Slideshows & Photo Galleries
Slideshows and photo galleries take you behind the scenes--in a chemistry lab, out in the field with paleontologists, and inside a termite colony--to see and hear science, in action.
2010
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Welcome to the Family
December 22, 2010
Researchers have discovered evidence of a distinct group of "archaic" humans existing outside of Africa more than 30,000 years ago at a time when Neanderthals are thought to have dominated Europe and Asia. Genetic testing shows that members of this new group were not Neanderthals, and they interbred with the ancestors of some modern humans who are alive today.
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Dust-on-Snow
September 20, 2010
Snowmelt provides about 80 percent of the water that turns into runoff in the upper Colorado River basin. Researchers Tom Painter and Christopher Landry are interested in dust because it has a lot to do with how the snow melts. When dust settles on snow, the snow is darker in color and, therefore, absorbs more sunlight. That, in turn, heats up the snow.
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Feasts at a Funeral
August 30, 2010
Some 14,500 to 11,500 years ago, the Natufian people were the first to settle into permanent communities. Recovered animal remains from the Hilazon Tachtit Cave burial site led researchers to conclude feasts may have played a role in their transition from hunting and gathering.
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Scientist at Work: Christopher J. Raxworthy
August 30, 2010
Christopher J. Raxworthy, a herpetologist at the American Museum of Natural History, talks briefly about his research and his latest trip to Madagascar.
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The World Was Our Oyster
April 19, 2010
Increasing human-caused carbon dioxide is acidifying the oceans and corroding the shells of organisms such as the larval and juvenile Olympia oysters native to the U.S. West Coast.
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Dismantling the Dome
March 9 , 2010
Story of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station dome from construction during the 1970-1971 Southern hemisphere summer to its deconstruction during the 2009-2010 summer.
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Going Back to Birds' Beginnings
January 28, 2010
A Jurassic dinosaur fossil represents a new species, and finally sorts out a puzzling enigma: Were they dinosaurs, or birds?
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