Category Archives: BIODIVERSITY

Nature Uses Screws and Nuts

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

 A musculoskeletal system so far unknown in the animal world was recently discovered in weevils. The hip ofTrigonopterus oblongus does not consist of the usual hinges, but of joints based on a screw-and-nut system. This first biological screw thread is about … Continue reading →

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Turning Waste In Wealth (Energy)

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

We constantly turn wealth to waste. Now it is threatening the sustainability of our planet , our race. It  is high time we reverse this process. TERI’s enhanced acidification and methanation technology is a great leap forward in this direction. … Continue reading →

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Heiderberg Man Was Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Neanderthals

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

A Consensus is building that Homo heidelbergensis, “Heidelberg Man,” was the last common ancestor of Neanderthals and our species.Anthropologists believe Heidelberg Man was tall and had a strong jaw holding small teeth.The evolutionary split between Neanderthals and modern humans may have … Continue reading →

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Ecosystem Collapse can be Predicted

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

Researchers monitoring complex signals emanating from a remote Wisconsin lake have detected what they say is an unmistakable warning — a death knell — of the impending collapse of the lake’s aquatic ecosystem. Researchers have found that models used to assess … Continue reading →

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