Ice core 'dipstick' indicates West Antarctic ice has thinned less than believed
Rising sea levels 20,000 years ago, as the last ice age was beginning to wane, often are attributed in part to melting in West Antarctica. But in a new study led by University of Washington researchers, an ice core of 1,000 meters was used as a sort of dipstick to show that a key section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet probably never contained as much ice as scientists originally thought...Colombian frog believed extinct found alive
Researchers exploring a Colombian mountain range found surviving members of a species of Harlequin frog believed extinct due to a killer fungus wiping out amphibian populations in Central and South America. The discovery of what could be the last population of the painted frog (Atelopus ebenoides marinkellei) indicates the species has survived the fungus, providing hope that other species...Man's earliest direct ancestors looked more apelike than previously believed
Modern man"s earliest known close ancestor was significantly more apelike than previously believed, a New York University College of Dentistry professor has found. A computer-generated reconstruction by Dr. Timothy Bromage, a paleoanthropologist and Adjunct Professor of Biomaterials and of Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology, shows a 1.9 million-year-old skull belonging to Homo rudolf...Researchers find 24 species believed new to science in Suriname rainforest
Presented in a report made public today, the findings from a 2005 expedition led by Conservation International’s Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) and a follow-up survey in 2006 demonstrat...Smoking Ban Believed To Enjoy Widespread Public Acceptance In Scotland
There has been an increasing tendency by citizens of Scotland to give up smoking on a voluntary basis. If this healthy trend were to continue, it would mean a less trouble for the Government// that hopes to impose a public ban on smoking the following year. The number of people who call up the smoking help line has infact increased by a margin of over 2000 in the current year. This is m...India Has a Million Less AIDS Cases Than Believed: Study
India may have a million less AIDS patients than has been widely believed, according to a new but still unreleased survey whose findings were reported here. The survey that was financed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and carried out under international supervision shows that India probably no longer has the largest number of AIDS patients in the world, the New York Times...World may Get Much Wetter With Global Warming Than Believed
The world might get unexpectedly wetter than earlier believed, a new study carried out by the California-based Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) has said. According to the satellite-based research undertaken by Frank Wentz and his colleagues, global temperatures have risen, but precipitation has also kept pace. The findings also cast doubt on the ability of climate models...Genes Associated With Limb Development is More Primitive Than Believed
A new study by a University of Chicago researcher has revealed that fish possessed the genes associated with helping to grow hands and feet (autopods) much before animals with limbs (tetrapods) came onto the scene about 365 million years ago. Lead author of the study in the Nature, Dr Marcus Davis said, the findings overturned a long held, but much debated theory that limb acquisit...