Volunteers wanted for 520-day Mars trip sim
Oct/090
The European Space Agency is looking for volunteers to take part in a 520-day simulated round-trip to Mars, starting in 2010 the crew will have to…
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Volunteers wanted for 520-day Mars trip sim
Real-life Harry Potter laments name
Oct/090
A 20-year-old Briton who shares the name of the fictional boy wizard Harry Potter and who even has a scar on his forehead after running in to a la…
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Real-life Harry Potter laments name
Alexander the Great not first at Alexandria
Oct/090
Microscopic bits of pollen and charcoal have cast doubt on the notion that Alexander the Great was the first to settle the area in Egypt that woul…
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Alexander the Great not first at Alexandria
Loggerhead Turtle Hatchlings: 4,000 Tiny Reasons to Celebrate
Aug/090
More than 4,000 Loggerhead turtle hatchlings made their way safely into the sea, thanks to the help of hardworking volunteers.
A dedicated team of about 70 Sunshine Coast volunteers are celebrating a wonderful outcome of the turtle nesting season: 4,000 Loggerhead hatchlings (Caretta caretta) have survived the treacherous journey from their nests into the sea.
Turtle Care Sunshine Coast and Coolum Coast Care help ensure hatching survival with a monitoring program for nesting beaches. Turtle nests are identified, recorded, and protected from predators (such as foxes).
According to My Sunshine Coast, 56 Loggerhead nests were identified this season between Caloundra’s Kings Beach and Noosa Heads.
Turtle Care Sunshine Coast coordinator Julie O”Connor is pleased with the results:
Given that there are only around 500 nesting Loggerheads along Australia’s east coast, the Sunshine Coast population is small but significant.
At the end of each turtle nesting season, volunteers enjoy a barbeque and celebrate their important contribution to the survival of endangered Loggerhead turtles.
Here’s to the volunteers!?
Image source: istock.com
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Loggerhead Turtle Hatchlings: 4,000 Tiny Reasons to Celebrate
Loggerhead Turtle Hatchlings: 4,000 Tiny Reasons to Celebrate
Aug/090
More than 4,000 Loggerhead turtle hatchlings made their way safely into the sea, thanks to the help of hardworking volunteers.
A dedicated team of about 70 Sunshine Coast volunteers are celebrating a wonderful outcome of the turtle nesting season: 4,000 Loggerhead hatchlings (Caretta caretta) have survived the treacherous journey from their nests into the sea.
Turtle Care Sunshine Coast and Coolum Coast Care help ensure hatching survival with a monitoring program for nesting beaches. Turtle nests are identified, recorded, and protected from predators (such as foxes).
According to My Sunshine Coast, 56 Loggerhead nests were identified this season between Caloundra’s Kings Beach and Noosa Heads.
Turtle Care Sunshine Coast coordinator Julie O”Connor is pleased with the results:
Given that there are only around 500 nesting Loggerheads along Australia’s east coast, the Sunshine Coast population is small but significant.
At the end of each turtle nesting season, volunteers enjoy a barbeque and celebrate their important contribution to the survival of endangered Loggerhead turtles.
Here’s to the volunteers!?
Image source: istock.com
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Study: Malaria Originated in Chimps
Aug/090
In a study published earlier this week, researchers from the United States reported that malaria originated in chimpanzees. The scientists discovered that the parasite that causes malaria is closely related to a parasite found in chimps.
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Study: Malaria Originated in Chimps
Scientists Set to Study the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Aug/090
About one thousand miles off the coast of California, in an isolated area of the north Pacific ocean known as the North Pacific Gyre, a slowly rotating whirlpool of water swirls in a giant clockwise spiral. At the center of the swirling mass of water sits a relatively still center, inviting the accumulation of whatever debris swirls into it.
Created by a high pressure system of trade and westerly winds, all the oceans of the world have massive, slow-moving gyres. While oceans across the globe have accumulated debris, the north Pacific Gyre is known to have amassed at its core the largest. This giant debris field, commonly known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is estimated to be as large as the state of Texas (some sources say twice the size of Texas).
Scientists and researchers from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography have begun new research on the nature and origin of the Great Pacific Patch, as well as its effect on the local ecosystem and global food chain.
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Scientists Set to Study the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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