Science

2013 Comet May Dazzle During the Daytime Hours

by Michael dEstries

Get ready to rock like it’s the year 1680! That’s the last time astronomers say the world was treated to a comet that was glimpsed during the daylight hours and

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WATCH: Fire Tornado Captured on Film in Australia

by Ali Berman

Filmmaker Chris Tangey caught on film a once in a lifetime spectacle while scouting locations near Curtin Springs station in the Australian outback.

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Weed-Killing Robot Could Put Giant Dent in Herbicide Use

by Revmodo

By Deena Shanker, Revmodo.com Farmers that don’t want to use herbicides for weed control are in for some good news. The time consuming, physically demanding job of weed pulling might

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Record Loss of Arctic Ice May Trigger Crazy, Snowy Winter

by Michael dEstries

Looking out at the gorgeous, warm sunshine this afternoon, it’s hard to imagine that in a few short months, those of us in the Northeast U.S. will all be adding

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Scottish Wildcats ‘Only Months Away’ from Extinction

by Michael dEstries

Th Scottish Wildcat, the only surviving member of the cat family native to Britain, is on the verge of extinction – with conservationists estimating that the species could be lost forever within

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Pollia Condensata: The Shiniest Living Thing on Earth

by Revmodo

Deep in the Ghana forest, there’s a plant that grows the shiniest fruit in the world. The brilliant blue fruits come from Pollia condensata and are actually the shiniest living thing of

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‘Living Cells’ from a Woolly Mammoth Possibly Recovered in Siberia

by Michael dEstries

After an exciting discovery earlier this year of a well-preserved strawberry-blond Wolly Mammoth with soft tissue and hair, scientists have announced an even more startling find: a mammoth with ‘living’ cells.

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