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Eleanor Imster
How fast can a wet dog shake dry?
Researchers have found that furry mammals can shake themselves 70 percent dry in just a fraction of a second.
December 28, 2012
Bed bugs are back
Be careful what you bring home in your suitcase. These days, you might unpack a tiny vampire. Bed bugs are back! And they feed on human blood.
August 17, 2012
Anatomy of a thunderstorm in a cool photo
Here's a photo that really shows anatomy of a thunderstorm is constructed. The image was taken by was taken by researchers on NASA’s DC-8, a flying laboratory.
May 31, 2012
View from space: Satellite movie of Great Plains tornado outbreak
A video that shows the massive tornado outbreak in the U.S. Great Plains on April 14-15, 2012 - the way it looked in a view from space.
April 18, 2012
Video: Alive inside! Man in nursing home listens to music
Alive inside! Watch this wonderful video of an elderly man in a nursing home reacting to music.
April 13, 2012
Gorillas more closely related to us than thought
Researchers have completed the genome sequence for the gorilla. It turns out that about 15% of our genome more closely resembles gorillas' than chimpanzees'.
March 14, 2012
Reefcam shows favorite big fish hangouts
Like human beings, big reef fish have strong preferences on where they like to hang out as viewed by a reefcam.
February 16, 2012
Powerful people think they’re taller than they are, says study
A new study suggests that people who feel powerful tend to overestimate their own height... that is, they feel physically larger than they actually are.
January 25, 2012
Photo shows two Earth satellites: Big and small, old and new
This photograph, taken January 4, 2012 from Houston, Texas, juxtaposes Earth’s oldest satellite, the moon, with one of its newest, the International Space Station.
January 18, 2012
First ever photos of newly discovered primate
Here are the first ever photos of the Myanmar snub-nosed monkey, a species new to science, discovered by conservationists in 2010.
January 17, 2012
