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Ultramassive: as big as it gets: A black hole can consume anything in its path. These monsters can become huge — but perhaps only so huge.
Body In Mind: Long thought the province of the abstract, cognition may actually evolve as physical experiences and actions ignite mental life
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New arthropod species really stuck together

Recent fossil discovery shows that new species of arthropod formed chains, raising the possibility of communal behavior.
Found in: Paleontology
Pterodactyls may soar once more

Paleontologists and aeronautical engineers are designing a reconnaissance drone that will mimic the flight of an ancient flying reptile.
Found in: Earth, Earth Science, Paleontology and Technology
When trees grew in Antarctica

Fossils of trees that grew in Antarctica millions of years ago suggest a growth pattern much different than modern trees.
Found in: Earth, Earth Science, Life and Paleontology
Forget bird-brained

Scientists have uncovered a new dinosaur that breathed like a bird.
Found in: Life and Paleontology
Dino domination was in the cards, maybe

A new study finds that early dinosaurs coexisted with and were outnumbered by a competing species. Dinosaurs eventually reigned supreme anyway, but perhaps not because they were better.
Found in: Earth, Earth Science, Life and Paleontology
Mammoth migrations

Ancient DNA shows North American woolly mammoths migrated back to Asia and displaced Siberian mammoths.
Found in: Earth, Life and Paleontology
A wandering eye

New look at fossils of primitive flatfish reveals how these fish evolved eyes on one side of their head
Found in: Earth, Life and Paleontology
Fossils, now available in color

Fossilized feathers of an early bird or dinosaur may retain evidence of pigment, offering a chance to animal colors of the Cretaceous.
Found in: Paleobiology and Paleontology
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Blogs:

Science & the Public By Janet Raloff Oct 12th 2008

Columns:

Comment By Guest Columnists Oct 10th 2008

Math Trek By Julie Rehmeyer
The U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges and universities are largely arbitrary, according to a new mathematical analysis. Oct 3rd 2008

SN Bookshelf:

Book Review: The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind
Review by Tom Siegfried
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Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula by Jules G. Evens
Univ. of California, 2008, 366 p., $24.95
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