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Gabrielle Gant

When Giant Fleas Roamed - Science News - 0 views

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    Fossils show ancient insects grew as long as 2 centimeters Web edition : Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 The flea's features weren't always set in stone. Ancient fleas were larger and had longer siphons to suck blood with than today's fleas, researchers report in a study published online February 29 in Nature.
KiOntey Turner

Global Warming- Science - The New York Times - 0 views

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    The average surface temperature of earth has increased more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900 and the rate of warming has been nearly three times the century-long average since 1970. Almost all experts studying the recent climate history of the earth agree now that human activities, mainly the release of heat-trapping gases from smokestacks, tailpipes, and burning forests, are probably the dominant force driving the trend.
Richard Omoniyi-Shoyoola

Pollutant turns fly-traps veggie - 1 views

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    Predator plants may cut back on flies if they can access key nutrients elsewhere, according to research. Scientists studying carnivorous sundew plants in Swedish bogs found that nitrogen deposition from rain reduced how many insects the plants trapped. Pollution from transport and industry causes nitrogen-rich rain, meaning more reaches the ground in some areas.
Mariah C

About the USA.gov Website | USA.gov - 0 views

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Richard Omoniyi-Shoyoola

Are Cancer Stem Cells Ready for Prime Time? | The Scientist - 0 views

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    In the 30-year battle waged since the initiation of the "war on cancer," there have been substantial victories, with cures for childhood malignancies among the most important. Our ever-expanding understanding of cellular and molecular biology has provided substantial insights into the molecular underpinnings of the spectrum of diseases we call cancer.
Richard Omoniyi-Shoyoola

Rattlesnakes strike again, bites more toxic - 0 views

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    Each year, approximately 8,000 Americans are bitten by venomous snakes. On average, 800 or so bites occur annually in California, home to an abundance of snake species, but only one family is native with highly toxic venom: rattlesnakes. In San Diego County, the number of rattlesnake bites is increasing as well as the toxicity of the attack.
Daphne Emrick

Survey: Teens more accepting of out-of-wedlock pregnancy - USATODAY.com - 0 views

  • Among teens in the USA, the percentage who have had sexual i
  • tercourse or say they'd be pleased if they or their partner were to get pregnant hasn't changed much since early in the decade, and there appears to be a growing acceptance of having babies outside marriage, a government report
  • said Wednesday. From 1995 to 2002, "it was pretty much across-the-board improvements in those risk factors," says lead author Joyce Abma, a statistician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. "It is a source of concern to see that forward movement kind of stalling
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  • Based on in-person interviews with 1,381 girls and 1,386 boys ages 15 to 19 in 2006-2008, more than four in 10 never-married teens in the USA have had intercourse at least once, Abma and her co-authors estimate. That's a slight drop from 2002, the last time the National Survey of Family Growth was conducted, but it was not statistically significan
Damonte Johnson

SPACE.com -- Stars Become Two-Faced When They Explode - 0 views

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    Story about supernova's and their second faces
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