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Strange cauliflower rocks on Mars may hide clues to ancient life
2016-02-09 15:30:33| Extremetech
The Spirit rover might be gone, but the work it did is still generating new hypotheses. Rocks that the rover sampled back in 2008 could contain clues that microbial life once flourished on Mars.
Google's AlphaGo Defeats Human Master of Ancient Game
2016-01-29 20:43:39| TechNewsWorld
Research at Google on Wednesday announced that AlphaGo has become the first computer software system to beat a human at the ancient game of Go. There are more possible positions in Go than there are the number of atoms in the universe, and it has a googol more positions than chess, Google pointed out. That complexity makes it difficult for computers to play Go.
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Australia bushfires raze ancient World Heritage-listed forests
2016-01-29 19:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: World Heritage-listed forests whose origins pre-date the age of the dinosaurs are being destroyed by raging Australian bushfires, with conservationists increasingly fearful they could be lost forever. Firefighters in Tasmania -- a state south of the mainland known for its cooler temperatures -- have been battling bushfires for 18 days, with 95,000 hectares (234,750 acres) of land burnt so far, authorities said Friday. While no properties have been destroyed and no one hurt in the infernos --...
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CU-Boulder study: Ancient extinction of giant Australian bird points to humans
2016-01-29 03:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Codex: The first direct evidence that humans played a substantial role in the extinction of the huge, wondrous beasts inhabiting Australia some 50,000 years ago -- in this case a 500-pound bird -- has been discovered by a University of Colorado Boulder-led team. The flightless bird, known as Genyornis newtoni, was nearly 7 feet tall and appears to have lived in much of Australia prior to the establishment of humans on the continent 50,000 years ago, said CU-Boulder Professor Gifford Miller. The evidence...
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How the ancient supercontinent Pangea may have helped create the Earths coal
2016-01-25 16:00:59| Extremetech
The vast majority of the Earth's coal was laid down at the same time (geologically speaking) and in a uniform manner. A new paper challenges conventional wisdom on this point and argues for a different cause.
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