Tuesday, September 24, 2013

More on Evaporating Exoplanets

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KEPLER PLANETS: A TALE OF EVAPORATION Authors: 1. James E. Owen (a) 2. Yanqin Wu (b) Affiliations: a. Canadian Institute for Th...

Crustaceans Suffered as Much as Coral Reefs Between the Permian Extinction to the Tithonian Jurassic

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Many ancient crustaceans went extinct following a massive collapse of reefs across the planet, and new University of Florida research sugg...

Proposed Mechanism for the Frasnian-Famennian Devonian Mass Extinctions: Global Conflagration

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A forest fire and soil erosion event during the Late Devonian mass extinction Authors: 1. Kunio Kaiho (a) 2. Susumu Yatsu (a) 3...

Mars Express' Investigations into the Martian Moons of Phobos and Deimos

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Mars Express Investigations of Phobos and Deimos Authors: O. Witasse et al (too many again) Affiliations: no way. Abstract: ...

India's First Mars Mission

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Monday, September 23, 2013

Life in the Paleozoic

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SF Screws Up the Science Again: Dune's Sandstorms Could Not Strip Flesh

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Science fiction’s epic opus—Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel DUNE—tells a story of politics, betrayal, and sandworms on a vast desert planet ...
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The Son Cooking

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Pan cakes in this case.  he makes awesome butter fried mushrooms.  Whomever he marries is going to be damned lucky.  He's /4/ an...

Climate Change at the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary in the Bogotá Basin, Colombia

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Climate change during the Early Paleogene in the Bogotá Basin (Colombia) inferred from paleosol carbon isotope stratigraphy, major oxid...

Therapsid-Archosaur Wars Continue: Flying Archosaur Steals Meal From Top Predator Therapsid

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Eagle Attacks and Takes Sika Deer Staked Out for Amur Tiger. link .

Frequency of Giant Planets Around A/B Stars (with a rockin HIP 79797!)

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THE GEMINI NICI PLANET-FINDING CAMPAIGN: THE FREQUENCY OF GIANT PLANETS AROUND YOUNG B AND A STARS Authors: Nielsen et al. Affiliati...

The Aurora of Exoplanets

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IONIZATION IN ATMOSPHERES OF BROWN DWARFS AND EXTRASOLAR PLANETS. V. ALFVÉN IONIZATION Authors: 1. C. R. Stark (a) 2. Ch. Helling ...

The Social and Sex Lives Of Extinct Miocene Neogene Bear Relative Indarctos arctoides

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On the Socio-Sexual Behaviour of the Extinct Ursid Indarctos arctoides : An Approach Based on Its Baculum Size and Morphology Authors: ...

Broiliellus reiszi: A New Dissorophid Temnospondyl From Early Permian New Mexico

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A new dissorophid (Temnospondyli, Dissorophoidea) from the Early Permian of New Mexico (United States) Authors: 1. Robert Holmes (...

Benthic Faunal Reactions to Climate Change During the Toarcian Jurassic

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The Impact of Global Warming and Anoxia on Marine Benthic Community Dynamics: an Example from the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) Authors: 1...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Ancient Forest Being Revealed Under the Mendenhall Glacier

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An ancient forest has thawed from under a melting glacier in Alaska and is now exposed to the world for the first time in more than ...

Tropical Cyclones Warm Ocean, May Cause Positive Feedback Cycle

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Sea surface height evidence for long-term warming effects of tropical cyclones on the ocean Authors: 1. Wei Mei (a) 2. François Pri...

Model Predicts Less Storms like Sandy

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Model projections of atmospheric steering of Sandy-like superstorms Authors: 1. Elizabeth A. Barnes (a,b) 2. Lorenzo M. Polvani (b,...

The Son Home & Bday Party

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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Europa Might Have Had an Axial Tilt (and lost it)

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By analyzing the distinctive cracks lining the icy face of Europa, NASA scientists found evidence that this moon of Jupiter likely spun...