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Jurassic cricket's song recreated
The "love song" of a 165-million-year-old insect is recreated from a tiny and remarkably intact fossil, say scientists.
8 hours ago from BBC News
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How Dinosaurs Grew So Huge
Birdlike lungs and other factors may have allowed dinosaurs to grow to soaring heights.
Sun 5 Feb 12 from Livescience
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Oldest Copy of 'Mona Lisa' Painted Alongside Original
The painting reveals more detail about the enigmatic piece of art.
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Livescience
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Getting Big Takes Time...Millions and Millions of Generations, Say Biologists
Tue 31 Jan 12 from Discover Magazine
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Gorilla Grins Hint at Origin of Human Smiles
Gorillas use human-like facial expressions to communicate moods with one another, and two of the expressions -- both of which resemble grinning -- could show the origins of the human smile.
Tue 31 Jan 12 from Wired Science
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Leonardo da Vinci may have copied the 'Vitruvian Man'
Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of a male figure perfectly inscribed in a circle and square, known as the "Vitruvian Man," illustrates what he believed to be a divine connection between the human ...
Tue 31 Jan 12 from FOXNews
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Archaeologists and pagans alike glory in the Brodgar complex | Liz Williams
Let's not jump to conclusions about ritual significance, but this site is clearly immensely important to ancient British historyArchaeologists are notoriously nervous of attributing ritual significance ...
Tue 31 Jan 12 from Guardian.co.uk
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3,500-Year-Old Jokes Have Something to Say About Yo Mama
Fri 27 Jan 12 from Discover Magazine
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Competition is at the root of diversity in rainforests: study
Another attractive theory falls foul of the facts. A census of trees in rainforests on three continents has confirmed that competition plays a central role in structuring communities. This contradicts ...
Thu 26 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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Flying dinosaur had black feathers: study
BLACK IS THE OLD BLACK: A winged dinosaur long believed to be the world's first bird had black feathers, according to a new study.
Tue 24 Jan 12 from ABC Science
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