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Two primary human inflammatory bowel diseases -- Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis -- are apparently the result of the imbalances of...
Carbon geoengineering may cause drought
One potential method for dealing with global warming that's developed some legs recently is geoengineering. These are often huge, Rube...
Going, Going, Gone Glacier
Colorado scientists weren't pulling their weight this week. We could only find one paper from local researchers. Fortunately it's an interesting...
Dinosaur Diversification
Dinosaurs lived for millions of years alongside non-dinosaur species without rapidly displacing them, as scientists have long thought, according to new research by...
Mooning Over Saturn
Hyperion is the eighth largest moon of the planet Saturn. It orbits the planet about every 21 days. Its unusual sponge-like appearance...