be purchased from Cambridge University Press . A limited number of free copies are available for academic institutions from developing countries and countries with economies in transition upon request to the Secretariat. Unless otherwise stated, the information available on this website, including text, logos, graphics, maps, images, audio clips or electronic downloads is the propriety of the IPCC and is protected by intellectual and industrial property laws.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Carbon Cycle

Biologie

An unprecedented three-pronged study has found that one type of high-temperature superconductor may exhibit a new phase of matter.

http://home.slac.stanford.edu/pressreleases/2011/20110324.htm

March 24, 2011 - High-temperature Superconductor Spills Secret: A New Phase of Matter

Home Acupressure, Yantra Mat Review » Yanko Design

http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/10/21/8820-relaxing-sharp-points-yantra-mat-review/

When a colleague and a yogi friend of ours told us about an acupressure mat that could release physical tension and improve mental well being- we had to try it.

http://www.highexistence.com/alternate-sleep-cycles/

Most people only think that there is one way to sleep: Go to sleep at night for 6-8 hours, wake up in the morning, stay awake for 16-18 hours and then repeat. Actually, that is called a monophasic sleep cycle , which is only 1 of 5 major sleep cycles that have been used successfully throughout history. The other 4 are considered polyphasic sleep cycles due to the multiple number of naps they require each day.

Alternate Sleep Cycles | High Existence

Physical Structures

Virtual Frog Dissection

Organize-It: Test Yourself on Biology Categories

Aging

Will You Be Part of the Last Generation to Die From Aging or... Part of the First to Enjoy Open-Ended Youth? Better than the mystical allure of the fountain of youth and, more provoking than the combined wisdom and experience portrayed in Brad Pitt’s character, Benjamin Button... Is the reality that aging as we’ve come to define it, is a thing of the past... now, it’s an option !

Manhattan Beach Project - Anti-Aging, Stem Cells, Reverse Aging

The Methuselah Manifesto - Reason Magazine

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