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Sudden-Death Mosquito Risky experiment or life saver

Genetically-modified mosquitoes could prove effective in eradicating mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.

Scientists have created male mosquitoes which are genetically modified so that their offspring die before reproducing.

  Scientists Genetically Engineer ‘Dead End’ Mosquitos to Fight Dengue

http://www.healthline.com/health-news/tech-oxitec-mosquitoes-dengue-fever-032213

Mar 22, 2013 … Oxitec has created a breed of mosquito whose offspring don’t survive to … or severe dengue, which causes tissue bleeding and sometimes death. … if mosquitoes suddenly disappeared the fish and birds that feed on them …

GM mosquitoes: Risky experiment or life saver? — RT News – RT.com

http://rt.com/news/gm-mosquitos-malaria-experiment-317/

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If The Planet Stopped Spinning, What Would Happen?

If The Planet Stopped Spinning, the Centrifugal force would become much stronger than gravity and the material that makes up the Earth would be flung outward… The Earth’s crust and mantle would break apart into building-sized chunks.

  HowStuffWorks “What if the Earth stopped spinning?”

http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/what-if-earth-stopped-spinning.htm

Read about what could happen if the Earth’s rotation gradually ground to a halt. … the inner core speeds along slightly faster than the rest of the planet. … the Earth stopped spinning gradually, as a sudden deceleration would mean disaster .

If the Earth Stood Still – What Would Happen if the Earth Stopped …

http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0610/nospin.html

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Scientists Have Figured Out A Way To Develope Synthetic Blood

Blood substitutes are desirable since the number of donors worldwide is steadily decreasing

There would be no need for blood group typing and a longer shelf life

  Artificial Blood Substitute – Synthetic Blood Research – Popular …

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/med-tech/5-synthetic-substitutes-for-real-blood

Earlier this month, a blood substitute called HBOC-201 made headlines when it saved an Australian woman’s life after a car crash. However, Jonathan Jahr, a …

Artificial blood – Royal Society of Chemistry

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2010/October/ArtificialBlood.asp

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Marijuana May Affect Young Mens Fertility

Does Marijuana affect the size and shape of male sperm?

If you’re a Marijuana user and you’re trying for a baby … stop.

  Marijuana may affect fertility in young men – The Chart – CNN.com …

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2014/06/05/marijuana-may-affect-fertility-in-young-men/

2 days ago … Marijuana may affect fertility in young men. “If you’re a cannabis user and you’re trying for a baby … stop.” This advice comes from Dr. Allan …

Marijuana use may affect the size and shape of men’s sperm | Fox …

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/06/05/marijuana-use-may-affect-size-and-shape-men-sperm/

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Skype Translator Allows A Conversation Between Multiple Languages

It’s going to make Skype look very desirable for those international calls and video meetings

The Skype conversations happen in near real-time.

  Skype Translator to break language barriers in web cam talks — RT …

http://rt.com/news/163172-skype-translator-language-barrier/

21 hours ago … Conversations on Skype will soon break one of the last remaining barriers, Microsoft promises, as a new generation translator will be handling …

Microsoft demos breakthrough in real-time translated conversations …

http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/05/27/microsoft-demos-breakthrough-in-real-time-translated-conversations.aspx

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NASA prepares to launch a saucer-shaped parachute vehicle to be used on Mars

NASA needs a bigger and stronger parachute if it wants to send astronauts to Mars.

With plans to land heavier spacecraft and eventually humans, NASA needed a heftier solution.

  NASA to test giant Mars parachute on Earth – The Big Story

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/nasa-test-giant-mars-parachute-earth

1 day ago … … a stand-in for Mars as NASA prepares to launch a saucer-shaped vehicle in an … The basic design has been used since including during the …

Launch of NASA’s saucer-shaped vehicle delayed | More Local …

http://www.kitv.com/news/launch-of-nasas-saucershaped-vehicle-delayed/26300786

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Jake the Alligator Man is an alleged half-man half alligator

Half-human, half-alligator discovered in Florida swamp

Jake the Alligator Man has acquired a cult following in Northwestern popular culture

  Jake the Alligator Man – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_the_Alligator_Man

Jake the Alligator Man is an alleged half-man, half-alligator on display in apparently mummified condition at Marsh’s Free Museum, a tourist trap located at 409 …

GATORMEN: (FLORIDA – LOUISIANA, USA) | American Monsters

http://www.americanmonsters.com/site/2010/05/gatormen-florida-louisiana-usa/

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Tibet Train Lhasa Express Worlds Highest Railway

The Qinghai Tibet Railway has the highest lattitude in the world.

Qinghai-Tibet Railway with the alternative name “rocket to the roof of the world”

  China Tibet Train Travel & Tours,Qinghai Tibet Railway Tours

http://www.chinatibettrain.com/

We offer you affordable tour packages to China and Tibet by train through the beautiful country and explore Tibet – the last pure snow land in the world.

The Biggest Mistake People Make about the Tibet Train – YoWangdu …

http://www.yowangdu.com/tibet-travel/tibet-train.html

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Fan-throated Lizards Run On Two Back Legs

When the Fan-throated Lizard is disturbed, it sometimes runs with a bipedal gait.

That tri-coloured dewlap isn’t the only odd thing about this little guy – when threatened, it will stand up and run away on its two back legs.

  iNaturalist.org · Fan Throated Lizard (Sitana ponticeriana)

http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/Sitana_ponticeriana

The fan-throated lizard (Sitana ponticeriana) is a species of agamid lizard found in India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan.

