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• Mutated gene associated with colon cancer discovered in 18th-century Hungarian mummy
• Plankton feces could move plastic pollution to the ocean depths
• Undergraduate student takes to Twitter to expose illegal release of alien fish in Japan
• Fossil find reveals just how big carnivorous dinosaur may have grown

Mutated gene associated with colon cancer discovered in 18th-century Hungarian mummy Posted: 29 Feb 2016 11:01 AM PST A new discovery suggests that a genetic predisposition to cancer preceded the advent of modernization -- and, in a bizarre twist, they discovered this evidence in an 18th-century Hungarian mummy.

Plankton feces could move plastic pollution to the ocean depths Posted: 29 Feb 2016 10:59 AM PST Plastic waste could find its way deep into the ocean through the feces of plankton, new research shows.

Undergraduate student takes to Twitter to expose illegal release of alien fish in Japan Posted: 29 Feb 2016 08:17 AM PST Posing a significant threat to the native biodiversity in Japan, specifically that of threatened aquatic insects, some alien fishes, such as the bluegill, have become the reason for strict prohibitions. However, recently, 10 years after the law against their release into the wild has been adopted, its first infringement is reported by Japanese researchers. Curiously, the case was initially exposed on Twitter by an undergraduate student.

Fossil find reveals just how big carnivorous dinosaur may have grown Posted: 29 Feb 2016 05:22 AM PST An unidentified fossilised bone in a museum has revealed the size of a fearsome abelisaur and may have solved a hundred-year old puzzle.

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