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Harvest Moon Allure Hasn't Waned
Today's full moon, the harvest moon, will flood the twilight sky with natural light just after sunset, providing folks a few extra hours to complete outside chores. |
Hemp saves sea from sewage dumps
Hemp crops can be used to mop up troublesome sewage effluent that would otherwise be dumped at sea, say Australian researchers. |
Herbicide causes frog sex change
The commonly-used herbicide atrazine has drastic effects on the sexuality of male frogs, a US study has found. The report comes hot on the heels of an investigation into the use of the herbicide in Australia. |
Hot debate over earliest vertebrate claim
Scientists are divided over whether a fossil recently discovered in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia is in fact the earliest known ancestor of vertebrates - with one U.S. palaeontologist even betting his firstborn child that it isn't. |
How spiders fool the birds and the bees
French researchers have measured the amazing ability of spiders to use camouflage to simultaneously evade predators and ambush prey - despite the fact that predators and prey see things quite differently.
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Human body lice reveal the birthdate of fashion
Humans only started wearing clothes as little as 40,000 years ago, according to a new genetic study which has calculated when the human body louse evolved - a creature which needs clothes to lay its eggs on... |
