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Jurassic Piranha Fossil is Earliest Flesh-Cutting Fish
The fossil of a piranha-like jurassic fish shows a flesh-slicing eating ability. The specimen was the first bony fish to have this capacity. Teeth were much like the South American piranha. However, the ancient creature lived in the ocean not in freshwater. People eat the piranha and say it tastes like other fish.
fossils jurassic piranha-like fish reveal brilliant meat-eating strategy inverse cookie policy website uses cookies ensure experience website learn decline got explore follow science biology share subscribe jurassic flesh eater ingeniously ensured constant supply food finding sheep snarl wolf sarah sloat october 2018 filed animals dinosaurs evolution predator long ago jurassic seas devious fish emerged belonged group called pycnodontids looked different others relatives cobble-shaped teeth slurping insides hard-shelled prey fish long pointed dagger-shaped teeth serrated edges fish flesh chomper write scientists current biology brilliantly ensured always meat eat jaw scientists explain study released thursday wasn’t designed crush cut ancient fossils newly identified species piranhamesodon pinnatomus discovered south german limestone deposits.
victims fish nibbled deep 50 million years ago curious bite patterns victims suggested renewable source meat bloodthirsty fish study co-author martina kölbl-ebert ph.d wrote paper colleagues james cook university australia discovery surprising given scientists knew meat-eating habits jurassic fish stunned fish piranha-like teeth kölbl-ebert finding sheep snarl wolf fish found quarry solnhofen region germany fossil represents earliest record bony marine fish lived fish previously scientists believed bony fishes fed invertebrates swallowed prey whole jurassic era least ancient reef fish something bloodier dinosaurs walking earth dinosaurs fly pterosaurs fish swimming feet tearing fins flesh each co-author david bellwood ph.d computer analysis specimen video revealed jaw morphology shape tooth pattern consistent slicing flesh fins bite marks left victims found fossilized nearby.
suggested preference latter — fossilized fish found same deposit chunks missing fins team believes missing chunks indicate clever hunting practice used p pinnatomus theorize fed predominantly fins fish instead flesh fins regrow — thus ensuring renewable source food analysis piranha-like lower jaw videos scientists discovered bare minimum exercise needed brain boost 39 share video facebook twitter email link copied rewind seconds scientists discovered bare minimum exercise needed brain boost live 00 00 00 40 00 40 closed captions share video videos settings fullscreen videos 02 scientists discovered bare minimum exercise needed brain boost 02 predator final red band trailer insane gore dogs 00 40 analysis piranha-like upper jaw 00 59 animals white camouflage risk standing snowfall declines 02 29 pills examines american obsession adderall 00 06 scientific weightlifters nose bleeds 00 23 wolves work together complete rope task 01 39 first-ever video deep-sea anglerfish sex missionary flashy close analysis jaw biting fish scientists concluded oldest known flesh-eating fish shares remarkable convergent evolution modern piranhas.
today latter found freshwater piranhamesodon pinnatomus living piranhas sometimes bite tear mouthfuls flesh sometimes feed fish fins today it’s estimated 30 60 species piranhas live rivers lakes ranging northern argentina colombia greatest diversity you’ll to amazon river it’s different quarry germany least flesh-eating fish chomping photos james cook university james cook university related stories white americans love genetic testing making easi scared terror fee scientists grew bits human eyeballs dish leonardo da vinci's art roots physical diso physician scientist shares uncovered mysteries single ancestrydna ® test gave insight origins trace back heritage danny paez october 2018 filed maps science chill e time person would ask heritage would simply shrug mom born italian seaside town ancona dad hails quito — mountainous capital ecuador falling love east coast italian peninsula parents settled years swampier peninsula — florida that’s yours truly picture continue reading there's term word repeated loses meaning word word word word word word sarah sloat october 2018 filed experiments human behavior internet culture psychology reddit t’s satisfying thing learn there’s word experience didn’t described word learning example clinomania excessive desire stay bed philocaly.
