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Large Jurassic dinosaur fossil discovered in Xinjiang
The largest Jurassic dinosaur fossil in China is discovered by Chinese paleontologists in Shanshan county, Turfan region in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, April 15, 2012. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]
A piece of Jurassic...
Researchers identify genes associated with hippocampal volume
WASHINGTON, April 15 (Xinhua) — An international team of researchers has identified four loci that appear to be associated with decreasing the volume of the hippocampus, according to a study published Sunday online in Nature Genetics.
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Scientists find neural stem cell regulator
WASHINGTON, April 16 (Xinhua) — Researchers at the University of Colorado (CU) have found that lack of a specific gene interrupts neural tube closure, a condition that can cause death or paralysis. The study was the cover story this week...
Private company’s 1st space station visit on track
A private U.S. company is on track to become the first commercial visitor to the International Space Station.
NASA said Monday there’s a good chance that Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, will make its April 30 date to launch...
Space shuttle Discovery ready for voyage to museum
Space Center workers watch as the space shuttle Discovery is towed from the Mate Demate facility while attached to a modified NASA 747 aircraft at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida April 16, 2012. (REUTERS/Joe Skipper)
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Budget woes force NASA to redraw plans to Mars
This undated image provided by NASA shows the Gale Crater on Mars. This image shows the landing site for the rover Curiosity, which is scheduled in August 2012 to touch down near the foot of Mount Sharp, a mountain inside the crater on the...
New dinosaur fossils discovered in Inner Mongolia
HOHHOT, April 15 (Xinhua) — Workers are fencing off an isolated strip in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, in a bid to protect a new site of fossilized dinosaur bones.
Liang Chunxi, from the Land Resources Bureau...
NASA 1976 Mars mission discovers life
BEIJING, April 17(Xinhuanet) — A new research conducted by a team of American scientists provided evidences that the 1976 Mars mission found microbes on the planet, according to a report released Tuesday on the website of American National...
New shrimp-like species found in New Mexico cave
Scientists have discovered a new shrimp-like species in a gypsum cave in southeastern New Mexico, only a few dozen miles from the famous caves at Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
The species of amphipod was unknown before being discovered about...
Search on for entangled whale off Calif. coast
This image provided April 17, 2012, by Capt. Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Safari shows a gray whale entangled in netting in the waters off the coast of Southern California April 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Capt. Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Safari)
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