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Near-complete fossil reveals evolution of advanced flight among early birds

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Near-complete fossil reveals evolution of advanced flight among early birds

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The most complete skeleton of an enantiornithine bird has offered scientists new insights into the evolution of flight.

Global warming is cooking sperm and could threaten male fertility

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Global warming is cooking sperm and could threaten male fertility

Hotter, drier climate explains increase in size, severity of California's fires

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Hotter, drier climate explains increase in size, severity of California's fires

Scientists turn Martian sunrise into a piece of music

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Scientists turn Martian sunrise into a piece of music

Archaeologists can determine a person's sex by analyzing a single tooth

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Archaeologists can determine a person's sex by analyzing a single tooth

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Archaeologists can now estimate the biological sex of ancient human remains by analyzing proteins traces on a single fossil tooth.

Planned flying fox cull will harm endangered species, scientists warn

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Planned flying fox cull will harm endangered species, scientists warn

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- According to a new study, the Mauritian flying fox is only responsible for a small amount of fruit losses. A cull is unnecessary, scientists say.

Fruit, vegetable shapes controlled by newly discovered genetic mechanism

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Fruit, vegetable shapes controlled by newly discovered genetic mechanism

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Scientists at the University of Georgia have discovered a new genetic mechanism that controls the shape of fruits and vegetables.

South Asian Monsoon affects more people than once thought

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South Asian Monsoon affects more people than once thought

Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Warming in the southern hemisphere of Asia has a stronger affect on monsoon strength than scientists previously thought.

Exposure to pesticides makes bees less social, reduces colony size

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Exposure to pesticides makes bees less social, reduces colony size

Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Exposure to pesticides can reduce the size of bee colonies and cause the insect to become less social.

Fossilized dinosaur proteins and burnt toast feature similar chemical compounds

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Fossilized dinosaur proteins and burnt toast feature similar chemical compounds

Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Under the right conditions, a dinosaur's soft tissue can be transformed and preserved, enabling fossilization.

MIT researchers develop window coating to deflect most of sun's heat

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MIT researchers develop window coating to deflect most of sun's heat

Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Scientists have developed a heat-deflecting film that could reject up to 70 percent of the sun's heat from a window.

The Amazon is evolving, but not adapting as fast the climate is changing

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The Amazon is evolving, but not adapting as fast the climate is changing

Nov. 8 (UPI) -- According to a new survey of the Amazon, the planet's largest forest is shifting its composition in response to climate change.

Illegal emissions threaten to undermine UN's optimistic ozone report

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Illegal emissions threaten to undermine UN's optimistic ozone report

Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Uncertainty over the impacts of illegal chlorofluorocarbon emissions threatens to undermine the longterm success of the Montreal Protocol.

Survey reveals 49 new bee species in Utah

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Survey reveals 49 new bee species in Utah

Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Utah is home to 660 bee species, according to a new study. One out of every four bee species endemic to the United States can be found in the Beehive State.

Ornithologists discover three-species hybrid warbler

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Ornithologists discover three-species hybrid warbler

Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Scientists have discovered a warbler in Pennsylvania that is the hybrid of three species, a rarity.

East Antarctic Ice Sheet has fewer lakes underneath it than scientists thought

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East Antarctic Ice Sheet has fewer lakes underneath it than scientists thought

Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The East Antarctic Ice Sheet has far fewer lakes beneath it than scientists once assumed.

Scientists design bioreactor to regrow amputated frog's legs

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Scientists design bioreactor to regrow amputated frog's legs

Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A team of scientists at Tufts University has developed a way to regenerate severed frog legs, which they say is effort to move one step closer to regrowing human limbs.

Modern slavery is fueling overfishing

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Modern slavery is fueling overfishing

Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Labor abuses, including modern slavery, underpin unsustainable commercial fishing practices, according to new research.

Scientists built an electricity-producing bionic mushroom

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Scientists built an electricity-producing bionic mushroom

Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Researchers have created an electricity-producing bionic mushroom by augmenting a white button mushroom from the grocery store with cyanobacteria and graphene.

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NASA scrubs launch of ICON satellite; may try again Thursday

Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman will launch NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer satellite just after 3:00 a.m. EST on Wednesday aboard it's air-launched Pegasus XL rocket.

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