High School Teens Find Similar Duck Baby Dinosaurs

Although still in high school , Kevin Terris , The Webbs School student , beat foresight in finding fossil dinosaur paleontologist .

Terris find the dinosaur when the school held a joint excavation expert palaeontologist Raymond M Alf Museum of Paleontology . While paleontologists who a few days earlier had observed the same area and did not find anything , Terris managed to find valuable fossils .

Dinosaurs found Terris is a type of dinosaur which looked like a duck out of the side of his mouth that looks like a beak . Called Parasaurolophus , a dinosaur that lived 75 million estimated last year .

Terris is already discovered the fossils in 2009 . However , licensing efforts for excavation and trenching themselves and make the identification of new research results announced this time . The results of this research published in the journal PeerJ .

Dinosaurs actually found was a baby , an estimated size of 1.8 meters. Named Joe , this fossil is the youngest dinosaur fossils and complex in their group . As adults , the type of dinosaur is estimated to be up to almost 8 feet .

The first dinosaurs lived in the western region of North America . This species is known with characteristics similar tube -shaped bone at the top of his head . Scientists believe that the function on the sound part to help communication .

Commenting neighbor discovery , Terris said , " Initially I was interested in seeing a bone protruding from a stone . When we then look at the skull , I am very happy . "

Many adult Parasaurolophus dinosaur groups have been found . However , this finding is unique because it represents Parasaurolophus when young . When young , this dinosaur had only bumps on the head that would later develop into a similar organ in the head tube .

Andrew Farke of Raymond M Alf Museum of Paleontology and his team conducted scanning to reconstruct the vocal abilities that can be produced by infant and adult dinosaurs of this type .

"If this dinosaur adult can produce the sound of barking , the baby dinosaur produces chirp , " Farke said as quoted by the International Business Times , Tuesday ( 10/22/2013 ) .

" Together with its visual appearance , these traits may help the animals that live in the same area to know who the ' boss ' of the group , " said Farke .

Based on a sample of bone , Sarah Werning from Stony Brook University are also involved in the study , said that the dinosaurs died in a very young age . Dinosaurs had a circle of like the tree . At this dinosaur fossils , scientists have not found any loop .

First, Dinosaur Fossil Found in Malaysia

The team of researchers from Japan and Malaysia for the first time discovered dinosaur fossils in Malaysia .

Fossil bones that form the tooth was found in the region of Pahang . Once identified , it is the property of Spinosaurus fossil , a fish -eating dinosaur .

Fossil UM10575 coded . Scientists involved in this discovery came from the University of Malaya , Waseda University , and Kumamoto University , Japan .

Ren Hirayama of Waseda University , a professor of paleontology , was the first to successfully identify the dinosaur fossils .

A length of 23 mm and a width of 10 mm , the teeth of fossil bones found in sedimentary rocks aged between 145-75 million years .

This study has a target to explore the wealth of fossils that may exist in the Malaysian Peninsula as sediments of Jurassic periods - the Cretaceous .

Spinosaurus had a similar crocodile skull and conical teeth . Teeth also has serrations and rough edges .

Spinosaurus , as reported by Science World Report , Tuesday ( 02/25/2014 ) , has been found in many regions of Australia , Europe , and Asia.

The research team hopes to find more fossils of dinosaurs in that place . They also said that the need for protection of the discovery site .

In the Page School, A Teacher Discover New Type of Fossil Whales

A teacher in California discovered a new type of fossil whales while walking from school halls to his office .

Martin Byhower , a science teacher at the junior high school level , which he initially look quite strange stone before finally learned that the rock contains fossils .

Byhower then contacted Howel Thomas of the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles to analyze the fossils .

Based on the analysis of Thomas , discovered fossil sperm whales are the property group aged 12-15 million years completely new to science .

" From the initial analysis , the fossil appears to be a new species , and perhaps a new genus , " Thomas said as quoted by the Daily Mail , Wednesday ( 05/02/2014 ) .

Thomas said , if it proved to be a new species , these findings are very worthy to be published . this time , the museum plans to investigate further .