love beauty enriches mind vocabulary reddit recently united experience discovery phenomenon spoken linguistic classes semantic satiation continue reading coral reefs ideas crazy work weird ideas start sound pretty times peter hess october 2018 filed climate change evolution genetics microsoft oceans weather t dan harrison didn’t idea would taken seriously situations become dire crazy-sounding ideas start sound … pretty plan cloud brightening frankly reads premise sci-fi movie geo-engineering concept literally change sunny skies overcast ones sounds far-fetched great barrier reef weather hacks required it’s creative methods scientists order world’s sensitive important living organisms harrison research fellow sydney institute marine science saw great barrier reef suffering one-two punch back-to-back mass bleaching events 2015 2016 warm water kills coral polyps leaving white skeleton that’s stripped living tissue mass die-offs called bleaching events massive coral system coast queensland australia covers area 33 000 square miles.
wonder natural world warming water temperatures factors remove organic life killed large portions great barrier reef australian researchers reported journal nature last year situation dire harrison growing movement scientists working creative innovative solutions crisis facing world’s coral reefs it’s absolutely shocking dive reef turn white space week past years kind world’s coral reefs climate change warming world’s oceans creating mass bleaching events single heat wave 2016 killed two-thirds corals 29 percent reefs great barrier reef analysis die-offs scientists found clear correlation water temperature bleached coral climate change threat facing coral reefs boats — large yachts cruise ships — regularly damage reefs anchors chains chemical residues water threaten health coral chemicals oxybenzone octinoxate sometimes called octyl methoxycinnamate commonly found sunscreen thought contribute coral bleaching.
july state hawaii banned sunscreen contains oxybenzone chemical harmful coral reefs demonstrated harm caused chemicals scientists aren’t exactly hurt coral response corals related disrupting specific signaling system general stress response ann tarrant ph.d biologist woods hole oceanographic institution studies effects stress coral physiology inverse july knowing exactly what’s going scientists certain enough hawaii imposed ban donna mercado kim hawaii state senator co-sponsored bill called step reef protect deterioration reported spokesman-review we’ve heard challenges facing coral reefs recent years issue building steam decades it’s limited great barrier reef scientists politicians inventive preserve reefs overwhelming odds three ideas executed d.i.y clouds harrison’s cloud brightening idea sounds incredibly simple create clouds block sun reef water temperatures getting hot execution slightly complicated large nozzles spray sea water air large fans propel water higher water rises.
evaporates salt remains stratosphere water vapor condenses salt particles forming clouds great barrier reef receives human-made cloud cover project gained momentum attention australian government needed feasibility studies government funding bespoke equipment harrison colleagues undeterred they’re pushing forward last years show cloud-brightening works cool waters reef enough mitigate nearly bleaching moment obviously progressively less climate change becomes worse harrison tells inverse group consulting teams working cloud brightening project feasibility phase australian government included project reef restoration adaptation program rrap multi-institution project mission preserve great barrier reef future australian government granted million rrap scoping phase inform additional 00 million allocated 2019 sounds money remember great barrier reef provides irreplaceable ecosystem services contributes 6.4 billion australia’s economy it’s alone facing serious threats diagram cloud brightening simple assembling ikea furniture initially spare time weren’t funded work dan harrison there’s threats reefs deal daily basis adding large detrimental effect reef hard stomach erinn muller coral researcher erinn muller ph.d coral reefs don’t easily bounce back loss events disease outbreaks bleaching hot water program manager science director elizabeth moore international center restoration florida keys decline.
gone decades we’ve coral cover loss well-documented last 50 years tells inverse transitioning 50 percent reef covered living corals we’re five percent coral cover disease outbreak wreaking havoc reefs florida keys sloughing living tissue coral leaving bare skeletons matter weeks it’s occurring four years gradually spreading throughout reefs surrounding keys it’s hard there’s threats reefs deal daily basis adding large detrimental effect reef hard stomach hopefully setting precedent whenever there’s outbreak instead monitoring studying death group scientists collaborators we’re taking action try stop grim situation muller heartened cooperation solve problem consortium experts florida assembled share information pathology disease spreading active interventions years research she’s people mobilize literally talk week provide everybody updates we’re studying i’m happy grateful disease outbreak model anything happens future muller looking solution applied larger scale would benefit entire ecosystem people realize evolution efficient rapid mikhail matz past april article published journal plos genetics illustrated team researchers found corals great barrier reef actually adapting warming waters.
