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• BEAUTIFUL BUZZING 

  To you it might be just an annoying whine, but it's music to a mosquito's ears. Mosquitoes beat their wings 500 to 600 times per second, creating...

  05/01/09 by Moss, Meg · More from publication

• KEEP AWAY SPRAY 

  When threatened, cobras can spray venom into the eyes of their attackers to blind and disable them. But how is the cobra able to aim and hit its...

  05/01/09 by Moss, Meg · More from publication

• Think Pink! 

  Scientists were recently surprised to discover a whole new species of iguana m the well-studied Galapagos Islands-and a pink one, at that! First...

  05/01/09 by Moss, Meg · More from publication

• Deep See 

  To see in the darkness of the deep sea at 2,600 feet (800 meters) requires some very special eyes, such as those of the Pacific Ocean spookfish....

  05/01/09 by Moss, Meg · More from publication

• Traveling with the Crowd 

  A school of fish, a pod of porpoises, a gaggle of geese, a murder of crows, a float of crocodiles, a gang of elk, a bloat of hippopotamuses, a weyr...

  05/01/09 by Anderson, Margaret · More from publication

• What Can a Computer Learn from a Wildebeest? 

  Many cars these days use computers to help drivers find their way around and avoid collisions. Now engineers are at work on "smart cars" that will...

  05/01/09 · More from publication

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