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News | Archive (14 August 2007)

Archived news stories published on 14 August 2007 [chronologically, reverse order]
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Mars500 European crew selected and ready to go
Mars500 European crew selected and ready to go — The simulated flight to Mars is almost ready to depart! Selection of the full crew is still under way, but the Europeans…
Odd mosaic of dental features reveals undocumented primate
Odd mosaic of dental features reveals undocumented primate — It's in the teeth. An odd mosaic of dental features recently unearthed in northern Egypt reveals a previously undocumented,…
Rensselaer researchers to send bacteria into orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis
Rensselaer researchers to send bacteria into orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis — A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will send an army of microorganisms into space this week, to…
Herschel reveals the hidden side of star birth
Herschel reveals the hidden side of star birth — The first scientific results from ESA's Herschel infrared space observatory are revealing previously hidden details of star…

Climate change isolates Rocky Mountain butterflies

— 22:20 GMT | Biology

Expanding forests in the Canadian Rocky Mountains are slowly isolating groups of alpine butterflies from each other, which may lead to the extinction of the colourful insects in some areas, says a new study from the University of Alberta. A rising tree line in the Rockies due to global warming, and a policy not to initiate 'prescribed burns' (intentionally started, controlled fires) in order to manage forest growth, has created the tenuous condition for the alpine butterflies, said Jens Roland, a biological scientist at the University of Alberta…

Which came first, the moth or the cactus?

— 22:20 GMT | Biology

It's not a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket... unless you're a senita moth. Found in the parched Sonoran desert of southern Arizona and northern Mexico, the senita moth depends on a single plant species - the senita cactus - both for its food and for a place to lay eggs. The senita cactus is equally dependent upon the moth, the only species that pollinates its flowers. Senita cacti and senita moths have a rare, mutually dependent relationship, one of only three known dependencies in which an insect actively pollinates flowers for the purpose of assuring a food resource for its offspring…

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