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Sometimes evolution reinvents the wheel
1/31/2008
If a particular biological innovation is good enough to evolve once, it may sometimes be good enough to evolve multiple times independently in different species. This is one of the discoveries from a study of genome evolution led by Jay F. Storz, a biological scientist at UNL and published online Jan. 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. > full story
Ted Kooser's Valentines
1/31/2008
For Valentine's Day 1986, Ted Kooser wrote "Pocket Poem" and sent the tender, thoughtful composition to 50 women friends, starting an annual tradition that would persist for the next 21 years. Printed on postcards, the poems were mailed to a list of recipients that eventually grew to more than 2,700 women all over the country. > full story
ANDRILL's 2nd Antarctic drilling season exceeds all expectations
12/12/2007
A second season in Antarctica for the Antarctic Geological Drilling program has exceeded all expectations, according to the co-chief scientists of the program's Southern McMurdo Sound Project. > full story
Snow aids discovery of cosmic ray source
11/20/2007
For nearly a century since cosmic rays were first discovered in 1912, scientists have puzzled over their source, particularly of the most powerful cosmic rays. > full story
