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Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! Science was busy being awesome this week, so let’s get straight to the news! Scientists discover new species of dwarf lemur: A new dwarf lemur species has been found in Madagascar. Andy Sabin’s dwarf lemur, more formally known as Cheirogaleus andysabini, is named for the New York philanthropist. The tiny lemur […]

Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! It’s been a long time since we’ve had a Science Tuesday post *coughMAYcough* but now that StO is done and I’m world building Enfields, I have time to read through all my science news emails. So here’s all the science news from October (so far). Ceres’ bright spots, pyramid-shaped mountain focus

[Photo: Opah, a warm-blooded fish, by NOAA Fisheries West Coast] Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! We’re back to our normal weekly science news post, and there’s some really good stuff in here (seriously, check out the Lisa Frank Crayfish – it’s beautiful!). Domestication changes genes in animals: Domestication results in genetic changes within animals, according to

[Photo: Rising Sun, a 1917 shipwreck in Lake Michigan, US Coast Guard] Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! I missed Science Tuesday last week, so we have a couple weeks of science news to get through. Let’s get to it! Diverse, drug-resistant bacteria found on isolated Amazon villagers: Bacteria living in and on villagers of a remote

[Photo: Pelican Spider, Hannah Wood, UC Davis] Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! It’s been over a month since we’ve had a Science Tuesday on the blog, which means we have a lot of science news to get through. Let’s do this. Mineral found in meteorite puzzles scientists Young moon’s early orbit was highly elliptical, researchers find

[Photo of agate scrapper by the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History] Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! I’ve been enjoying Dogfish Head Brewery’s Ancient Ales lately, but I don’t think I’d try a 170-year old beer that smelled like goat. Would you? Read below to find out more about that beer, as well

Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! I took a couple weeks off from social media, but I’m back with all the sciencey news goodness you could ever want. Two week’s worth of it – so let’s get started! Rising ocean acidity threatens shellfish, study suggests: The changing acidity of the oceans may soon affect the shellfish market,

(Image of Ruby Red Seadragon by Josefin Stiller , Nerida G. Wilson , Greg W. Rouse [CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons) Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! We have a full platter of science news for the week, so let’s get right to it! Strange haze in upper Mars atmosphere has scientists scratching their heads:

Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! There was lots of science news in the past week, so let’s get right to it! Researchers find evidence of dark matter at center of Milky Way: A team of researchers say they’ve shown that dark matter exists at the center of the Milky Way, according to a study published online