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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

   
More Oxygen Could Make Giant Bugs
Giant insects might crawl on Earth or fly above it if there was just more oxygen in the air, scientists report. In fact, it used to be so.
Mobility Key to Animals Surviving Human Sprawl
Some butterflies within a species are stronger than others, and more able to colonize new areas. And they happen to be more fertile, too.
Robot Grabs and Solves Rubik's Cube
RuBot II is an amazing robot that can easily pick up and solve the Rubik's cube puzzle game in a completely interactive (and talkative!) way.
 

 
Ancient Camels Were Huge
More bones of giant camels that were as tall as some modern-day elephants and existed about 100,000 years ago have been found this year in the sands about 150 miles north of the capital, Damascus.
World Living on Ecological Debt
Each year, humans are living increasingly beyond their ecological means by stripping the planet’s capacity to support the demands placed by the global population, scientists say.
Image of the Day: Smoke from the South
Scientists using NASA satellites and computer models have shown that pollutants from Central American biomass burning can influence air quality and climate in the United States.

 
 
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