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Hundreds Of Tiny Montserrat Tarantulas Hatch In Zoo
A clutch of about 200 Montserrat tarantulas has hatched at Chester Zoo – the first time this rare spider has been bred in captivity.
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The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), at center, is the second-largest satellite galaxy orbiting our own. This image superimposes a photograph of the SMC with
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Scientists have developed a way to bind photons to individual electrons, allowing for a new type of light that has properties of both elementary
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Mysterious And Known As The ‘Raven’: Scientists Identify New Whale Species
In 2004 Reid Brewer of the University of Alaska Southeast measured an unusual beaked whale that turned up dead in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. A