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Bahrain Desert Birds Build 100,000 Nests in Bahrain Desert
This video from BBC's Planet Earth shows how 100,000 Socotra Cormorants come to nest in the Bahrain Desert despite the scorching heat. May 15, 2012
Russian Satellite, Elektro-L No. 1, Takes Detailed Images of Earth
Elektro-L No. May 15, 2012
Big-Mouthed Babies Drove Evolution of Giant Island Tiger Snakes
Some populations of tiger snakes stranded for thousands of years on tiny islands surrounding Australia have evolved to be giants. May 15, 2012
Honda Unveils UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Device
Honda Motor Co. May 15, 2012
Lopsided Emo-Style Haircuts Can Cause Lazy Eye Warns Optometrist
A lot of young people may soon be getting lazy eye if this new health warning is true. May 14, 2012
Number of Kids Swallowing Button Batteries on the Rise
A new study in the journal Pediatrics has found that the number of battery-related emergency department visits by children are on the rise. May 14, 2012
Astronomer Says His Calculations Suggest Another Planet Exists in Our Solar System
National Geographic reports that Rodney Gomes, an astronomer at the National Observatory of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, believes his calculations indicate there is a previously undiscovered planet in our solar system. May 14, 2012
Stanford Study Finds Nearly 30% of Americans Have Sleepwalked
A new study from Stanford University School of Medicine researchers has found that nearly 30% of U. May 14, 2012
Scientists Wake Up Chicken Embryo Brains
Researchers managed to arouse a chicken embryo inside an egg by exposing it to a sound that would have meaning after its birth, such as the sound of a chicken warning others of danger. May 14, 2012
Data Killer Device Instantly Obliterates Hard Drive Data
Platform of Japan has created a device, called Data Killer, that instantly obliterates data contained on a hard drive. May 14, 2012
Scientists Say To Reduce Pain During an Injection, Look Away
A new study, published in Pain, has confirmed that there is a scientific basis for commonly given advice to avoid looking at the needle when you are about to get an injection. May 14, 2012
Duck-billed Dinosaurs Endured Long, Dark Polar Winters Say Scientists
Researchers have discovered that duck-billed dinosaurs, known as hadrosaurs, opted to endure long, dark polar winters instead of migrating to more southern latitudes. May 14, 2012
NASA's Dawn Mission Reveals Secrets of Protoplanet Vesta
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has provided researchers with the first orbital analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta. May 13, 2012
Seaweeds Employ Various Strategies for Surviving Crashing Waves
New research on seaweeds has found that it takes more than just being flexible to survive the constant barrage of crashing waves. May 13, 2012
Researchers Say Chronic Cocaine Uses Changes Brain's Neuron Structure
Researchers at the University at Buffalo and Mount Sinai School of Medicine say they have found through experiments with mice that chronic cocaine use reduces the expression of a protein known to regulate brain plasticity. May 13, 2012
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Catches Mars Sand Dunes in Motion
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed that movement in sand dune fields on Mars occurs on a scale similar to dune fields on Earth. May 13, 2012
Chinese Police Cracking Down on Horrible Gutter Oil
China Daily reports Chinese police are tring to crack down on the use of a horrible product called gutter oil. May 12, 2012
Scientists May Recreate Beer From mid-1800s Finland Shipwreck
Researchers in Finland have discovered live bacterial species in antique beer originating from the mid-1800s. May 12, 2012
Newly Discovered Mayan Calendar Contradicts 2012 Doomsday Myth
Archaeologists exploring the sprawling complex of Xultun, a 12-square-mile site in Guatemala's Peten region, have discovered a structure that contains a wall covered with unique tiny, millimeter-thick, red and black glyphs. May 12, 2012
Unseen Planet Orbiting Star KOI-872 Revealed by its Gravity
Over 150 years ago, before Neptune was ever sighted in the night sky, French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier predicted the planet's existence based on small deviations in the motion of Uranus. May 11, 2012