The Decline and Fall of the Animal Kingdom
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Some of the greatest moments in the history of biology slip from the world's memory, their anniversaries hardly noticed among the wars, bankruptcies and celebrity detoxifications. (article 3)
Before this month passes, let us stop to remember one of those great moments that came 30 years ago, in November 1977: the death knell of the animal kingdom. (article 3)
The animal kingdom's decline came in the form of a three-page paper that appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (article 3)
Its lead author , Carl Woese, had spent the previous few years trying to find a way to figure out the relationship of all living things, including microbes. (article 3)
When the Viking probe snapped a fuzzy picture of a mountain on Mars in 1976, some people were sure it showed a giant face carved by Martians. (article 2)
In 2005, Stewart and his colleagues reported that some bacteria began to reproduce more slowly than their cousins, and over the generations their descendants slowed down even more. (article 4)
Each time E. coli divides, the two new microbes each inherit one of its caps, and the microbe must manufacture a new cap for each one. (article 4)
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Story keywords
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Bacteria, Scientists, Woese, Species, kingdom |
Source articles
- Send news tip to FOXNews.com (FOX News, 06/04/2008, 1782 words)
- Carl Zimmer's Dissection: Distinguishing the Artificial From the Natural Is Possible, for Now (Wired, 06/04/2008, 553 words)
- The Decline and Fall of the Animal Kingdom (Wired, 06/04/2008, 1179 words)
- Aging is older than you think (boston.com, 06/02/2008, 496 words)
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