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When volcanoes erupt, they can release ash, chunks of rock and torrents of lava. Now scientists have found that eruptions also can spew massive amounts of a chemical called bromine. This gas helps destroy the ozone layer, a segment of the upper atmosphere that protects life on Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.

More lies are told about the brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa, than any other arthropod in North America. Public hysteria about this shy spider has been fueled by media hype and medical misdiagnosis. It's time to set the record straight.

It's a bit unnerving that Scott O'Neill bursts out laughing at the basic premise behind the story you are beginning to read. He is dean of the science faculty at Monash University in Australia and lead scientist for research on developing bacteria-infected mosquitoes as a public health tool.

Wayne Maddison was 13 years old when he fell in love. Standing on the shore of Lake Ontario in Canada, he noticed a mat of grass float by. On top of the mat was a spider about the size of a dime, withmetallic green jaws. "She looked up at me," recalls Maddison.

I.: Students are able to search effectively for and recognize relevant, credible information sources, especially on the Internet. I.: Reporters are expected to research their subject before writing a story, collecting background information, identifying credible sources and exploring the issues and controversies surrounding the topic.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri reversed a lower court ruling in a 5-2 decision and upheld a 2007 law that would allow legal midwifery in the state.

From International Business Times… The flood is finally over for Wagga Wagga residents. However, damages of properties, loss of lives and injuries will remain in the memories of the people…. While everyone is looking at re-establishing properties, countless hairy-legged critters are busying rebuilding their homes.

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.

THIS IS 4 MY ART. ON SEXUAL HEALTH. THIS TELLS MEH ABOUT THE STD'S.

the mysterious venus flytrap

Contact information for folks at the Genome Center at Washington University Medical School.

This article is basically saying that people are trying to find out if contaminants at hazardous waste sites find their way to the food chains at biologically significant levels.

Although we don't know if this monitoring is happening at the site in north city, it definitely seems relevant to our study.

pics and info about carter carburetor

Good find - these pictures help me get a feel for the 'built environment', the man-made surroundings.

A solar sneeze, a superhot planet, the death of a comet and more in this week's news Web edition : Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 Someone should teach the Sun some manners. When it sneezed on June 7, the sun blew an enormous glob of dark plasma into space - and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory caught it on tape.

Brain waves make a fast brake Drivers could stop cars just by thinking about it Web edition : Friday, July 29th, 2011 In a fast-moving car, the brain can hit the brakes faster than the foot.

ScienceDaily (July 11, 2011) — One in 10 species could face extinction by the year 2100 if current climate change impacts continue. This is the result of University of Exeter research, examining studies on the effects of recent climate change on plant and animal species and comparing this with predictions of future declines.

Somebody had to do it. A Google map of newspaper layoffs in the US. Data goes back to 2007.

Killings sometimes occur in communities across Africa PORTLAND, Ore. - In a cooperative venture aimed at understanding the most uncooperative of acts, researchers studying different African communities of wild chimpanzees have pooled their data and found that the apes sometimes kill each other nearly everywhere they've been studied.