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A fossil is any preserved remains, trace, or impression of any once-living organism from a past geologic age. Examples of fossils include exoskeletons, bones, shells, or stone imprints of animals or microbes. The totality of fossils is known as the fossil record. Credit: Shutterstock
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OCT 23, 2015Microbiology
This installment of “Better Know a Microbe” is all about “magnetotactic” bacteria! Bacter ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 08, 2015Neuroscience
When the subject of early human species comes up, the focus tends to be on bones. Researchers want to know how big they ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 05, 2015Neuroscience
Most people don’t realize that the genetic remnants of viruses from millions of years ago still reside in human DN ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 14, 2015Health & Medicine
Last week, a giant virus was recovered from the permafrost in northeastern Russia by a French team lead by Dr. Jean ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 30, 2015Earth & The Environment
Hawaii made history recently, as it threw a switch connecting the world’s first ocean thermal energy conversion po ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
The Arctic permafrost has been frozen for thousands of years (permanent frost). The frozen soil of this ancient ground c ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 20, 2015Genetics & Genomics
By storing information in DNA, large amounts of data can be preserved in a very stable fashion, according to Robert N. G ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Videos
No one ever really notices the color of dinosaurs in illustrations or movies do they? They are varying shades of green, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 12, 2015Earth & The Environment
So you’ve been thinking about global warming and you want to do your part to not be part of the problem. The most ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUL 30, 2015Space & Astronomy
Okay, at first this might seem a little … odd, but once you start learning the details it will start to make sense. So, ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUL 24, 2015Plants & Animals
Planes, trains and automobiles. That's pretty much how travelers get around, but with the global economy expanding the w ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
In the summer the conventional wisdom is to wear light colored clothing. When it's hot, the last thing you want to wear ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 14, 2015Videos
About 200 million years ago, there were plenty of plant eating dinosaurs roaming the Earth, but none in warm tropical ar ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 08, 2015Earth & The Environment
Oregon's environmental regulatory agency, the Environmental Quality Commission, is heavily regulating the state's coal-f ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUL 01, 2015Earth & The Environment
When most of us think of solar energy, we think solar panels, but there's a new way to do solar. You're not likely to se ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUL 01, 2015Plants & Animals
When you think of a farm, admit it, a deep dark tunnel isn't what you imagine. Farms are in the country, with green roll ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 26, 2015Plants & Animals
First discovered in 1977, the fossilized remains of a creepy creature with bizarre body parts and appearance was named " ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
Hydrogen has long been the holy grail of clean energy. The problem up to this point has been that the only economically ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 16, 2015Chemistry & Physics
What if we told you that there was now a way to pull energy out of thin air?
You would probably question the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 09, 2015Earth & The Environment
Often, when the idea of total conversion to clean energy for the US is proposed, the chorus in return is: that's just no ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 04, 2015Earth & The Environment
So, you want to put solar panels on your house. Great. You'll be generating clean electricity. You won't have to worry a ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
So, we want to have a hydrogen fueled future, right? It's a truly clean fuel that doesn't emit CO2 when burned. It would ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye ...Written By: Robert Woodard
OCT 23, 2015
Microbiology
This installment of “Better Know a Microbe” is all about “magnetotactic” bacteria! Bacter
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 08, 2015
Neuroscience
When the subject of early human species comes up, the focus tends to be on bones. Researchers want to know how big they
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Most people don’t realize that the genetic remnants of viruses from millions of years ago still reside in human DN
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 14, 2015
Health & Medicine
Last week, a giant virus was recovered from the permafrost in northeastern Russia by a French team lead by Dr. Jean
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 30, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Hawaii made history recently, as it threw a switch connecting the world’s first ocean thermal energy conversion po
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 28, 2015
Earth & The Environment
The Arctic permafrost has been frozen for thousands of years (permanent frost). The frozen soil of this ancient ground c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 20, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
By storing information in DNA, large amounts of data can be preserved in a very stable fashion, according to Robert N. G
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Videos
No one ever really notices the color of dinosaurs in illustrations or movies do they? They are varying shades of green,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 12, 2015
Earth & The Environment
So you’ve been thinking about global warming and you want to do your part to not be part of the problem. The most
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUL 30, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Okay, at first this might seem a little … odd, but once you start learning the details it will start to make sense. So,
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUL 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
Planes, trains and automobiles. That's pretty much how travelers get around, but with the global economy expanding the w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 22, 2015
Earth & The Environment
In the summer the conventional wisdom is to wear light colored clothing. When it's hot, the last thing you want to wear
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 14, 2015
Videos
About 200 million years ago, there were plenty of plant eating dinosaurs roaming the Earth, but none in warm tropical ar
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 08, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Oregon's environmental regulatory agency, the Environmental Quality Commission, is heavily regulating the state's coal-f
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUL 01, 2015
Earth & The Environment
When most of us think of solar energy, we think solar panels, but there's a new way to do solar. You're not likely to se
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUL 01, 2015
Plants & Animals
When you think of a farm, admit it, a deep dark tunnel isn't what you imagine. Farms are in the country, with green roll
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 26, 2015
Plants & Animals
First discovered in 1977, the fossilized remains of a creepy creature with bizarre body parts and appearance was named "
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Hydrogen has long been the holy grail of clean energy. The problem up to this point has been that the only economically
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUN 16, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
What if we told you that there was now a way to pull energy out of thin air?
You would probably question the ...
You would probably question the ...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 09, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Often, when the idea of total conversion to clean energy for the US is proposed, the chorus in return is: that's just no
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAY 04, 2015
Earth & The Environment
So, you want to put solar panels on your house. Great. You'll be generating clean electricity. You won't have to worry a
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 28, 2015
Earth & The Environment
So, we want to have a hydrogen fueled future, right? It's a truly clean fuel that doesn't emit CO2 when burned. It would
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 28, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard