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[ad_1] Despite all its beauty, nature also has a morbid tendency. For example, there is a species of ant in Florida that picks up the skulls of other ants it has killed …
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[ad_1] A perplexing amount of the planet 's water slips deep into Earth' s interior at some tectonic boundaries, a new comprehensive seismic study of the Mariana Trench region has revealed, reports …
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[ad_1] Researchers have just discovered that a giant mushroom discovered for the first time 25 years ago in a forest on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan has become much larger and that …
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[ad_1] In 1976, scientists had completed the first genome sequencing, a relatively small 3,569 base pair genome belonging to the single-stranded Bacteriophage MS2 RNA virus. Since then, scientists have worked tirelessly to …
Read More »Llamas May One Day Help Prevent Influenza | MNN
[ad_1] Every year we line up for influenza vaccines hoping that the annual vaccine will be the right formula to fight this year's strain. It is filled with fragments of neutralized influenza …
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[ad_1] We see so rarely articles touting the reasons why we should enjoy cockroaches. Most of the time, we are obsessed with how to get rid of it. Of course, cockroaches are …
Read More »NASA just came up with a brilliant way to turn Martian soil into rocket fuel | MNN
[ad_1] One of the biggest detriments to a manned mission to Mars is the fuel problem. If future Mars explorers ever want to return to Earth, they’ll not only need enough fuel …
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[ad_1] Quantum entanglement is a ghostly phenomenon whereby two particles – say photons – mysteriously wrap, so that changes in the states of one particle occur simultaneously in the other, even if …
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[ad_1] Tyrannosaurus rex was considered one of the most formidable carnivores of its time. While the debate rages about whether it is a pure predator or a scavenger, we can all agree …
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