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Can antibiotics cure your cold?
If you answered "yes" to that question, you desperately need the CDC's antibiotic awareness campaign.
November 16, 2012
What is the world’s leggiest creature?
It's a millipede with up to 750 legs, twice as many as any other known millipede species. The video in this post shows all these legs moving together.
November 15, 2012
X-rays from a reborn planetary nebula
Images of the planetary nebula Abell 30, (a.k.a. A30), show one of the clearest views ever obtained of a special phase of evolution for these objects.
November 15, 2012
Ghost peppers: So hot it’s spooky
In 2007, the ghost pepper was determined to be the hottest naturally-occurring pepper on Earth.
November 14, 2012
October ends streak of above average temperatures for U.S.
Although October was below average in temperatures across the contiguous United States, the year 2012 still ranks as the warmest year ever recorded since 1895.
November 14, 2012
Hermit crabs gather to evict neighbors
Most social animals get together for protection or to mate or hunt, but terrestrial hermit crabs socialize to steal each other’s houses.
November 14, 2012
Chimps and humans share another evolutionary link: Gut bacteria
In the last few years, scientists have made great inroads in understanding the crucial interactive role gut bacteria play in harvesting nutrients, assisting immune systems, and protecting the host against pathogens.
November 13, 2012
How to watch today’s solar eclipse online
Need a web cam for the November 13-14, 2012 total solar eclipse? Check out these links to online viewing.
November 13, 2012
Why does the sun shine?
The sun generates about 400 billion billion megawatts of power and it has done so for five billion years. Nuclear fusion - combining lighter atoms to make heavier one - is what makes it possible.
November 13, 2012
Surveying Earth’s interior with atomic clocks
An international team lead by scientists from the University of Zurich shows that it may be possible to use atomic clocks to resolve structures within the Earth.
November 12, 2012
