Posts Tagged ‘life’
Written by admin on 07 February 2010
Anvita Abbie, the reputed linguist from Nehru University of New Delhi, India, announced with sadness that Boa Sr, an elderly woman of 85 years and the last speaker of an ancient language from the Andaman Islands just died.
The lost language was part of a group of languages spoken only by indigenous tribes of Andaman Islands (India). It is believed to be of an African origins, some of its forms of verbal communication dated more than 70,000 years old.
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Written by admin on 07 February 2010
The researchers concluded that an aggressive personality, temperamental and intolerant, could be a sign of evolution.
On the contrary, an attitude manifested by tolerance and generosity, should be an indicator of lower development, new study shows. Researchers have studied two different types of monkeys – the chimpanzee and less evolved but friendly, bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee), two of the closest relatives of man.
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Written by admin on 11 December 2008
Computer expert Aubrey de Grey, author of the bestselling non-fiction “ Ending aging” is sure of having drawn, in his work, the theoretical basis of scientific conquests meant to allow people to control their biologic aging and live hundreds to thousands of years. Read the rest of this entry »
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Written by admin on 08 December 2008
Creating artificial life has stopped being a theme for science fiction novels and may be achieved in reality in the next three to ten years, states Jack Szostak, a professor at Harvard University also well-known in the field of madicine.
According to Szostak, Harvard specialists have already managed to create a synthetic cell from basic DNA chemical compounds. Also, scientists from the Research Insitute J. Craig Venter have come up with a method to achieve a complete genome on a fully artificial way.
“ The creation of synthetic proto-cells has may demonstrate our place in the universe and reveal the mysteries of genesis, affirms Marc Bedau, director of the ProtoLife Institute in Venice, Italy. Read the rest of this entry »
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Written by admin on 03 December 2008
A photograph made by NASA during a Mars mission and published recently, brings to life new dispute among scientists. The shocking image, presents a formation that looks like a tree trunk, which again brings up question about the existence of past or present life on the Red Planet.
Scientists at NASA said that is only an interpretation,made by people who discover unknown objects and try to associate them with pictures stored in their memory. Read the rest of this entry »
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Written by admin on 14 October 2008
According to experts interviewed by BBC news, it seems that the world governments will fail in the battle against the loss of bio-diversity until 2010. Almost 200 nations have joined this purpose in 2002.
Ten leaders questioned at the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) World Conservation Congress have univocally answered that the goal will not be reached. All the factors show that the global process is heading the wrong way, while several governments have not even included the prerogatives of this mission in the national legislation. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: biology, extinction, life
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Anvita Abbie, the reputed linguist from Nehru University of New Delhi, India, announced with sadness that Boa Sr, an elderly woman of 85 years and the last speaker of an ancient language from the Andaman Islands just died.