If proven novelty , says Thomas , then the species could be named " chadwickii " , according to the name of the school where his invention , Chadwick School .

Byhower said he was happy for the cooperation the museum . " We are pleased the Natural History Museum to help us further analyze fossils and shared its findings , " he said .

Found, Dinosaurs First of Saudi Arabia

Paleontologist had found the first dinosaur fossil from Saudi Arabia .

The findings are published in the current issue of the journal PLoS ONE on behalf of researchers from Uppsala University , Museum Victoria , Monash University , and the Saudi Geological Survey .

Fossils found when paleontologists conducting excavations in the territory of Saudi Arabia adjacent to the Red Sea . The fossils were a part of the spine and teeth .

" Fossils of dinosaurs are very rare in the Arabian Peninsula with only very fragmented bones were found , " says Benjamin Kear of Uppsala University in Sweden .

" These findings are important not only because it is where we find it, but because we are also able to identify it , " he explained .

" Also , this is the first dinosaur that are taxonomically known from the Arabian Peninsula , " said Kear in a release on the website of Uppsala University , Tuesday ( 01/07/2014 ) .

Tom Rich of Museum Victoria in Australia revealed , including rare dinosaur in Arabic because of the sedimentation of rocks in the past .

" Sedimentary rocks are deposited in stream and river during the time of the dinosaurs is rare , especially in Saudi Arabia , " he said . In the past , Arab land lies under the sea .

The bones and teeth were found in excavations this time 72 million years old . Identify reveal two types of dinosaurs .

The first is a carnivorous bipedal dinosaurs still associated with Tyranosaurus , had a body length of 6 meters . The second is that the plant-eating titanosaurs may have a body length of 20 meters .

Dinosaurs were not a new species , but only first discovered in Saudi Arabia . The same dinosaur found in Madagascar , South America , and northern Africa .

Mystery Tomb Revealed whales in Chile

It is one of the most remarkable fossil discoveries in recent years is a whale graveyard discovered in addition to the Pan American Highway in Chile .

And now scientists think they can explain how so many animals could be captured in a single location more than five million years ago .

It happened as a result of the four events en masse terdamparnya whales , according to a report in the Royal Society journal .

Evidence strongly suggests that all the whales died from eating toxic seaweed .

Mammals are dead and dying then thrown to the waves by the beach where they were buried for millions of years .

Area located in Chile 's Atacama Desert is known as the ideal whale fossil graveyard .

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Their bones visible jutting out between the coral and the location was later renamed Cerro Ballena ( " whale hill " ) .

But the U.S. and Chilean researchers a new opportunity to study the fossil when the road widened Pan American .

They were given two weeks to complete it before the area was converted into the road .

The team then recorded the details as much as possible , create a 3D digital model of the skeleton is left and move the bones to be studied in the laboratory .

" We discovered creatures such as whales extinct sea lions , dolphins are evolved and have a face like a sea lion , " said Nicholas Pyenson , paleontology experts at the Smithsonian 's National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC , USA .

" It's incredible that we could find all the stars of world fossil marine mammals in South America , " said Pyenson .

Mini T Rex fossil found in Arctic

Paleontology experts have discovered the fossilized remains of Tyrannosaurus rex ( T. rex ) dwarfs in northern Alaska . The prehistoric creatures , which live in the Arctic about 70 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period , the dreaded half-sized cousin .

Given the name Nanuqsaurus , or " lizard polar bears " in the language of the Inupiat of Alaska , this creature has an estimated length of six feet and weighing 450 pounds at adult age .

Experts say , the T rex mini is very similar to the nearby cousin , the giant Tyrannosaur , which doubled the size of Nanuqsaurus .

Part of the skull and the upper and lower molars of T. rex dwarf was discovered by the paleontologist of the Perot Museum in Dallas , Texas , in the southeastern United States . They found it while digging the remains of a small horned dinosaur skeleton other unidentified .

Anthony Fiorillo Nanuqsaurus found the bones in a quarry in the Prince Creek Formation, North Slope , Alaska , above the Arctic Circle .

