News tagged with lady butterfly
Butterfly payload to launch Nov. 16 on space shuttle
When NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 ...
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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In search of the 'lost ladybug'
Leah Tyrrell wants to make something clear: She does not wear ladybug sweatshirts. She does not carry her belongings in ladybug bags, shelter from the rain beneath a ladybug-shaped umbrella, or take notes with pens decorated ...
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Monarch butterflies down again this year as decline continues: expert
Unlike their colorful wings, the future of Monarch butterflies may not be too bright and their numbers are expected to be alarmingly down again this year, says a Texas A&M University researcher.
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Studying butterfly flight to help build bug-size flying robots
To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet. By figuring out how butterflies ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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When it's cool, female butterflies chase males in sex role reversal
If you want to be surrounded by females on the prowl, it pays to be cool, at least if you are a male butterfly.
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Carnivorous plants losing ground in the U.S.
"This is the easy part," says Barry Rice, half-sliding, half-falling down a ravine through a latticework of dead branches.
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Ups and downs of thyroid disease
Danielle Gayden of Oakland, Calif., had to stick her face in front of a fan for almost an hour to cool down. Second to her intolerance for heat was the anxiety, which caused her heart to beat 200 times a minute and sent her ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Shuttle docks at space station, unloads parts (Update 2)
(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday for a weeklong stay, and the astronauts quickly unloaded a huge platform full of spare parts needed to keep the outpost ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Flowering lantana draws butterflies -- but little water
Big color, little water, lots of butterflies. How does that sound? That's the story of lantana in a nutshell. But I'm famous for verbosely pontificating on the attributes of plants whenever I have an audience, so let's dig ...
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Monarch butterflies with a heavy load
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have succeeded for the first time in fitting monarch butterflies with a radio transmitter and in tracking them from an aircraft over a long distance on their flight northwards during ...
Jul 24, 2009 |
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CU-Boulder to launch butterfly, spider K-12 experiments Nov. 14 on space shuttle
A NASA space shuttle mission carrying a University of Colorado at Boulder payload of web-spinning spiders and wannabe butterflies will be closely monitored by hundreds of K-12 students from Colorado's Front ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2008 |
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