Leaf at first sight: How leaf-curling spiders pair up and build a family home
Have you recently spotted a spider peeking out from a brown, curled-up leaf in your garden?
Have you recently spotted a spider peeking out from a brown, curled-up leaf in your garden?
Plants & Animals
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A team of researchers from the University of Oklahoma, and one from the University of Notre Dame, has found that on July 27, 2019, approximately 46 million pallid-winged grasshoppers hovered over Las Vegas, Nevada—one of ...
Ogre-faced spiders, named for their massive eyes, hide during the day and hunt by night, dangling from Florida palm fronds and casting silk nets on insects on the ground and in the air. In addition to their incredible night ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 29, 2020
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Scientists said Tuesday they had discovered a way to detect space debris even in daylight hours, potentially helping satellites to avoid the ever-growing cloud of junk orbiting the planet.
Space Exploration
Aug 4, 2020
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Many people remember been told as kids when they refused to eat their vegetables that "carrots are good for your eyes." Although parents may not have fully understood it at the time, there is some truth to this. Carrots are ...
Biochemistry
May 11, 2020
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The first day of spring, when daylight hours begin to exceed nighttime hours, seems especially significant this year—record warm temperatures in the Northwest are marking the change of seasons. But our blooms may be a couple ...
Environment
Mar 22, 2019
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