This discovery is not too surprising for paleontologists because they had suspected there was a predator in the Arctic due to the presence of tooth marks on the bones of horned dinosaurs .

Tyrannosaurus dwarf discovery was published in the journal PLoS ONE .

Antarctic ice trickle, Front Elevation The Endangered Sea Water High

Melting ice in the western Antarctic could hardly be stopped , the consequences of sea level rise .

With the speed of melting ice during this , sea level rise predictions compiled by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to be adjusted .

" A large part of the West Antarctic ice sheet melts and can not go back , " said Eric Rignot , professor of Earth system at the University of California , Irvine .

" Melting can not be stopped , " he added . There are no big hills behind a layer of ice that could hold water from melting ice to not flow into the sea .

" This melting will have a major impact on sea level rise around the world , " said Rignot .

" It will raise the sea level up to 1.2 meters or 4 feet , " he added that publishes research at the Geophysical Research Letters .

Rignot study is one of the results of research on melting ice in the Antarctic were released simultaneously on Monday ( 05/12/2014 ) .

Another study conducted by Ian Joughin and published in the journal Science . Both see the changes in the Antarctic and predict future trends with computer simulations .

Rignot , which is the polar ice researcher at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory , digging satellite data , observed by aircraft and ships , as well as direct surveying Antarctic ice .

The research results revealed that melting ice in Pine Island slowed in recent years. However , it occurs because of rapid melting has occurred many years earlier .

On the other hand , based on data since 2006 , in Thwaites melting takes place more quickly .

Joughin , appropriate research , stating that the Thwaites ice melting could cause sea level rise of up to 61 cm .

The conclusion is based on data trends on the future of Antarctica , coupled with the radar data that enable see rocks under the ice .

Joughin , which is a polar ice expert at the University of Washington , said it was inevitable meltdown . Ice can melt all within a period of 200-1000 years .

" All of our simulations show that the loss of ice will make sea level rise of less than 1 cm for several hundreds of years , and then boom , will be quick , " he said .

Predicted sea level rise associated with climate change to date has not included the loss of ice in Antarctica .

Sridhar Anandakrishnan , professor of earth sciences at Pennsylvania State University , who was not involved in the study , said the results of this research will make the United Nations to change their predictions .

As quoted by AFP on Monday , he said that the upper limit of sea level rise of about 90 cm or 3 feet .

All the processes that lead to the melting of ice in Antarctica , said Anandakrishnan , related to climate change . Climate change itself is affected by humans , some of which use fossil fuels .

Adolescents 15 Years of Cheap Ways to Develop HIV Testing

15 -year -old girl from York House School in Vancouver , Canada , Nicole Ticea , develop innovation attractive, inexpensive way HIV testing .

How cheap HIV test is needed because many people infected with HIV live in a place where inadequate testing facilities .

HIV testing in general , such as the ELISA method , determining the status of a person's positive or negative based on the detected antibodies .

However , Ticea different ways . The method developed Ticea determine someone's status based on the presence or absence of the HIV virus in the blood itself .

To perform the test , users simply dripping blood on a chip . The test results will be available shortly afterwards . This test is only slightly more difficult than pregnancy tests .

Ticea developed a useful way to determine the status of a person as though his body has not produced antibodies . This method negates the window period .

In addition , the low cost , way too overcome Ticea developed based HIV testing for the presence or absence of virus that is costly and time consuming .

Test methods developed Ticea named Isothermic Nucleic Acid Amplification . Ticea collaboration with Simon Fraser University to develop it .

IFLScience.com site reported on Monday ( 12/05/2014 ) , Ticea became the first champion in the event Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge British Columbia region through innovation .

Next week , Ticea innovation will advance to the national level . When you win , Ticea will advance to the international competition in San Diego , United States .

Oldest Giant Sperm Found, Man Belongs length 23 time

Giant sperm 17 million years old discovered in Riversleigh site , near Queensland , Australia . Giant sperm belonged to group organisms ostracoda , similar crustaceans , sometimes called a seed shrimp .

