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12/22/2024 08:00:06 pm

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Monarch Butterfly

Monarch Butterflies Could be Placed on Endangered Species List

Habitat loss threatens the butterflies as does the loss of milkweed.

Osprey

New Jersey's Ospreys Back from Near Extinction

Conservation efforts and a ban on DDT are responsible for the increase in Osprey numbers.

Venus Zones

NASA Now Serious about Going to Venus First

The entire platform will be a blimp-like craft that will be the home of astronauts and also a platform for probes.

Fitness

Stay Fit by Making More Modest Exercise Goals

It takes a while before you can see progress.

Byzantine shipwreck

Byzantine Shipwrecks Help to Understand Shipbuilding History

The shipwreck site has produced leather shoes, wooden combs, horses, camels--and human heads.

Pee Power Technology Could Help to Take Human to Mars

Human urine will be carried along with the technology during an unmanned flight to Mars in 2018.

International Space Station

ISS Lights up the New Jersey Skies this Weekend

Folks from New Jersey can get aglimpse of the ISS Friday to Sunday,

Smartphone

Heavy Use of Smartphone Touchscreen Can Alter Brain Activity

Brain activities can be altered by the use of touch screen phones.

glass fragment

Israelis Discover Ancient Jewelry Decorated with a Menorah

The significance of the symbol has something to do with its reference in Exodus 25 verses 31 through 33.

Comet 67P

Here's Why Comet 67P Looks Like a Duck

Comet 67P has an odd look because of erosion or a collision or both.

California Spotted Owl

Wildlife Advocates Seek Protection for California Spotted Owl

The California spotted owl could become extinct because of logging operations in the owl's habitat.

NASA Observes Massive Cultural Tradition of Yuletide Lights

Holiday lights can be seen from space

Kepler space telescope

NASA's Kepler Discovers Oldest Known Earth-Mass Planets

An ancient metal-poor star harbors five terrestrial-mass planets whose origin dates back to the dawn of the Milky Way.

The Magi

Astronomers Explain the Star of Bethlehem

What was the Star of Bethlehem?

Coral Bleaching

Worst Coral Bleaching in 20 Years Could Occur in 2015

Massive coral bleaching only happens during El Niño events.

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