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  DNA Research Reveals New Bird Species In Colorado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Neither a tree-dweller nor a night bird, and roughly the size of a chicken, the Gunnison sage-grouse is not a particularly secretive bird yet just recently has it been identified as a new species of bird.
The collaborative research designating the bird as a new species was conducted by researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey, University of Denver, Western State College of Colorado, Colorado Division of Wildlife and Colorado State University.
The new species is recognized in the December issue of the Wilson Bulletin, which includes a discussion of the genetics research that conclusively proved the species designation.
www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2000/12/001211075357.htm   (884 words)

  
 An Annotated History Timeline of Modern Science [encyclopedia]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Discorsi, together with the Dialogo, both works of popular science, "helped create a new age of scientific thought with their emphasis on observation, common sense, clear language, and persuasion by reasonable arguments" (Park 1990:206).
Laid the basis of the new science of psychoanalsis.
He based his new theory on a reinterpretation of the classical principle of relativity, namely that the laws of physics had to have the same form in any frame of reference.
kosmoi.com /Science/History   (2740 words)

  
 Who made this exhibit? What are the sources?
Science 269:985-988 (document neurons with sensory receptive fields that are defined relative to an object-centered frame.
Science 257:1257 Neitz, M, Neitz, and Jacobs, G. Spectral tuning of pigments underlying red-green color vision.
Science 252:971 (variations in cone photopigments in humans and variation in red-green color vision).
webexhibits.org /causesofcolor/credits.html   (2564 words)

  
 Advisors
Brooks specializes in the systematics and evolution of parasitic helminths of vertebrates.
Jorge Llorente is Professor of Taxonomy and Biogeographyin Faculty of Sciences at UNAM (1975-2002).
In February 1987, he was appointed Vice Chancellor for Science at the UNAM, and in December 1988, he was elected by the Board of Governors as Rector of this university for the period 1989-1993 and reappointed for the same post for the period 1993-1997.
www.all-species.org /advisors.html   (9005 words)

  
 The Notebaert Nature Museum :: Gift Shop and Cafe
Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the extraordinary world of amphibians stunning real-life photographs of frogs and toads, newts and salamanders, and rare caecilians offer a unique "eyewitness" view of the double lives of amphibians on land and in water.
In this new book the Todd¹s further develop the idea of Eco-cities, designs for integrating agriculture and flowing pure water into green urban setting and introduce Living machines, a family of technologies for purifying wastewaters to tertiary quality effluent without chemicals.
Grouped by color and by plant characteristics, 1,293 species in 84 families are described and illustrated.
www.chias.org /index.php?id=103   (1505 words)

  
 NC Museum of Natural Sciences - Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences provides links to websites that may be of interest to our visitors as a service.
Durham, NC's "science-technology center dedicated to furthering education in the natural and physical sciences for people of all ages." Includes the Magic Wings Butterfly House, Aerospace, Weather and Geology exhibits, hands-on science areas, and live animals.
In the endangered species section, users can select a particular state (e.g., North Carolina) and get a list of federally endangered plants and animals in that state, often with links to pictures and additional information.
www.naturalsciences.org /links.html   (1358 words)

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