Together sperm cells , also found Zenker organs , organ made ​​of chitin , serves to transfer sperm to the female , who preserved . Ostracoda sperm length 1.3 mm , slightly larger than the size ostracoda itself and 23 times greater than a human sperm ( about 0.055 mm ) .

" This is the oldest fossil ever found sperm , " said Mike Archer , a researcher School of Biology, Earth and Environment , University of New South Wales , which has been excavated Riversleigh for 35 years .

Story of the discovery of the oldest fossil sperm began when Archer and colleagues , Suzanne Hand and Henk Godthelp , collecting specimens of ostracoda Bitesantennary sites at Riversleigh in 1988 .

Samples were then sent to John Neil , a specialist ostracoda of La Trobe University . Neil works closely with other specialists , Renate Matzke - Karasz of the Ludwig Maximilian University , Munich , and Paul Tafforeau of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France .

Microscopic analysis of the specimens showed that the organs in the creature is still in good condition . In the internal organs , scientists found a giant sperm cell and its nucleus containing the genetic material .

" About 17 million years ago , the site is a cave in the middle Bisantennary rain forest rich in biodiversity. Ostracoda who live in small puddles in the cave that is constantly enriched by the droppings of thousands of bats , " Archer said as quoted by Physorg , Wednesday ( 14/5 / 2014 ) .

Suzzane Hand , a bat expert extinct , said , bat droppings may also play an important role in preserving the giant sperm . Bat excrement make the water rich in phosphorus , triggering mineralization of soft tissues in ostracoda .

Various interesting findings resulting from excavations at Riversleigh . However , the findings in the form of sperm preserved along with the cell nucleus by Archer unexpected and special. Research published in the journal of the Royal Society B.

Ecuador Will Slaughter Rat 180 Million

Ecuadorian government plans to slaughter 180 million rats to exterminate rodents from the Galapagos Islands . How?

The government will send a helicopter that will drop 22 tons of bait in the bait with Pinzon Island , an uninhabited island in the archipelago within 600 miles of the coast of Ecuador .

Feed the cube -shaped bright blue is very attractive to rats , but not like other animals in the Galapagos .

However, 34 eagles were arrested Pinzon Island not to participate take the bait , while in Island Plaza Sur iguana also arrested for protection .

This is the second attempt is made ​​to kill rodents " immigrants " in the 19 series of islands that inspired Charles Darwin to formulate his theory of evolution . Ecuador's government hopes by 2020 all the rats in the Galapagos will be exhausted .

Norway rats and black rats brought aboard whaling ships and war ships that stop in the Galapagos in the 17th century . The rat is now the main predators of eggs Galapagos native animals , including the giant tortoise eggs , lava lizards , snakes , hawks , and iguanas .

Rats also destroy many major food crops are becoming a species native to the Galapagos .

" The mouse is one of the worst problems the Galapagos . These Animal reproduce every three months and eat everything , " said the expert Nature Conservancy , Juan Carlos Gonzalez .

" Destruction is a very large cost , but this was a necessary war , " said Gonzalez .

Pinzon Island which only has an area of ​​7 square kilometers inhabited by 10 rats in each square kilometer .

Meanwhile , Director of Conservation Galapagos National Park , Danny Rueda , rat carcasses ensure it will not cause new environmental problems .

" The poison in the bait specifically designed with a powerful anticoagulant . Was going to lead to a dead rat dried and crushed in less than eight days , " said Rueda .

Galapagos Islands since 1978 is set to be a world natural heritage by UNESCO . In 2007 , UNESCO declared the Galapagos conditions now threatened species immigrants , tourists , and immigrants .

World Losing A Giant Tortoise subspecies

In the midst of celebrating happiness Sumatra baby Sumatran rhino Andatu , Galapagos Islands Lonsesome grieving for the loss of George , a giant tortoise iconic island. George found dead on Sunday ( 24/06/2012 ) by the nurse , Fausto Llerana .

George found dead in a recumbent position near a waterhole in the shed. With George 's death , the world lost a subspecies of giant tortoise , Geochelone Elephantopus abingdoni .

