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New Lightning Type Found Over Volcano
Long sparks that occur during volcanic eruptions may be a newly discovered form of lightning, scientists say.
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Vampire Squid Turns "Inside Out"
The vampire squid can turn itself "inside out" to avoid predators—as seen in a video just released to emphasize the need to protect deep-sea species from the effects of human activities. Video.
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Haiti Earthquake Pictures: 3 Weeks of Survival, Strife
In the three weeks following the January 12 Haiti earthquake, aid workers have struggled to provide for the millions of survivors, who now face longer-term challenges finding basic resources and rebuilding communities.
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How to Survive Without Sex for 50 Million Years? Dry Up
Scientists have finally solved the mystery of how one tiny creature has flourished for up to 50 million years without sex: it dries up.
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Save the Ozone Layer, Give Global Warming a Boost?
At last the Antarctic ozone hole is repairing itself, but ironically the healing process will hasten global warming in the southern hemisphere, a new study shows.
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Tiger Trade Slashes Big Cats' Numbers
Only 350 wild tigers remain in Asia's Mekong River region, according to a new report from the conservation nonprofit WWF, which says the loss is being driven by trade in tiger parts. Video.
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Blog: Deepest Hole Yields Sea Level Data
To retrieve a 35-million-year record of sea level fluctuations, researchers created the deepest hole in scientific ocean drilling history.
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Haiti Earthquake & Voodoo: Myths, Ritual, and Robertson
A voodoo scholar explains how Haiti's many believers may view the earthquake, why he thinks Pat Robertson's post-quake remarks were "cruel, ignorant, unforgivable"—and more.
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Green Energy "Oasis" to Bloom in the Desert?
A research center slated to be built in 2010 as part of the Sahara Forest Project is meant to serve as a proving ground for new technologies designed to bring green living to the desert, project managers say.
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Pictures: "Energy Oases" to Green the World's Deserts?
A high-tech energy complex designed for the desert could be a "game changer," one expert says, creating water, food, and jobs while restoring ecosystems lost to climate change and deforestation.
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First Detailed Pictures: Antarctica's "Ghost Mountains"
Hidden under miles of ice, a mountain range in the middle of Antarctica is finally coming into view–thanks to radar data revealing a surprisingly spiky underworld.
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Strongest Hurricanes May Double in Frequency, Study Says
The U.S. Southeast and the Bahamas will be pounded by more very intense hurricanes in the coming decades due to global warming, a new computer model suggests.
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Mammals "Rafted" to Madagascar, Climate Model Suggests
The ancestors of lemurs, fossa, and other Madagascar mammals got to the island aboard natural rafts, according to a new model of the ocean currents and prevailing winds that existed 50 million years ago.
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Surprise! Radioactive Water Jugs Not as Healthy as Advertised
You could probably guess why the Revigator, a uranium-lined, early-20th century drinking-water jar, was a serious health risk—and you’d be wrong. Radioactivity was only a minor part of the problem, a new study says.
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BPA Linked to Heart Disease, Study Confirms
Bisphenol-A—used in many sunglasses, reusable bottles, food packaging, and baby bottles—is linked to heart disease, a new study confirms. In a separate development, the FDA changes course and announces concern over BPA.
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True-Color Dinosaur Pictures: First Full-Body Rendering
See the woodpecker-like dinosaur that's made history as the first to be fully and scientifically colored—and the feathery fossil that spawned the new view.
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"Super Earth" May Really Be New Planet Type: Super-Io
A planet touted as the most Earthlike outside our solar system might be molten on one side with raging volcanoes on the other, say scientists who think the rocky world CoRoT-7b is closer kin to Jupiter's moon Io.
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