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This new species of bug was originally discovered on Flickr
It’s not news that you can discover a lot of stuff on Flickr, if you have safe search turned off and you sort photos by “interestingness.” (Seriously, try it sometime.) But this has to be the first time the photo-sharing site has contributed to finding a new species. Entomologist Shaun Winterton spied this picture of […]
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Fukushima butterflies show signs of mutation
And, worse -- mutations were seen in offspring born far from the radioactivity.
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Critical buzz: Thousands of volunteers count bees to help scientists save them
On Saturday, pollination enthusiasts across the country participated in The Great Bee Count to help scientists stay on top of dwindling honeybee and native bee populations.
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Tick bites can make you deathly allergic to meat
If there weren’t enough reasons to be totally terrified and grossed out by ticks (they drop on your head from the trees, they suck your blood, they burrow into your skin, they transmit a terrible disease you’ll never be fully rid of), the bite of a lone star tick can trigger allergies that mean eating […]
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Here’s what happens when water levels drop to scary lows
The hottest July in history means that wells in Missouri, the only source of water for some residents, are going dry.
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Gummi bear bratwursts are a crime against nature (but apparently taste sort of OK)
This should be a rule about food: If you wouldn't put two things in your mouth at the same time, they should not be combined into a single food.
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Meet the 82-year-old nun who just committed the worst nuclear security breach in U.S. history
Turns out nuns have more up their habit sleeves than knuckle-rapping rulers and twee songs for Austrian children.
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Floating island the size of New Jersey discovered in South Pacific
The New Zealand Navy discovered the 7,500-square-mile slab of buoyant rock, which an Australian officer described as "the weirdest thing I've seen in 18 years at sea."
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Summer Arctic sea ice is going extinct 50% faster than predicted
Do Santa's reindeer know how to swim?
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L.A. needs desert solar farms — but not everyone’s happy about it
As Los Angeles slowly phases out coal and some natural gas, solar parks in the deserts to the east are filling the energy void. But are they worth the potential local impacts?