The diversity of giant tortoises in the Galapagos is progressively reduced. The Galapagos Islands are home to thousands of giant tortoises that are divided into 15 subspecies.

However, because the hunted as food and oil since the late 1800s , the giant tortoise is progressively reduced. Plus, the introduction of goats and pigs. Habitat commonly used giant tortoise is diminished.

Subspecies George managed to unexpected stalling , before finally discovered in 1971 on the island of Pinta . But , now fauna party with George predicted it really is stalling .

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Death of George disappointing scientists . George managed to be brought closer to the female . For three decades , George has been brought forward by four different females , one hopes dikawini successfully . Unfortunately , all extinct .

George would rather own than females near segolongannya . George were unable to fertilize a female egg cell already . Now, George and even death .

Death of George gives lesson that human activity can affect environmental sustainability . So said Rick Schwartz , Ambassador of San Diego Zoo .

" The story of Lonesome George is the opportunity to provide education about the species and conservation efforts as a whole, " said Schwartz was quoted as saying National Geographic , Monday ( 06/25/2012 ) .

At this time , the body of George kept in air box to prevent decomposition . The body will diotopsi to find out the reasons for his death. Typically , the tortoise subspecies George can live up to 152 years.

Sharks Gecko Discovered in Galapagos

Scientists who conduct research in the Galapagos Islands had found a new species of sharks called sharks gecko ( Bythaelurus giddingsi ) .

The findings were published in the journal Zootaxa published taxonomy on Monday ( 05/03/2012 ) . In English , the shark is called catsharks . But in fact , appearance more like a gecko .

The gecko shark was discovered by John McCosker of the California Academy of Sciences and Douglas Long , senior curator of Oakland Museum of California .

Specimens collected in the gecko shark research expeditions in 1995 and 1998 . Specimens taken by diving at a depth of 1400-1900 meters using the submersible Johnson Sea - Link .

Sharks gecko found with 30 other species of sharks . However , since the beginning of the study , Long has been realized that the shark is a type that has never been seen before .

Bythaelurus giddingsi has a pale brown color and distinctive spots . According to Long , there are spots that differ between one individual and another individual .

Size no larger than a cat shark gecko . So , these sharks do not have the ability to prey on humans . Typically , these sharks only hunt soft-bodied fish in the ocean floor .

For these findings , McCosker , as quoted by Discovery , Wednesday ( 07/03/2012 ) , said , " The discovery of a new species of sharks are always interesting , especially at the time when the shark face great pressure from humans . "

Sharks gecko has a very limited habitat that is more susceptible extinct . Need an effort to keep this species can remain sustainable .

The name is taken from the name of the shark gecko Al Giddings , nature film producer who delivered many works on the Discovery Channel .

Galapagos Versus Krakatau

When asked about the most interesting islands on Earth , mostly classical evolutionary biologists would answer the Galapagos . Volcanic island that floats in the Pacific Ocean , about 972 kilometers from Ecuador , is a mother of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution . Sequestered in the ocean , Galapagos has been colonized by species from the mainland millions of years ago , creating various types of typical species .

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) became the first geologist who visited the Galapagos in 1835 . At that time , he accompanied Captain Robert Fitzroy aboard the Beagle to survey coastal areas south America ( 1831-1836 ) . At that moment , Darwin began to be known by the geological writings before being known as the Father of Evolution .

Darwin was not only fascinated by the geological phenomenon in the Galapagos Islands , he was also fascinated by the unique and extraordinary biota that he found there . The meeting of the three currents , the earth 's core activities , and isolation shape the development of unusual animal life such as giant turtles , iguanas , and various types of finches that inspired Darwin's theory of natural selection and build the next human evolution that shook the world . Galapagos biodiversity is considered as a living museum and a model of evolution that UNESCO designated it a World Heritage Site are protected .

However , behind the distinctive species in the Galapagos , there are holes unanswered about how the colonization process going on there . If succession and evolution in the Galapagos is no record of when to start , Krakatoa just the opposite . Krakatoa into locations that have been visited by biologists after the great eruption destroyed the islands in 1883 .

