"He must, so know the starfish and the student biologist who sits at the feet of living things, proliferate in all
directions. Having certain tendencies, he must move along their lines to the limit of their potentialities."

John Steinbeck - Log from the Sea of Cortez

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Quick hitters...

...from Science Daily.

Did a comet impact the receding Laurentide ice field 13,000 years ago, triggering a global cooling that reversed the retreat of the glaciers? Astronomer Bill Napier thinks so.

Analysis of a juvenile Diplodocus skull in Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Natural History suggests that the dinosaur underwent fairly dramatic changes during development.

We know about bioaccumulation of heavy metals in predators, like birds and fish. How about in carnivorous plants, which can be negatively impact by feeding on contaminated insects?

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