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Scientists find microbes in lava tube living in conditions like those on Mars
A team of scientists from Oregon has collected microbes from ice within a lava tube in the Cascade Mountains and found that they thrive in cold, Mars-like conditions.
The microbes tolerate temperatures near freezing and low levels…
Simultaneous ice melt in Antarctic and Arctic
The end of the last ice age and the processes that led to the melting of the northern and southern ice sheets supply basic information on changes in our climate. Although the maximum size of the ice sheet in the northern hemisphere during the last ice …
Genetic analysis reveals history, evolution of an ancient delicacy — morels
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Dinosaurs squashed them with impunity. Thousands of species that lacked culinary appreciation have turned up their noses at them. And a study based on advanced DNA analysis has shown that this shameful indifference went on fo…
Surf’s up: New research provides precise way to monitor ocean wave behavior, shore impacts
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Engineers have created a new type of “stereo vision” to use in studying ocean waves as they pound against the shore, providing a better way to understand and monitor this violent, ever-changing environment.
The approach, whi…
Gender and hygiene: Could cleanliness be hurting girls?
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Little girls growing up in western society are expected to be neat and tidy — “all ribbon and curls” — and one researcher who studies science and gender differences thinks that emphasis may contribute to higher rates of certa…