Many researchers assume that the island pascaletusan sterile and stage by stage the arrival of life on the island was recorded through various visits of researchers , in particular Holland . " Stages of life in the most complete recorded Krakatoa . Theories of primary succession in the tropics born of research activities in the Krakatau complex , as well as knowledge of the complex formation of tropical forests , " said botanist Indonesian Institute of Sciences , Professor Tukirin Partomihardjo , active examine vegetation in Krakatoa for 30 years .

Krakatoa provides a rare opportunity for researchers who want to detect the evolution of the island within a shorter time scale and limited space . In fact , the emergence of Mount Anak Krakatau in 1929 above sea level once again provide an opportunity for researchers to observe primary succession and the impact of the eruption of the life around him .

Botanist from Germany , Alfred Ernst , in his book , The New Flora of the Volcanic Island of Krakatau ( 1908) analyze how life again present in the Krakatau . He found Krakatoa ecosystems on more primitive stage than that seen Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands . Krakatoa demonstrated the power of nature to re-build a complex ecology of tabula rasa .

Giant tortoises are Extinct Appears Back

After 150 years thought to be extinct , a kind of giant Galapagos turtles going back " live " , the scientists reported on Monday ( 9/1/2012 ) .

The researchers found that the missing species - called Elephantopus chelonoidis - by analyzing the genomes of other closely related species , Chelonoidis becki . The second type is live on Isabela Island , the largest island in the Galapagos Islands , the Pacific Ocean . The island is located approximately 322 kilometers from Floreana Island , where Chelonoidis elephantopus was last seen before disappearing , presumably due to hunting by whalers , some 150 years ago .

The second species of giant tortoises that live on the Galapagos Islands have different shaped shells . C shell elephantopus of Floreana Island saddle-shaped while tortoises on other islands , including C. becki , had domed -shaped shells . The giant tortoise can reach weights almost 408 pounds and a length of almost 1.8 meters .

The discovery of mixed ancestry

In 2008, the researchers found that some C becki tortoise has a shell shaped more like a saddle than a dome . They then believe that this is a mixture of offspring ( hybrids ) of mating between two different species . They then took samples for genetic analysis of 1,669 large turtle from the island, or about 20 percent of the total population . As a result, found some pieces of C. elephantopus genome in the population .

Using a special computer model , they analyzed the genes when it entered into the population . Clearly , the intermingling of genes that occurs when a C. elephantopus mated with C. becki - and this is indirect evidence that at that time there was a turtle type C. elephantopus live .

They found that 84 of the tortoises had genetic indicators that one of them is C. elephantopus parent , and 30 of them aged less than 15 years . Given the age of the turtle can reach 100 years old , the researchers say is most likely holding the manifold C. elephantopus are still alive .

" This is the first time living species found again by genetic trace left in the genomes of their mixed ancestry , " said researcher Ryan Garrick from Yale University , and is now an assistant professor at the University of Mississippi . " These findings give new breath of life to conservation efforts for these animals . "

Based on the genetic differences between the mulatto turtles , the researchers estimate that at least 38 C. elephantopus left tail of mixed ancestry in the Galapagos Islands , and some may still be alive .

Turning extinct

If the researchers can find the population , they could capture some to be a parent in breeding programs so that the species is " alive " again . In a paper published January 9, 2012 in the journal Current Biology , the researchers write even a possibility " awaken " the species from the genetic snippets found in turtle - kuran type C becki .

" If we can find these animals , we can restore them to their home island . 's Important because the animals are a key species that play an important role in maintaining the ecological integrity of there , " said study researcher Gisella Caccone of Yale University .

In an interesting discussion , the researchers are still wondering how a giant tortoise can move from Floreana Island to Isabela . They suspect the animals may be brought to Isabela as food and then thrown overboard or left on the beach .

Shipwrecks, a State of Emergency in Habitat Origin Applicable Darwin's Theory of Evolution

Ecuador announced the enactment of environmental emergency status in the Galapagos Islands , Thursday ( 15/05/2014 ) , after a cargo ship carrying cargo sank in the waters of pollutants on the islands last week .