continue future mikhail matz ph.d associate professor coral genomics university texas led research matz colleagues demonstrated 2015 paper science heat tolerance genetic trait passed generation generation coral populations carry variations genes genes inevitably coral withstand strange environmental conditions computer modeling suggests genes adapt heat spread throughout entire population generations people realize evolution efficient rapid matz tells inverse genetic models turn accurate coral’s adaptation pace climate change rest century it’s possible corals florida keys develop resistance diseases threatening looks prediction future entirely depend corals able adapt matz genetically modifying coral survive hotter world matz’s research natural adaptive abilities corals leads obvious question genetically modifying corals least speeding process evolution enter so-called assisted evolution lab-grown corals subjected harsh conditions warm acidic waters corals survive harsh conditions considered promising sources future stock revitalizing depleted reefs researchers aren’t ruling — matz isn’t convinced it’s necessary everybody’s asking question main message papers don’t matz based research matz believes assisted evolution crispr-cas9 genome editing method would speed rate coral adapts warming acidifying waters unnecessary coral’s immense capacity rapid efficient natural evolution it’s already play.
don’t create anything resilient corals already spread genes populations matz decades perfect process genetically modifying coral stand hotter polluted waters don’t genes modify don’t traits modify everybody thinks it’s resistance heat it’s resistance temperature range winter summer it’s resistance disease heated stuff ease crispr-cas9 allows scientists edit dna they’re editing research shown finding suitable gene editing target simple traits don’t single gene associated instead there’s usually set genes encode specific characteristics words scientists can’t genetic code coral switch dies hot water gene loves hot water gene matz team found hard paper published april proceedings national academy sciences shows it’s possible genetically modify coral versatile crispr-cas9 gene editing tool traits encoded multiple genes making trickier alter simple physical traits traits successfully altered persisted several cell cycles creating persistent genetic changes populations changes would stick long enough alter future generations wild corals microsoft artificial intelligence coral mapping lightning fast coast indonesia’s sulawesi island microsoft-backed project uses 360-degree cameras artificial intelligence survey reefs helping scientists map analyze corals quickly a.i rapidly analyze photographs coral vastly improved efficiency emma kennedy phd benthic marine ecologist university queensland statement would coral reef scientist minutes takes machine seconds machine learns similar human brain weighing lots minute decisions it’s looking builds picture confident making identification project early stages researchers involved hope yield insights better reef management preservation practices fact project already showed survey areas bounced back quickly expected mass bleaching event would coral reef scientist minutes.
takes machine seconds emma kennedy future future corals depends ability slow pace climate change incredible capacity coral evolve adapt changing ecological conditions thing allowing reefs hold moment scientists harrison muller matz working stem worst effects coral reef loss making progress curbing rate carbon emissions they’re slowing inevitable result climate change environmental degradation it’s going scientists limb pursue inventive ideas i’m confident corals extinct hundred years confidence able hold don’t anything climate change matz reduce carbon emissions stop global warming trend 00 years corals richard mattk1979 g al check ocean thornton vevers wikimedia james toby photos unsplash flickr mote catlin harrison bailhache survey allen hughes dan ocean saved seaview agency xl agency hudson laboratory france paul philanthropies marine matz et reef mikhail christophe follow inverse facebook follow humans facebook follow star wars facebook follow science chill facebook follow inverse flipboard follow inverse apple news watch brain blank facebook sign newsletter sign advertise archive browse privacy commerce terms dmca corrections 2018.