Let’s do Some Zoology! – “Fan-throated Lizard” (Sitana ponticeriana …

http://astronomy-to-zoology.tumblr.com/post/73855379285/fan-throated-lizard-sitana-ponticeriana-a

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Supercooled Helium Is Truly Strange

Helium is incredibly important as a coolant for medical devices and scientific instrumentation.

However, what is less known is that helium has two different liquid states, one of which is truly strange, bordering on creepy.

Strange but True: Superfluid Helium Can Climb Walls – Scientific …

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/superfluid-can-climb-walls/

Feb 20, 2009 … That’s because soft drinks are nothing like the superfluid helium shown in this video. Researchers have known for decades that if you cool …

Supercooled Helium Does Things That Don’t Seem Possible | I …

http://www.iflscience.com/physics/supercooled-helium-does-things-dont-seem-possible

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Fossil Remains Found For The Largest Titanosaur Dinosaur To Roam The Earth

The creature is believed to be a new species of Titanosaur, a long-necked, long-tailed sauropod that walked on four legs and lived some 90 million years ago in the Cretaceous Period.

Bones from at least seven individual Titanosaur dinosaurs, including some believed to be younger, were found at the site.

  Argentinian museum reveals what might have been largest dinosaur …

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/17/world/americas/giant-dinosaur-discovery/

4 hours ago … A technician poses next to a dinosaur fossil, thought to be a new species of Titanosaur, and likely to be the largest ever to roam the earth.

Scientists find largest dinosaurs Titanosaur fossil | Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2631309/Scientists-largest-dinosaurs-Titanosaur-fossil.html

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Is The Bermuda Triangle or Devil's Triangle Imaginary Or Real?

For decades, the Atlantic Ocean’s fabled Bermuda Triangle has captured the human imagination with unexplained disappearances of ships, planes, and people.

  HowStuffWorks “How the Bermuda Triangle Works”

http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/bermuda-triangle.htm

The Bermuda Triangle is a very real place where dozen of ships, planes and people have disappeared with no good explanation. Learn about the Bermuda …

Bermuda Triangle: Facts, Theories & ‘Mystery’ | LiveScience

http://www.livescience.com/23435-bermuda-triangle.html

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Mysterious Effect That Makes Hot Water Freeze Faster Than Cold

The leading explanation for Hot Water Freezing Faster Than Cold is fairly straightforward.

Whatever causes the Mpemba effect is a major headscratcher.

  Mystery of why hot water freezes faster than cold is solved – Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2483383/Mystery-hot-water-freezes-faster-cold-solved–strange-behaviour-atom-bonds.html

Nov 1, 2013 … Scientists have known that hot water freezes faster than cold water, …. If you do that, both will have the same amount of gas disolved in them.

We’ve Finally Figured Out Why Hot Water Freezes Faster Than Cold

http://gizmodo.com/weve-finally-figured-out-why-hot-water-freezes-faster-1455906029

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Tree Tent Hammocks Lets You Sleep Comfortably Suspended in the Trees

Forget about soggy sleeping bags and competing with rocks and debris on the cold, hard ground on your next camping trip

  These amazing hammock tree tents are the coolest portable tree …

https://roadtrippers.com/blog/ground-suckers-awesome-tents-portable-tree-forts

Jan 20, 2014 … After anchoring the tent to a few trees, you actually climb inside through a trap door in the base, using a rope ladder to make your way up.

Tentsile’s New Stingray Hanging Tent Lets You Sleep Comfortably …

http://inhabitat.com/tentsiles-new-stingray-hanging-tent-lets-you-sleep-comfortably-suspended-in-the-trees/

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Weird Hairy Frogfish Have Modified Dorsal Spines

The hairy frogfish has an expandable stomach, and they have been known to swallow fish twice their own size.

Hairy frogfish predators certainly live up to their common name as they’re covered in thousands of fleshy, hair-like skin extensions helping to blend them in among soft corals, sponges and sea weed.

  Frogfish behavior, habitat and photos|Underwater Photography Guide

http://www.uwphotographyguide.com/frogfish

Article on Frogfish, Antennarius species and their habitat, behavior, natural history, tips on finding … Hairy frogfish, aka Striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus.

Antennarius striatus (Striped or striated frogfish, hairy … – Frogfishes

http://www.frogfish.ch/species-arten/Antennarius-striatus.html

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Rare Alien Looking Goblin Shark Found In Florida Waters

Goblin Shark’s Look Prehistoric With Razor Sharp Teeth

  Goblin Shark’s are not seen anywhere all that often, though the coast of Japan boasts the shark’s share of recorded sightings.

  Shrimper who caught rare goblin shark: “Man, he’s ugly!” – CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/04/us/florida-goblin-shark/

3 days ago … A Georgia shrimper catches only the second goblin shark on record in the Gulf of Mexico.

Goblin Shark (Types of Shark) : Discovery Channel

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/shark-week/types-of-shark/goblin-shark.htm

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Comet 209P LINEAR Sky Watchers Might See Up To 1,000 Meteors An Hour

Comet 209P LINEAR Meteor shower later in May 2014 could turn out to be a STORM with up to 1,000 shooting stars an HOUR

The nights of 23 and 24 May sky watchers could be in for a treat as Earth passes through the debris left by Comet 209P/LINEAR. This could provide observers in the US and Canada with up to 1,000 meteors an hour in what has been described as a ‘meteor storm’

  New Meteor Shower from Comet 209P/LINEAR in Pictures (Gallery …

http://www.space.com/25769-meteor-shower-comet-209p-linear-gallery.html

1 day ago … A new meteor shower caused by Comet 209P/LINEAR may produce a dazzling show.

Will Comet LINEAR produce a new major meteor shower in 2014 …

http://earthsky.org/space/comet-209p-linear-meteor-shower-storm-may-2014