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Blood-sucking parasites called deer keds spreading in Norway
A high moose population density and mild autumn weather result in a higher prevalence of deer keds (louse fly parasite). A great deal of pine forest in the habitat of the moose has the same effect.
June 11, 2013
Golden Gate, San Francisco, under the stars
This image is from June 1, 2013, looking through Golden Gate towards San Francisco. Meggi Raeder captured it. Thank you, Meggi!
June 11, 2013
New, simple theory may explain mysterious dark matter
This proposal, which endows dark matter particles with a rare form of electromagnetism, has been strengthened by a detailed analysis performed by a pair of theoretical physicists.
June 10, 2013
Meteor alert! Possible meteor outburst Tuesday morning
Click here to learn about the mysterious Gamma Delphinid meteor shower, which might produce a good meteor display Tuesday morning, according to clocks in North America.
June 10, 2013
Dead guppies still make good dads
A sizable portion of wild guppies were fathered by a dead fish.
June 10, 2013
Do antidepressants impair the ability to let go of fears?
These researchers found that long-term, but not short-term, SSRI treatment impairs "extinction learning:" the ability to learn that a conditioned stimulus no longer predicts an aversive event.
June 10, 2013
Noctilucent – or night-shining – cloud season starts early in 2013
Night-shining clouds appear early in northern summer, when water molecules are wafted up from the lower atmosphere to mix with "meteor smoke."
June 10, 2013
Hail, 17-year cicadas of 2013!
The 17-year cicada hatch of 2013 is in full bloom. They showed up yesterday in Carbon County, Pennsylvania where Tom Wildoner captured these photos.
June 10, 2013
World Oceans Day is June 8
Today is World Oceans Day. Wear blue! Commit to simple steps to help protect the ocean, such as picking up beach trash and drinking from reusable water bottles.
June 8, 2013
Video: Sylvia’s Earle’s plea to protect the ocean
Sylvia Earle says in her new video; "Your world is blue. If you look at it from space, that image alone should have inspired us to think we that, too, are sea creatures."
June 8, 2013
