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A 'totally weird' dinosaur; new waste study in Denali

A couple of summers ago, David Tomeo was exploring a creek bed in Denali National Park, preparing for a field seminar on the park's dinosaurs he would help lead a few weeks later. With a trained eye for the impressions dinosaurs pressed into mud millions of years ago, Tomeo walked to a large...

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Einstein's brain available for inspection in iPad app

The brain that revolutionized physics now can be downloaded as an app for $9.99. But it won't help you win at Angry Birds. An exclusive iPad application promises to make detailed images of Albert Einstein's brain more accessible than ever.
SCIENCE

Alaska's view of the new sea-ice minimum

As the northern end of the globe nods away from the sun at fall equinox, the amount of sea ice floating on the northern oceans is now at the lowest amount ever detected by satellites, a period that goes back to 1979. This new sea-ice minimum follows an extremely cold Alaska winter that led to...
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Girls on Ice has rewarding visit to an Alaska glacier

This summer, the Girls on Ice program visited an Alaska glacier for the first time. It probably won't be the last, said organizer Joanna Young. "We talked about how the girls would be inspired, but we didn't count on how much we would be inspired," said Young, a graduate student in the College...
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Mammoth fragments from Siberia raise cloning hopes

Scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging them a tad closer to the "Jurassic Park" possibility of cloning a prehistoric animal.
SCIENCE

Jack Townshend's personification of serendipity

"He's the only person I know who sang at his own funeral," Jim Brader said after attending the Fairbanks celebration of life for his friend Jack Townshend, the geophysicist who died Aug. 13, 2012 at the age of 85.
FEATURED WIRE STORIES

New DNA encyclopedia holds clues to disease processes

A colossal international effort has yielded the first comprehensive look at how our DNA works, an encyclopedia of information that will rewrite the textbooks and offer new insights into the biology of disease.
SCIENCE

Glaciologists help with recovery of human remains

It’s not often that glaciologists help with the recovery of long-lost human remains, but military officials recently enlisted Martin Truffer for that purpose.
SOUTHEAST

Feds pass on protections for flying squirrels in Southeast

Federal wildlife officials say the Prince of Wales flying squirrel doesn't warrant status as endangered or threatened.
SCIENCE

Fairbanks geologists recall mountain rescue

FAIRBANKS -- In 31 years working as a geologist in Alaska, Kate Bull had never been forced to spend the night out in the field while on the job until Saturday.
SCIENCE

Researcher finds signs of life in a place far away

"Oh look, another tooth," says Dennis Griffin, dressed in rain gear and caked with wet soil. Griffin, the state archaeologist with Oregon's State Historic Preservation Office, has traveled to one of the least-walked hillsides in Alaska to search for evidence of his species.