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Mississippi River flooding in May 2011
Editors of EarthSky
May 19, 2011
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Billions of orphan Jupiters adrift in Milky Way galaxy?
Cecile LeBlanc
May 19, 2011
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Neanderthal hunting tactics hidden in reindeer teeth
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Striped bark scorpion deep in the heart of Texas
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Land crab species disappeared from Hawaii 1,000 years ago
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Tarantulas shoot silk from feet
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May 17, 2011
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Comet Hartley 2 is tumbling, at a changing rate
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May 17, 2011
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Young T. rex-like dinosaurs didn’t hunt like grown-ups
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May 16, 2011
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Seamounts and knolls are largely unknown ocean oases
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Climate change risk is growing, says NRC report
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