News tagged with sandworm
Searchers shovel Northwest dirt seeking giant worm
(AP) -- The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle - its very name evoking the fictional sandworms from "Dune" ...
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Alien life more likely on 'Dune' planets
Desert planets strikingly like the world depicted in the science fiction classic "Dune" might be the more common type of habitable planet in the galaxy, rather than watery planets such as Earth, researchers ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 02, 2011 |
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Marine worm's jaws say 'cutting-edge new aerospace materials'
Researchers in California and New Hampshire report the first detailed characterization of the protein composition of the hard, fang-like jaws of a common marine worm. Their work could lead to the design of ...
Jul 14, 2008 |
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