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== Did you know? == | == Did you know? == | ||
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| + | ===Frog Eyes!!=== | ||
| + | [[File:frogeyes.jpg|500px]]<br> | ||
| + | IDs L-R by row number: | ||
| + | 1: Pedostibes tuberculosus, Ghatophryne ornata, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, Hylarana sp., Hylarana sp., Clinotarsus curtipes<br> | ||
| + | For more information click [http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:Science/News#Frog_Eyes.21.21 here] | ||
| + | *Each of these images is cropped from a macro image of a live frog photographed in the wild. | ||
| + | *None of them were harmed. | ||
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===Tiktaalik roseae - Between fish and land animal=== | ===Tiktaalik roseae - Between fish and land animal=== | ||
Tiktaalik is a new species that was disovered in 2006 that has fish like features and features like a land animal. They have features of fish as well as tretrapods. Several fossils have been discovered of this fish. An extant fish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alligator_gar.png Alligator Gar] resembles the Tiktaalik most. Click [http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Interesting_News_Science#Tiktaalik_roseae_-_Between_fish_and_land_animal here] for more details. | Tiktaalik is a new species that was disovered in 2006 that has fish like features and features like a land animal. They have features of fish as well as tretrapods. Several fossils have been discovered of this fish. An extant fish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alligator_gar.png Alligator Gar] resembles the Tiktaalik most. Click [http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Interesting_News_Science#Tiktaalik_roseae_-_Between_fish_and_land_animal here] for more details. | ||
| + | ===Why the platypus will never have a stomach=== | ||
| + | Researchers have found that the animals without stomachs have completely lost the complex genes required for gastric digestion. Click [http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/why-the-platypus-will-never-have-a-stomach here] to read more. | ||
| − | === | + | ===Hexagonal North Pole of Saturn=== |
| − | + | There is a hexagonal cloud over the North Pole of Saturn. This was first discovered in 1980s and astronomers are trying to understand why this is happening. Click [http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/newsreleases/newsrelease20131204/ here] to read more. | |
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===More news=== | ===More news=== | ||
| + | *[http://www.ncert.nic.in/departments/nie/desm/publication/pdf/SLSMEE-2014-15%E2%80%93GuidelinesEnglish.pdf NCERT guidelines of science exhibition 2014-15] | ||
*[http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Interesting_News_Science#Gene_Circuits Gene Circuits] | *[http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Interesting_News_Science#Gene_Circuits Gene Circuits] | ||
*[http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Interesting_News_Science#BRCA_gene_for_breast_cancer BRCA Gene] | *[http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Interesting_News_Science#BRCA_gene_for_breast_cancer BRCA Gene] | ||
| − | *BRAIN | + | *[http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Interesting_News_Science#What_is_in_a_black_hole What is in a Black Hole] |
| − | *[https:// | + | ===HOW OUR BRAIN WORKS AND HOW SMART IS YOUR RIGHT FOOT=== |
| + | *[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kF2x6TIen2c/UwNxdDoDcTI/AAAAAAAABpk/Zrj8Todsmeo/w506-h553/IMG_9914915624794.jpeg-HOW | ||
Latest revision as of 10:41, 16 August 2016
Did you know?
Frog Eyes!!
IDs L-R by row number:
1: Pedostibes tuberculosus, Ghatophryne ornata, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, Hylarana sp., Hylarana sp., Clinotarsus curtipes
For more information click here
- Each of these images is cropped from a macro image of a live frog photographed in the wild.
- None of them were harmed.
Tiktaalik roseae - Between fish and land animal
Tiktaalik is a new species that was disovered in 2006 that has fish like features and features like a land animal. They have features of fish as well as tretrapods. Several fossils have been discovered of this fish. An extant fish Alligator Gar resembles the Tiktaalik most. Click here for more details.
Why the platypus will never have a stomach
Researchers have found that the animals without stomachs have completely lost the complex genes required for gastric digestion. Click here to read more.
Hexagonal North Pole of Saturn
There is a hexagonal cloud over the North Pole of Saturn. This was first discovered in 1980s and astronomers are trying to understand why this is happening. Click here to read more.
