Latest imaging techniques look inside a python (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Denmark have used CT scans and MRIs to see inside a python after it has swallowed a rat whole.
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Feast and famine: MRI reveals secrets of animal anatomy
Danish scientists have used Computer Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to investigate internal organs in animals including alligators, snakes and tarantulas.
Other
Jun 29, 2010
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Scientists reveal how snakes 'see' at night
Scientists revealed Sunday for the first time how some snakes can detect the faint body heat exuded by a mouse a metre (three feet) away with enough precision and speed to hunt in the dark.
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2010
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Picture-driven computing (w/ Video)
Until the 1980s, using a computer program meant memorizing a lot of commands and typing them in a line at a time, only to get lines of text back. The graphical user interface, or GUI, changed that. By representing programs, ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 20, 2010
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Google Go gets going (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has introduced its new experimental programming language Go, which aims to combine speedy application development through simplified coding with high-speed program execution.
Florida grapples slippery giant snake invasion
Florida homes and swamps more used to dealing with dangerous critters like alligators now face a more foreign invader -- giant pet snakes escaped into the wild whose numbers are growing at an alarming rate.
Ecology
Nov 6, 2009
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Report documents the risks of giant invasive snakes in the US
Five giant non-native snake species would pose high risks to the health of ecosystems in the United States should they become established here, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report released today.
Ecology
Oct 13, 2009
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Florida bill would ban pythons as pets
You wouldn't be able to buy a Burmese python as a pet anymore in Florida, under a bill drafted by a state senator who said the state should shut off the source of "dangerous reptiles" that have colonized the Everglades.
Ecology
Sep 23, 2009
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'Vicious' Giant Python Invading Florida
(PhysOrg.com) -- New studies suggest a 20 foot snake, the African rock python, is making its home in Florida and could soon invade the Everglades National Park.
Fla. governor approves plan to capture, kill Burmese pythons
By next week, the first of a select squad of python hunters will be ready to roll.
Ecology
Jul 16, 2009
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