The archipelago is the habitat of flora and fauna that is the subject of research and the Darwinian theory of evolution is a site by UNESCO as world heritage .

Implementation of this status to give freedom to all the resources to move the ship and make efforts to reduce the possibility of catastrophic damage to the environment at risk .

The statement was made by the Directorate of the Galapagos National Park ( DPNG ) . The ship ran aground shortly after taking the anchor from the port of Baquerizo Moreno on San Cristobal Island , Friday ( 05/09/2014 ) .

When the ship sank on top of some 19,000 gallons , the equivalent of 72,000 liters , fuel load now been moved . However , the possibility still possible contamination of the engine oil and cleaning products that are still stuck on the ship airtight .

At the request of the authority of the Galapagos , Ecuador Environment Minister Lorena Tapia issued a state of emergency that environment .

" It aims to protect the marine reserve islands , especially in the affected areas and the possibility of sinking cargo ship sinking Galapaface I, " DPNG said in a statement .

Galapagos Islands belong to Ecuador is located in the Pacific Ocean , about 1,000 kilometers off the coast of Ecuador , is classified as a world heritage site by UNESCO .

Galapaface 1 carry cargo weighing 1,000 tons when it ran aground , sand and rocks blocked the ship's hull cracked and triggered flooding in the engine room .

In 2001 , the ship " Jessica " , which also includes a cargo of fuel ran aground in the same location , causing serious environmental crisis and the impact on some species in the region .

Waters of these islands are home to a large population of sea lions . Galapagos Islands famous for its flora and fauna were studied Charles Darwin in his journey of the Beagle , an era when Darwin developed his theory of evolution .

MIT researchers: Water in fog can be harvested

In some parts of the world , such as in the Chilean desert , water is a very scarce commodity . Working closely with one of the universities in the country , researchers from MIT are working to get water in the desert in a unique way .

Harvesting the clouds , sounds like an impossible thing , but it does not seem to apply to the researchers of one of the best technology -based universities in the world .

According to Engadget ( 16/5 ) , using new technologies shaped nets that are placed in the open , researchers have successfully asserted ' extract ' water from fog that used to pass through the Atacama desert . Desert located in Chile this is one of the driest places in the world .

MIT researchers claim to find inspiration for this project after studying plants and animals such as grass and beetles are able to capture the water contained in the fog . They also have built nets in large measure to the fog harvesting process .

With the technological fog - collecting or gathering fog , they could get 500 percent more water compared to the previously used instruments .

Although this study was conducted on a small scale , but they 've been able to produce a half -gallon of water using a net area of ​​approximately 1 square meter . Water was already collected could be used for drinking water to aloe vera farming activities for ' consumption ' .

According to MIT researchers , the technology is relatively inexpensive and easy to implement because only the economical use of plastic materials that are widely available on the market .

For the future , mist nets technology will be developed to be able to harvest three gallons of water per square meter .

The human nose able to kiss trillions of scent

Human nose turns out to have the ability to distinguish smells one trillion, far more than previous estimates.

For decades, scientists thought the human nose can only distinguish 10,000 smells. Before, they put the sense of smell is "lower" than the senses of sight and hearing.

"Our analysis shows the human ability to distinguish smells a lot bigger than I ever expected," said research co-author who is also the head of the laboratory of Rockefeller University Leslie Vosshall Neurogenetika was quoted as saying the AFP from the journal Science.

According to the researchers on the team, the information that the human nose — with the help of 400 receptors — only can distinguish 10,000 smells appeared in 1920 without the support of the data.

The researchers indeed have researched receptor with three eyes that can distinguish several million colors and the ear can sort out 340 000 votes. "To smell, no one was (previously) had time to test it," said Vosshall.

Vosshall and research fellows involved 26 people and a mixture of odors from 128 different molecules that can evoke the scent of citrus, grass, and a variety of chemicals. The Bebauan is divided into 30 groups.

"We don't want to bebauan it was recognized explicitly so most mix it (smelling) are weird and bad," said Vosshall. "We want the respondent noticed that ' this is the thing that is really complex and are able to choose one of them to the different ' says," he said.