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fossils jurassic piranha-like fish reveal brilliant meat-eating strategy inverse cookie policy website uses cookies ensure experience website learn decline got explore follow science biology share subscribe jurassic flesh eater ingeniously ensured constant supply food finding sheep snarl wolf sarah sloat october 2018 filed animals dinosaurs evolution predator long ago jurassic seas devious fish emerged belonged group called pycnodontids looked different others relatives cobble-shaped teeth slurping insides hard-shelled prey fish long pointed dagger-shaped teeth serrated edges fish flesh chomper write scientists current biology brilliantly ensured always meat eat jaw scientists explain study released thursday wasn’t designed crush cut ancient fossils newly identified species piranhamesodon pinnatomus discovered south german limestone deposits.
victims fish nibbled deep 50 million years ago curious bite patterns victims suggested renewable source meat bloodthirsty fish study co-author martina kölbl-ebert ph.d wrote paper colleagues james cook university australia discovery surprising given scientists knew meat-eating habits jurassic fish stunned fish piranha-like teeth kölbl-ebert finding sheep snarl wolf fish found quarry solnhofen region germany fossil represents earliest record bony marine fish lived fish previously scientists believed bony fishes fed invertebrates swallowed prey whole jurassic era least ancient reef fish something bloodier dinosaurs walking earth dinosaurs fly pterosaurs fish swimming feet tearing fins flesh each co-author david bellwood ph.d computer analysis specimen video revealed jaw morphology shape tooth pattern consistent slicing flesh fins bite marks left victims found fossilized nearby.
suggested preference latter — fossilized fish found same deposit chunks missing fins team believes missing chunks indicate clever hunting practice used p pinnatomus theorize fed predominantly fins fish instead flesh fins regrow — thus ensuring renewable source food analysis piranha-like lower jaw videos scientists discovered bare minimum exercise needed brain boost 39 share video facebook twitter email link copied rewind seconds scientists discovered bare minimum exercise needed brain boost live 00 00 00 40 00 40 closed captions share video videos settings fullscreen videos 02 scientists discovered bare minimum exercise needed brain boost 02 predator final red band trailer insane gore dogs 00 40 analysis piranha-like upper jaw 00 59 animals white camouflage risk standing snowfall declines 02 29 pills examines american obsession adderall 00 06 scientific weightlifters nose bleeds 00 23 wolves work together complete rope task 01 39 first-ever video deep-sea anglerfish sex missionary flashy close analysis jaw biting fish scientists concluded oldest known flesh-eating fish shares remarkable convergent evolution modern piranhas.
today latter found freshwater piranhamesodon pinnatomus living piranhas sometimes bite tear mouthfuls flesh sometimes feed fish fins today it’s estimated 30 60 species piranhas live rivers lakes ranging northern argentina colombia greatest diversity you’ll to amazon river it’s different quarry germany least flesh-eating fish chomping photos james cook university james cook university related stories white americans love genetic testing making easi scared terror fee scientists grew bits human eyeballs dish leonardo da vinci's art roots physical diso physician scientist shares uncovered mysteries single ancestrydna ® test gave insight origins trace back heritage danny paez october 2018 filed maps science chill e time person would ask heritage would simply shrug mom born italian seaside town ancona dad hails quito — mountainous capital ecuador falling love east coast italian peninsula parents settled years swampier peninsula — florida that’s yours truly picture continue reading there's term word repeated loses meaning word word word word word word sarah sloat october 2018 filed experiments human behavior internet culture psychology reddit t’s satisfying thing learn there’s word experience didn’t described word learning example clinomania excessive desire stay bed philocaly.
love beauty enriches mind vocabulary reddit recently united experience discovery phenomenon spoken linguistic classes semantic satiation continue reading coral reefs ideas crazy work weird ideas start sound pretty times peter hess october 2018 filed climate change evolution genetics microsoft oceans weather t dan harrison didn’t idea would taken seriously situations become dire crazy-sounding ideas start sound … pretty plan cloud brightening frankly reads premise sci-fi movie geo-engineering concept literally change sunny skies overcast ones sounds far-fetched great barrier reef weather hacks required it’s creative methods scientists order world’s sensitive important living organisms harrison research fellow sydney institute marine science saw great barrier reef suffering one-two punch back-to-back mass bleaching events 2015 2016 warm water kills coral polyps leaving white skeleton that’s stripped living tissue mass die-offs called bleaching events massive coral system coast queensland australia covers area 33 000 square miles.
