<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6d004382-85c5-4167-bec4-c063290541d4/A51CEDAE-6FDE-46CC-89A9-0EC29C659580/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/10/05/2703131.htm?utm_source=iNeZha.com&utm_medium=im_robot&utm_campaign=iNezha" href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/10/05/2703131.htm?utm_source=iNeZha.com&utm_medium=im_robot&utm_campaign=iNezha" style="font-size: 11px;">www.abc.net.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/10/05/2703131.htm?utm_source=iNeZha.com&utm_medium=im_robot&utm_campaign=iNezha"><P class="first">Scientists have discovered a piece of fossilised amber that came from a plant living more than 300 million years ago. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/10/05/2703131.htm?utm_source=iNeZha.com&utm_medium=im_robot&utm_campaign=iNezha"><P>The research, published in a the latest edition of <A target="_blank" href="http://www.sciencemag.org"><EM>Science</EM></A>, shows plants of the day were far more sophisticated than previously thought.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; 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