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SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Apr 19, 2007 @ 2:22pm neoform

MSNBC -- Earth's oldest known tree stood nearly 30 feet tall and looked like a modern palm, a new reconstruction shows. Workers uncovered hundreds of upright stumps of the 385 million-year-old tree more than a century ago, after a flash flood in Gilboa, New Yor.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Jun 11, 2008 @ 8:23am neoform

BBC News -- A new genetic family tree of the UK's birds may help predict which will see their populations decline in future. The family tree - or phylogenetic map - shows how closely species are related. The scientist who compiled it, Gavin Thomas, found that p.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Jan 17, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Botanists have discovered a new species of giant self-destructing palm in Madagascar which is so large that it can be seen in satellite photos. The plant, which only exists in the remote north-west of the island, is unlike anything else ever found on t.. Read More