wonder natural world warming water temperatures factors remove organic life killed large portions great barrier reef australian researchers reported journal nature last year situation dire harrison growing movement scientists working creative innovative solutions crisis facing world’s coral reefs it’s absolutely shocking dive reef turn white space week past years kind world’s coral reefs climate change warming world’s oceans creating mass bleaching events single heat wave 2016 killed two-thirds corals 29 percent reefs great barrier reef analysis die-offs scientists found clear correlation water temperature bleached coral climate change threat facing coral reefs boats — large yachts cruise ships — regularly damage reefs anchors chains chemical residues water threaten health coral chemicals oxybenzone octinoxate sometimes called octyl methoxycinnamate commonly found sunscreen thought contribute coral bleaching.
july state hawaii banned sunscreen contains oxybenzone chemical harmful coral reefs demonstrated harm caused chemicals scientists aren’t exactly hurt coral response corals related disrupting specific signaling system general stress response ann tarrant ph.d biologist woods hole oceanographic institution studies effects stress coral physiology inverse july knowing exactly what’s going scientists certain enough hawaii imposed ban donna mercado kim hawaii state senator co-sponsored bill called step reef protect deterioration reported spokesman-review we’ve heard challenges facing coral reefs recent years issue building steam decades it’s limited great barrier reef scientists politicians inventive preserve reefs overwhelming odds three ideas executed d.i.y clouds harrison’s cloud brightening idea sounds incredibly simple create clouds block sun reef water temperatures getting hot execution slightly complicated large nozzles spray sea water air large fans propel water higher water rises.
evaporates salt remains stratosphere water vapor condenses salt particles forming clouds great barrier reef receives human-made cloud cover project gained momentum attention australian government needed feasibility studies government funding bespoke equipment harrison colleagues undeterred they’re pushing forward last years show cloud-brightening works cool waters reef enough mitigate nearly bleaching moment obviously progressively less climate change becomes worse harrison tells inverse group consulting teams working cloud brightening project feasibility phase australian government included project reef restoration adaptation program rrap multi-institution project mission preserve great barrier reef future australian government granted million rrap scoping phase inform additional 00 million allocated 2019 sounds money remember great barrier reef provides irreplaceable ecosystem services contributes 6.4 billion australia’s economy it’s alone facing serious threats diagram cloud brightening simple assembling ikea furniture initially spare time weren’t funded work dan harrison there’s threats reefs deal daily basis adding large detrimental effect reef hard stomach erinn muller coral researcher erinn muller ph.d coral reefs don’t easily bounce back loss events disease outbreaks bleaching hot water program manager science director elizabeth moore international center restoration florida keys decline.
gone decades we’ve coral cover loss well-documented last 50 years tells inverse transitioning 50 percent reef covered living corals we’re five percent coral cover disease outbreak wreaking havoc reefs florida keys sloughing living tissue coral leaving bare skeletons matter weeks it’s occurring four years gradually spreading throughout reefs surrounding keys it’s hard there’s threats reefs deal daily basis adding large detrimental effect reef hard stomach hopefully setting precedent whenever there’s outbreak instead monitoring studying death group scientists collaborators we’re taking action try stop grim situation muller heartened cooperation solve problem consortium experts florida assembled share information pathology disease spreading active interventions years research she’s people mobilize literally talk week provide everybody updates we’re studying i’m happy grateful disease outbreak model anything happens future muller looking solution applied larger scale would benefit entire ecosystem people realize evolution efficient rapid mikhail matz past april article published journal plos genetics illustrated team researchers found corals great barrier reef actually adapting warming waters.
