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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/CBD3F23D-2EE3-4610-8123-B7E4AAB50704/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/tabsey/">tabsey</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> The diagram makes it appear that we do have to fear the sky falling. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/05/ancient-buried.html" title="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/05/ancient-buried.html">www.dailygalaxy.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><A href="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/07/antarcticlakes_vostok_3.jpg"><IMG width="385" height="242" border="0" src="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/images/2008/05/07/antarcticlakes_vostok_3.jpg" title="Antarcticlakes_vostok_3" alt="Antarcticlakes_vostok_3" /></A>Buried beneath several miles of ice in Antarctica are lakes ranging in size from Lake Ontario to lakes the size of Manhattan. Lake Vostok, the largest subglacial lake on Earth, is believed to harbor ancient life that has been isolated from open exchange with the atmosphere for several million years. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><A href="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/07/lake_vostok_3d_topo.jpg"><IMG width="264" height="280" border="0" alt="Lake_vostok_3d_topo" title="Lake_vostok_3d_topo" src="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/images/2008/05/07/lake_vostok_3d_topo.jpg" /></A> Lake Vostok (left) , discovered in 1996 by Russian and British scientists underneath the Russian station Vostok in Antarctica,  is one of 140 subglacial lakes located beneath the Antarctic ice-sheet. At 250km long and 50km wide, some 4000 meters underneath the surface ice, and could be one of the most important scientific finds of the last several decades. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/science/" rel="tag">science</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/real-old-stuff/" rel="tag">real-old-stuff</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/biology/" rel="tag">biology</a></div>http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/05/ancient-buried.htmlThu, 08 May 2008 16:56:51 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/30B29EB9-06E1-459E-B0BD-3FAC20288719/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/tabsey/">tabsey</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> One very well related animal. The pride of Australia. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/05/07/platypus-genome.html" title="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/05/07/platypus-genome.html">dsc.discovery.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/tabsey/512/118C4E1C-D478-4E27-8571-E9F7AEA24F58.jpg" alt="One Weird Mammal" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><STRONG>May 7, 2008</STRONG> -- Arguably the oddest beast in nature's menagerie, the platypus looks as if were assembled from spare parts left over after the animal kingdom was otherwise complete.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Now scientists know why. According to a study released Wednesday, the egg-laying critter is a genetic potpourri -- <A target="_blank" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20041025/platypus.html">part bird</A>, part reptile and part lactating mammal.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The task of laying bare the platypus genome of 2.2 billion base pairs spread across 18,500 genes has taken several years, but will do far more than satisfy the curiosity of just biologists, say the researchers.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>"The platypus genome is extremely important, because it is the missing link in our understanding of how we and other mammals first evolved," explained Oxford University's Chris Ponting, one of the study's architects.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>"This is our ticket back in time to when all mammals laid eggs while suckling their young on milk."</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>But the peculiar mix of body features are clearly reflected in the animal's DNA, the study found.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/nature/" rel="tag">nature</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/science/" rel="tag">science</a></div>http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/05/07/platypus-genome.htmlThu, 08 May 2008 11:26:58 GMT