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Samples From Kentucky Cave Stream May Show How Animal Farm Waste Affects Area's Water Supply
2016-06-13 06:26:43| pollutiononline News Articles
Ball State University researchers are examining Kentucky’s myriad caves, sinkholes and underground rivers to help landowners, local governments and state agencies betterunderstand how farm waste may affectthe aquifers that supply drinking water and support freshwater ecosystems.
Move over mammoth: New effort will focus on cloning cave lions
2016-03-08 22:00:18| Extremetech
South Korean researchers traveled to Siberia this month to gather critical genetic samples from the only preserved pair of cave lions known to exist. Could this species be brought back to life?
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Man Cave Widens Scope With New Retailers
2015-12-16 06:00:00| Happi Breaking News
Four companies add men's grooming brand for the season.
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Extinct cave lion cubs found frozen but remarkably intact
2015-10-28 17:30:29| Extremetech
The latest care package hailing to us through deep time is a pair of extinct cave lion cubs found in the Sakha Republic of Yakutia. Believed to be at least 10,000 years old, the Siberian lions will soon be the subjects of an intense analysis aimed at reconstructing the curious Pleistocene world.
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Why do blind cave fish have shrunken brains?
2015-09-16 20:46:52| Extremetech
The Mexican cave fish is blind and close to brainless. Researchers suggested that the fish dropped the eyes and evolved a simplified brain in order to save energy. But is that really the best explanation we might have?