continue future mikhail matz ph.d associate professor coral genomics university texas led research matz colleagues demonstrated 2015 paper science heat tolerance genetic trait passed generation generation coral populations carry variations genes genes inevitably coral withstand strange environmental conditions computer modeling suggests genes adapt heat spread throughout entire population generations people realize evolution efficient rapid matz tells inverse genetic models turn accurate coral’s adaptation pace climate change rest century it’s possible corals florida keys develop resistance diseases threatening looks prediction future entirely depend corals able adapt matz genetically modifying coral survive hotter world matz’s research natural adaptive abilities corals leads obvious question genetically modifying corals least speeding process evolution enter so-called assisted evolution lab-grown corals subjected harsh conditions warm acidic waters corals survive harsh conditions considered promising sources future stock revitalizing depleted reefs researchers aren’t ruling — matz isn’t convinced it’s necessary everybody’s asking question main message papers don’t matz based research matz believes assisted evolution crispr-cas9 genome editing method would speed rate coral adapts warming acidifying waters unnecessary coral’s immense capacity rapid efficient natural evolution it’s already play.
don’t create anything resilient corals already spread genes populations matz decades perfect process genetically modifying coral stand hotter polluted waters don’t genes modify don’t traits modify everybody thinks it’s resistance heat it’s resistance temperature range winter summer it’s resistance disease heated stuff ease crispr-cas9 allows scientists edit dna they’re editing research shown finding suitable gene editing target simple traits don’t single gene associated instead there’s usually set genes encode specific characteristics words scientists can’t genetic code coral switch dies hot water gene loves hot water gene matz team found hard paper published april proceedings national academy sciences shows it’s possible genetically modify coral versatile crispr-cas9 gene editing tool traits encoded multiple genes making trickier alter simple physical traits traits successfully altered persisted several cell cycles creating persistent genetic changes populations changes would stick long enough alter future generations wild corals microsoft artificial intelligence coral mapping lightning fast coast indonesia’s sulawesi island microsoft-backed project uses 360-degree cameras artificial intelligence survey reefs helping scientists map analyze corals quickly a.i rapidly analyze photographs coral vastly improved efficiency emma kennedy phd benthic marine ecologist university queensland statement would coral reef scientist minutes takes machine seconds machine learns similar human brain weighing lots minute decisions it’s looking builds picture confident making identification project early stages researchers involved hope yield insights better reef management preservation practices fact project already showed survey areas bounced back quickly expected mass bleaching event would coral reef scientist minutes.
takes machine seconds emma kennedy future future corals depends ability slow pace climate change incredible capacity coral evolve adapt changing ecological conditions thing allowing reefs hold moment scientists harrison muller matz working stem worst effects coral reef loss making progress curbing rate carbon emissions they’re slowing inevitable result climate change environmental degradation it’s going scientists limb pursue inventive ideas i’m confident corals extinct hundred years confidence able hold don’t anything climate change matz reduce carbon emissions stop global warming trend 00 years corals richard mattk1979 g al check ocean thornton vevers wikimedia james toby photos unsplash flickr mote catlin harrison bailhache survey allen hughes dan ocean saved seaview agency xl agency hudson laboratory france paul philanthropies marine matz et reef mikhail christophe follow inverse facebook follow humans facebook follow star wars facebook follow science chill facebook follow inverse flipboard follow inverse apple news watch brain blank facebook sign newsletter sign advertise archive browse privacy commerce terms dmca corrections 2018.
science innovation entertainment culture mind body brave worlds brave worlds humans humans life space life space point b point b replicant replicant science chill science chill advertise archive browse privacy commerce terms dmca corrections 2018 sent monday-friday science innovation teams bring today’s news that’s helping shape tomorrow stories greatest innovators building future sent 5x week inverse fueling generation dreamers doers reporting wonder world light —nick lucchesi executive editor science innovation teams bring today’s news that’s helping shape tomorrow sign newsletter ads dotomi logicad zemanta 39 analytics bid inc google audience skimlinks google simpli.fi tags exchange google doubleclick facebook quantcast turn consent appnexus index bluekai linkedin media manager manager connect publisher signing cookie continue ad trackers google bidswitch onesignal desk google casale simplereach safeframe science yahoo triplelift formerly spotxchange ima advertising.com rhythmone analytics amazon integral exchange index doubleclick adsense ad beacon adobe netmining research parsely beacon sekindo google scorecard manager impression measurement associates pubmatic
Scientists Make Claims on Flimsy Evidence
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Dingo DNA Clarifies Dog Domestication
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The numbers of wild Canis lupus is diminishing: pet dogs frequently leave the cars of families exploring the outback to breed with pure bloods. Giving them a species name is not logical in my view. Considering they can readily mate with canines and have fertile young. The offspring are not "mules", a necessary requirement for naming.
