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The Most Poisonous Animal on Earth Posted: 4 weeks ago by cactushair
Not everything beautiful is harmless.
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New drug takes the fun out of drinking red wine for your health Posted: 4 weeks ago by suebe
A new pill under development appears to give the health benefits of drinking red wine. Human trials to start.
/Pass the pinot noir please...
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Hot dog in shades? Posted: 4 weeks ago by suebe
Dachshunds in sunglasses help doctors find ways to help human blindness
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Want a facelift, but don't want surgery? Posted: 4 weeks ago by suebe
Have your face 'gold threaded'.
Ouch!
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Animal Cams Posted: 4 weeks ago by bingo
Smithsonian National Zoo: Animal Cams
Take a virtual field trip to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park where you can see many animal exhibits streamed live through web cams. In addition to viewing the web cams, you'll find Fact Sheets and Photo Galleries that you can explore to learn more about the animals featured on these web cams.
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Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks August 12 Posted: 4 weeks ago by Bornbad
It is also the month of "The Tears of St. Lawrence," more commonly known as the Perseid Meteor Shower.
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Salmonella, the newest possible cure for cancer Posted: 4 weeks ago by hOOsker
"All mice with tumors who received saline solution were dead after 30 days, while those receiving salmonella and zaps of radiation were alive after 30 days"
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Neanderthal Bone Yields Complete Mitochondrial Genome Posted: 1 month ago by AfroMosHi
DNA extracted from a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal bone has just enabled scientists to sequence the complete mitochondrial genome for the human-like species.
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Archaeologists discover 1,900-year-old chariot Posted: 1 month ago by osiris12
Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,900-year-old well-preserved chariot at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria.
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Six Freaky Bugs Straight From Your Nightmares Posted: 1 month ago by cactushair
When it comes to bugs, there's the good, the bad, and the downright scary. Here are some freaky critters that will make you want to grab a can of Raid. Of course, in these instances, that can might not be strong enough. Perhaps a blowtorch.
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All U.S. adults could be overweight in 40 years Posted: 1 month ago by karenben
If the trends of the past three decades continue, it's possible that every American adult could be overweight 40 years from now, a government-funded study projects.
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To All Procrastinators and Latecomers Posted: 1 month ago by cactushair
Being late and always running behind the schedule is quite a common problem in our modern society. Many people have lack of punctuality and are often at least 20 minutes late for offices, appointments, church, lectures, or dates. This tardiness makes us turn on all our creativity and make up endless plausible excuses for our being late.
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Scientists Create World's Thinnest Balloon Posted: 1 month ago by maxriter
Scientists have created the world's thinnest balloon, made of a single layer of carbon just one atom thick.
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Virus can infect other Viruses Posted: 1 month ago by qazwer00
The debate about what counts as a living thing is fuelled today by the discovery of the first virus that is able to fall "ill" by being infected with another virus.
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Cancer can evolve to a contageous disease Posted: 1 month ago by bernardblack
Under ordinary circumstances, cancer is an individuated phenomenon. Its onset is determined partly by genetics, partly by environment, partly by entropy, partly by the remorseless tick-tock of time.
That is now always the case however
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University of Texas cheerleaders determine that 26 of them can fit in a dorm elevator Posted: 1 month ago by tigertony
Later find that it will require Emergency Medical Services to get them back out again.
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Rare 111-year-old reptile to become a father Posted: 1 month ago by AfroMosHi
A rare 111-year-old New Zealand reptile with links to the age of the dinosaurs is to become a father for the first time in at least 38 years after regaining an interest in sex.
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Can Google Earth Help Save the Planet? Posted: 1 month ago by cactushair
Volunteers track through the rainforest daily, using GPS to catalog sacred and cultural sites as well as locations where they've discovered illegal mining and logging. Other volunteers visually scan high resolution satellite images of their land, provided specifically for the project on Google Earth, for signs of invasion by loggers and miners.
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Found: The hottest water on Earth Posted: 1 month ago by Bornbad
Hot tub!
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Ventura County hot spot puzzles experts Posted: 1 month ago by psycmoe
A patch of land in Ventura County's section of Los Padres National Forest where the ground recently heated up to 812 degrees continues to puzzle firefighters and geologists after weeks of monitoring.
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South Korean firm delivers commercial dog clones Posted: 1 month ago by AfroMosHi
An American woman received five puppies Tuesday that were cloned from her beloved late pitbull, becoming the inaugural customer of a South Korean company that says it is the world's first successful commercial canine cloning service.
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Gorilla 'mother lode' found in Congo Posted: 1 month ago by AutumnLotus
Researchers have found 125,000 western lowland gorillas living in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo, almost doubling the known number of the endangered species.
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Ancient moss, insects found in Antarctica Posted: 1 month ago by AutumnLotus
Mosses once grew and insects crawled in what are now barren valleys in Antarctica, according to scientists who have recovered remains of life from that frozen continent.
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It was a Raccoon Posted: 1 month ago by fentwin
What was the Montauk monster?
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Drug Gives Boy, 12, With Parkinson’s Disease His Life Back Posted: 1 month ago by maxriter
Doctors thought Andrew Carnegie, 12, was too young to have Parkinson’s disease. But sure enough, Andrew, who suffered for two years with headaches, sweating and muscular difficulties, was diagnosed with Parkinsonism, which is caused by Parkinson’s disease...
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