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In late April and early June, two giant eel-like fish washed ashore on the beaches of Aramoana, New Zealand and Catalina Island, California. Known as oarfish or Regalecus russel...Over 8 years agowhittingtonf added a news bookmark.
Cheers erupted at "Plutopalooza" parties all across the United States as the New Horizons spacecraft soared past the dwarf planet at 7:49 am EDT on Tuesday, July 14th. The histo...Over 8 years agowhittingtonf added a news bookmark.
Every year about this time, stargazers start to get excited about the Perseids, the biggest and most spectacular of all meteor showers. The "shooting stars" are already streamin...Over 8 years agowhittingtonf added a news bookmark.
Camouflage is not a new concept in the animal kingdom. From grasshoppers blending in with leaves to owls mimickingĀ tree barks, many animals, birds, and insects, depend on their ...Over 8 years agowhittingtonf added a news bookmark.
Space food has come a long way since John Glenn orbited Earth in 1962. He and other members of Project Mercury, the first American human spaceflight program, had to endure unapp...Over 8 years agowhittingtonf added a news bookmark.
An agricultural experiment called Nemo'sĀ Garden is taking farming to a new level - about 20-feet below the ocean's surface! The endeavor is the brainchild of Italian entrepreneu...Over 8 years agowhittingtonf added a news bookmark.
The octopus has long fascinated scientists. The intelligent cephalopods have been known to use coconut shells for mobile homes and armor, disable their suckers to avoid becoming...Over 8 years agowhittingtonf added a news bookmark.
On August 28, six researchers who barely know each other made their way to the slopes of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii's Big Island for a year-long "vacation." However, the cr...Over 8 years agowhittingtonf added a news bookmark.
On Sunday, September 27th, skywatchers will witness the grand finale of the rare lunar eclipse tetrad (series of four consecutive total lunar eclipses). And it promises to be qu...Over 8 years agowhittingtonf added a news bookmark.
When the team of marine biologists led by David Gruber of the City University of New York headed to Solomon Islands in the South Pacific in late July, they were hoping to film s...Over 8 years ago