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Psychologists Make Up Research Findings
Yes, the truth is out!. All of those silly questionnaires you are made to fill out when you apply for a job to see if you are psychologically suitable are rubbish. There is no truth or relevancy in them. They are just made up. Measuring nothing is their purpose. People are now in jobs requiring skills that they do not have - they should be doing something else.
Tests from three psychology journals show that measures for skills, memory, personality, learning and relationships were very weak indeed. There was no consistency with the real world. Manipulation of data wasn't the problem: claims and statements were made by writers when there was no foundational proof for them. It seems that hearsay, myth, misconception and blatant lying are features of academic articles on psychology. Didn't we suspect this all along? Of course we did!
A top psychologist withdrew 50 academic papers because they had false conclusions. Research on ESP was found to have no data showing proof. Misrepresentation seems to be the cultural norm among psychologists. This is a bad state of affairs. Academics are supposed to be critically aloof with their findings, suggestions being used to instructively guide the community.
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Australia Finds a New Species Again!
Just when you thought the game was over a new species has been identified in Australia. In the darkest depths of tropical north Australia where there are wild crocodiles roaming freely a new waterlily has been found.
A team of Australians and representatives of Kew Gardens in London scoured the Western Australian land searching for something new. It is amazing that it was not identified before. The water flower is a beautiful purple and white.
It was in an isolated spot situated in an oasis of water near Gibb River. The Kimberley region is surely the place to be with new dinosaur fossils located there. Botanists have given the waterlily a common name: peony flora. A scientific label will soon be determined.
The plant seems to be plentiful. A "pond" was completely filled with the pretty flower. Further searches in other water bodies brought to light many more. Oddly, a specimen of the Lilly has been at Kew Gardens and was believed to be a hybrid. Now it is official - it is a species in its own right.
✴ Botany by Ty Buchanan ✴
Saccharin to Treat Cancer
Are you sweet enough? Maybe you are if you use saccharin. But wait! Are there other uses that this comforter can be used for? Scientists believe that it could treat cancer. The saccharin molecule deactivates carbonic anhydrase IX, a protein in aggressive cancers.
Carbonic anydrase IX regulates PH so that cancer can more easily spread through the body. It is hoped that saccharin can change the PH level. If it is not at an optimum level the cancer can be successfully treated with radiation and chemo therapy.
Healthy tissues, except for the gastrointestinal tract, have no carbonydrase anydrose IX. Other carbonic anydrase proteins are there though. Molecules tested before blocked similar carbonic anydrase proteins which are present to make the body work. By tweaking the saccharin molecule it was discovered that it does not affect helpful anhydrase proteins.
Tests have begun on liver and breast cancer. These are currently on animals. If the research is successful work on humans will open a new road to treating aggressive cancers.
✴ Chemistry by Ty Buchanan ✴
Bird Know What You Are Thinking - They Understand Behavior
Be careful the next time you quietly curse a magpie attacking you during breeding season. It may know what you are thinking. Why is it that the birds seem to know the personalities of individuals walking by? If you have fed them in the past they appear to remember you and let you go on by unhindered while swooping down onto the heads of other people.
Crows have been observed hiding food from other crows. This is not due to stress as was once believed. There is still contention between the two opposing groups of scientists. Tests on scrub jays it was claimed proved that they were hiding food from more dominant Jays. This was really a hypothesis, not real proof.
The other group claims that birds are conscious of others and what other may be seeing, like humans. In their tests bird were allowed to hide peanuts in a litter of corn cobs. If another bird was watching they later came back and re-hid the peanuts. When they buried peanuts on their own they rarely re-hid them.
This was the key finding - stress from stealing hidden peanuts should change behavior. It didn't! Birds were given a tray of ground cobs but an empty bowl with no peanuts. They were then given cobs and peanuts which they hid. Researchers stole all the peanuts from this tray.
The birds were split into two teams for study. One had peanuts, a new cob tray with the "sham" empty tray. The other had peanuts, a new cob tray with the "pilfered" tray. Stress from knowing that peanuts had been stolen earlier did not change behavior. Both teams of jays hid peanuts in the same way.
The "contra" group of scientists claimed that the sham tray with no peanuts stressed the birds just as much as the pilfered tray. Obviously, the scientific test for testing new scientific claims is not set on concrete. It can be bent for one's own purpose.
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Gene Therapy on the Brain Dangerously Changes Neuron Structure
Gene therapy for brain injuries and illnesses may be a good thing, but this treatment changes the shape of brain cells. Researchers in Western Australia say there is nothing to worry about because damaged brain cells regenerate or live longer. They say this when there is no proof that in the long term everything will be alright.
They say it is wonderful how brains cells function better after nine months of treatment. Apparently, the neurons become round due to new growth-promoting genes that stimulate them. The fact that surrounding genes away from the treatment area also change is in my opinion something to worry about. Obviously, when this occurs it cannot be reversed.
Doctors admit that the way neurons deal with information after treatment is never the same again. Furthermore, they suspect that the long-term effects may not be beneficial to the patient. It is a good thing that researchers are looking for a way to stop gene therapy in its tracks if anything goes wrong.
They say it is wonderful how brains cells function better after nine months of treatment. Apparently, the neurons become round due to new growth-promoting genes that stimulate them. The fact that surrounding genes away from the treatment area also change is in my opinion something to worry about. Obviously, when this occurs it cannot be reversed.
Doctors admit that the way neurons deal with information after treatment is never the same again. Furthermore, they suspect that the long-term effects may not be beneficial to the patient. It is a good thing that researchers are looking for a way to stop gene therapy in its tracks if anything goes wrong.
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Sweet Potato Is Being Improved
The sweet potato is a hotel counter-lunch filling. It is something you have when there is no other vegetable left. Most people eat it because it is on the plate. It's flavour can be described as sugary. The only vegetable anything like it is fresh baby peas that can be quite sweet. The sweet potato, however, is far too "sickly" for most palates. This humble vegetable is being revamped.
Researchers in Queensland are trying to find varieties that can be grown more economically and which are more suitable for consumers - diametrically opposed goals one would assume. They are looking for more brilliantly coloured kinds, a silly aspiration considering people don't eat colour. It is the taste that is the problem. Seeing pretty red, purple, orange and white skin while you are peeling them is hardly, well, "appealing". Scientists are saying the colours are exciting. Wow! They are also saying that there are interesting flavours. This claim is not soundly based because no formal taste tests have been done.
A fatter kind is being worked on. A quick perusal of the local greengrocer would indicate that size is not really an issue. There are some monsters out there already. Like giant pumpkins such monstrosities are usually only fit for the rubbish bin.
Those doing the study admit that the sweet potato being produced is of very high quality. If that is the case why bother working on improvements? Surely, research on more main-stream vegetables like the standard potato is more logical than trying to improve a vegetable that is at best only a fill-in on the dinner plate.
Researchers in Queensland are trying to find varieties that can be grown more economically and which are more suitable for consumers - diametrically opposed goals one would assume. They are looking for more brilliantly coloured kinds, a silly aspiration considering people don't eat colour. It is the taste that is the problem. Seeing pretty red, purple, orange and white skin while you are peeling them is hardly, well, "appealing". Scientists are saying the colours are exciting. Wow! They are also saying that there are interesting flavours. This claim is not soundly based because no formal taste tests have been done.
A fatter kind is being worked on. A quick perusal of the local greengrocer would indicate that size is not really an issue. There are some monsters out there already. Like giant pumpkins such monstrosities are usually only fit for the rubbish bin.
Those doing the study admit that the sweet potato being produced is of very high quality. If that is the case why bother working on improvements? Surely, research on more main-stream vegetables like the standard potato is more logical than trying to improve a vegetable that is at best only a fill-in on the dinner plate.
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