• Science

    Duck-Billed Platypus Genes Analyzed

    By Posted on 5.7.2008 12 Comments

    An international team of scientists today published the first analysis of the genome sequence of Glennie, a female duck-billed platypus from Australia. Because the platypus occupies a unique branch on the tree of life, Glennie's genome could provide important clues about how humans and other mammalian species evolved. Like all mammals, the platypus nourishes its young with milk. But platypus babies hatch from eggs, a characteristic usually associated with birds and reptiles. By comparing the platypus genome with the genomes of other animals—including the human, mouse, dog, chicken and green anole lizard—the scientists hope to pinpoint which genes are common to all mammals, and when various traits have appeared or disappeared in the mammalian lineage.

    8.27.2008 at 01:49pm - Comment by vaccaro117

    Since when was evolution disproved???? i have never heard that. also, they don't teach you evolution in school. as for what i believe, i am a christian who agrees with evolution.

  • The Environment

    Massive Ice Shelf Collapse

    By Posted on 3.25.2008 8 Comments

    At 5,282 square miles the Wilkins Ice Shelf is one of the largest on the Antarctic Peninsula. It is also the latest casualty of global warming. Satellite images released today by the British Antarctic Survey and the National Snow and Ice Data Center reveal a massive collapse over the past month—disintegration resulting in, most recently, a breakaway iceberg seven times the size of Manhattan.

    4.6.2008 at 01:49pm - Comment by vaccaro117

    i believe what eaksport1 said about earths natural heating and cooling cycles. and this would of hapened eventually anyway. global warming may be to blame or not. if you research more, some areas are cooling just like some areas are heating up. oh yeah, zcar.300, this is not bad for the planet, just for humans and other land creatures. fish and marine mammals will have more water and if the earth floods, better for them. if global warming weakens the atmosphere and alows more radiation in thats good, good for mutation. we cant destroy all life on the planet maybe just ourselves.



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