Each respondent will try three bottles of scent from time to time, with two bottles of the same flavorful, while a different scents to see whether the respondents are able to differentiate the smell-the smell of it. There are 264 experiment carried the respondents.

The researchers then model a combination of smell that humans can recognize based on average smell that can be recognized in the experiment. The combination of 128 scent samples get results estimates about one trillion smell should be known to the human sense of smell.

Lead researcher, Andreas Keller, also from Rockefeller University, says, this number was almost certainly still too little. The reason, many mixing scents of others in the real world.

According to Keller, the ancestors of humans rely on their sense of smell. However, individual hygiene and refrigrasi make the scent recognition capabilities declined during the modern era.

"This explains our attitude that holds (the ability) to smell not important compared to hearing and vision," said Keller. In fact, previous researchers had known that the sense of smell is closely related to human behavior, explains how the human brain processes information that is complex.

Mini T Rex fossil Found in the Arctic

Palaentologi experts have found the remains of a fossil Tyrannosaurus rex (t. rex) runt in Northern Alaska. These prehistoric creatures that live in the Arctic, about 70 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period, half-sized cousin feared. Named Nanuqsaurus, or ' lizards ' polar bears in Alaska's Inupiat language, this being an estimated six meters in length and weighs 450 pounds when he was an adult. Experts say, the mini T rex is very similar to the nearby cousin, a giant tyrannosaur, which doubled the size of Nanuqsaurus.

Part of the skull and upper and lower molars of T rex the runt that was discovered by the paleontologist from Museum Perot in Dallas, Texas, in the southeastern part of the United States. They found it while digging up skeletal remains of small horned dinosaur unknown to others. Anthony Fiorillo found bones in a Nanuqsaurus extracting at Prince Creek Formation on the North Slope, Alaska, above the Arctic circle. The invention is not too shocking for the paleontologist because they have suspect there is the presence of a predator in the Arctic thanks to former horned dinosaur bone in the teeth.

What kind of Mask is the oldest in the world?

Claimed as the oldest mask in the world (' the oldest masks in the world '), which is 9,000 years old mask found on the Duma Horvat in Judean Hills, Israel, now the museum's collections. Researchers said the stone mask, revealing a terrible ' similarities ' with a human face. Before it is stored in the display Glass Museum Israel in Jerusalem, some curators have done a comparative study of this mask. With a stiff smile, and a huge hole on the part of the eye, these artifacts represent the ancestral spirits of the dead. This mask may be used during the ceremony and ritual of the stone age.

' Eye-hole allows for a broad view of the various field of vision, as well as the proportion that is very fitting for the contours of a human face, '' said a curator, Debby Hershman. There is also a hole in the edge on some of the ancient mask. According to the researchers, the possibility of use for attached or mounted on the face. In addition, it can also be carved holes to put the hair to make the mask looks more human, or utilized for the rope that could tie the mask to the pillar, as well as other structures.

The ancient city of petra built parallel the sun

A building ancient civilizations such as cities carved in stone, petra the infamous, made in such so that the sun will illuminating places petra, metropolis giant contains tombs, a monument, and with religious other complicated carved on cliffs stone, was capital of the royal nabatea.Culture middle east that are still a few understood this master most of the jordan modern from the 3rd century bc to ad first century.

The traders spices prosperous worshiping the sun, among other deities, and may have stressed the importance of the equator ( the point of the sun that divides day and night are of equal length ), the turning point of the sun, and other astronomical events are determined by how the sun moves across the sky.The turning point of the sun, for example, is the result of a north-south axis across the earth relatively sideling 23.5 degrees to the plane of our solar system.The slope of this is the cause of differences in the number of rays of the sun which reached different parts of the planet earth for a year around the sun

Now, statistical analysis published in the Nexus Network Journal reveals, that the celestial phenomenon is likely to affect how the Nabataeans created Petra, in the order of words in the language of Greece which means rock. ' The front of Petra is not only beautiful, but also shows something else, ' said research team leader Juan Antonio Belmonte, astronomer of the archeological Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands