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CNN 2010-04-17

In central Florida an eleven year old girl woke up in her own bed this morning and that's reason to celebrate, that's because she had actually vanished into an alligator infested swamp area on Friday only to be found yesterday alive and well, it's an

SSS 2009-04-27

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. April 25th was World Malaria Day. The mosquito-borne disease is still one of the biggest killers in developing countries with a death toll of a million

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SSS 2009-08-11

Its been called the vine that ate the south. Kudzu grows so fast it can completely cover a cabin in the woods in a couple of days. The invasive plant takes over another 150,000 acres every year. Which costs another $6 million to control. But plant pa

SSS 2012-02-09

This Scientific Americans 60 senconds science. I'm Cythia Graber. This will just take a minute. How did the zebra get stripes. One theory holds that stripes help confused predators. But stripes might be primarilly to protect zebras from ferocious ins

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Under UV light, this mosquito larva reveals a red fluorescent marker in its nervous system, causing eyes and nerves to glow. The marker's presence tells the researchers in Riehle's team that this individual carries the genetic construct rendering it

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Slain Chinese students identified by U.S. officials

LOS ANGELES, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese students who were slain during an early-morning shooting Wednesday were identified by officials from the University of Southern California (USC) and the authorities are still looking for a lone suspect. T

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