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Beautiful huntresses: Scientists explain why mantises evolved to resemble orchids

Beautiful huntresses: Scientists explain why mantises evolved to resemble orchids

Typically, when insect females evolve to become larger than males, it's in order to produce more offspring. But female orchid mantises evolved to look like flowers for a sinister reason: to hunt prey.

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Meet the spleen, the strange little organ that can multiply

Meet the spleen, the strange little organ that can multiply

In a year when venting spleen dominated much of public discourse, we consider the humble organ of that name. You can live without your spleen, but your immune system will be happier with it.
by Erin Ross

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Why do we want to bite cute things?

Why do we want to bite cute things?

You've heard it before: "I could eat you up!" "I want to pinch those cheeks!" "I just want to give that puppy a squeeze!" The same psychology that explains this "cute aggression" also explains why we cry when we're happy.
by Molly Bloom

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Thomas Friedman talks slowing down, staying optimistic at Minneapolis forum

Thomas Friedman talks slowing down, staying optimistic at Minneapolis forum

MPR News Presents a broadcast of the Westminster Town Hall Forum featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, discussing his new book: "Thank you for Being Late."
by MPR News Staff

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Geminids meteor shower peaks Tuesday amid full moon

Geminids meteor shower peaks Tuesday amid full moon

NASA says the Geminids are one of the best and most reliable meteor showers. Sky watchers should head somewhere away from city lights to a spot with a wide open view of the sky.
by The Associated Press

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Adding a funny form of carbon to Silly Putty creates a heart monitor

Adding a funny form of carbon to Silly Putty creates a heart monitor

Graphene comes in sheets barely an atom thick and is extremely good at conducting electricity. By adding the unusual form of carbon to Silly Putty, scientists created flexible sensors.
by Joe Palca

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Atop machines of war, they rode into the sky

Atop machines of war, they rode into the sky

At the dawn of human exploration of space, astronauts, scientists and engineers used the most advanced - and destructive - weapons systems to push the boundaries of where humans could go.
by William Lager

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Baby dinosaur's 99-million-year-old tail, encased in amber, surfaces in Myanmar

Baby dinosaur's 99-million-year-old tail, encased in amber, surfaces in Myanmar

Millions of years ago, a dinosaur about the size of a sparrow had a bad day. It got stuck in resin. Paleontologists recently came across the rare amber fossil containing its tail in Myanmar.
by Rae Ellen Bichell

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Information overload? Not everybody is feeling it, Pew study says

Information overload? Not everybody is feeling it, Pew study says

A Pew Research Center study finds that people do not feel as overloaded by information as they did a decade ago. In fact, people with more access to information find it helps them simplify their life.
by Laura Roman

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Amazon to open convenience store with no lines

Amazon to open convenience store with no lines

Instead, the company envisions customers at the store picking up whatever they want off the shelves -- then simply walking out with it. The items are automatically billed to their Amazon accounts.

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