Friday, 11 September 2015

Light Reading

And as always, we inevitably reach the end of the week. Friday again! This week we've got some more interesting articles for you, with topics covered including fossilised ancient whales and turtles, penguin's love lives, and kissing fish. And if you're not interested in any of that, there's some non-marine related articles further down.

Ancient whale fossilized with its last meal
Sid Perkins. Science (8 September 2015)

The ‘blue bastard’ kissing fish from seafarers’ tales is real
Michael Slezak. New Scientist (8 September 2015)

Copepod migrations are important for the ocean's CO2 uptake
Science Daily (8 September 2015)

Delayed effects of oil spill compromise long-term fish survival
Low-level oil exposure leads to later heart defects, weaker swimming and reduced survival
Science Daily (8 September 2015)

Fishing for the first Americans
Archaeology is moving underwater and along riverbanks to find clues left by the people who colonized the New World.
Emma Marris. Nature (8 September 2015)

‘Monogamous’ penguins spend most of their year apart
David Shultz. Science (8 September 2015)

Oldest Fossil Sea Turtle Discovered - The fossilized turtle is at least 120 million years old
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum. Alpha Galileo (7 September 2015)

Joshua Sokol. New Scientist (8 September 2015)

From cloning bans to ancient porridge, here a few interesting non-marine based science articles for you to peruse at your leisure.

Cancer trap grabs wandering tumour cells to warn of early spread
Clare Wilson. New Scientist (8 September 2015)

E.U. parliament votes to ban cloning of farm animals
Gretchen Vogel. Science (8 September 2015)

Newly discovered insect virus could combat invasive ants
David Shultz. Science (8 September 2015)

Stone-age people were making porridge 32,000 years ago
Iona Twaddell. New Scientist (7 September 2015)

The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project reveals traces of standing stones beneath Durrington Walls super-henge
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology. (7 September 2015)

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