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Hungry sharks take strange walks to find food

The results of the international study, published in the journal Nature today, shows that the animals’ behaviour seems to have evolved as a general ‘rule’ to…

March 2008: astronomical and space events

It has been written to assist the media in planning and researching future stories related to space science and astronomy, particularly those with UK…

Voyage to Southern Ocean aims to study air-sea fluxes of greenhouse gases

Scientists will embark this week from Punta Arenas, Chile, on the tip of South America, to spend 42 days amid the high winds and waves of the Southern Ocean….

Supercomputer Unleashes Virtual 9.0 Megaquake in Pacific Northwest

On January 26, 1700, at about 9 p.m. local time, the Juan de Fuca plate beneath the ocean in the Pacific Northwest suddenly moved, slipping some 60 feet…

2 oxygenation events in ancient oceans sparked spread of complex life

Today, we take oxygen for granted. But the atmosphere had almost no oxygen until 2.5 billion years ago, and it was not until about 600 million years ago when…

Krill discovered living in the Antarctic abyss

Until now this shrimp-like crustacean was thought to live only in the upper ocean. The discovery completely changes scientists’ understanding of the major food…

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