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Victorian breeder stunned as two-headed snake slithers into our world
Snake breeder John McNamara with the newly-hatched double-headed snake, which he has named Katana and Wakizashi. When two reptilian heads poked out of an egg from a clutch of 10, Australian snake breeder John McNamara thought he had twins. Upon splitting the leathery shell last Saturday what he found was something spectacular, the Border Mail reports. From the tail up he could see a normal baby coastal carpet python, but things started to get freaky from the neck up as two heads peeled ..
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Scientists construct geological map of Pluto

Scientists construct geological map of PlutoPosted on February 13, 2016 by Laurel Kornfeld Hills of water ice on Pluto 'float' in a sea of frozen nitrogen and move over time like icebergs in Earth's Arctic Ocean-another example of Pluto's fascinating geological activity. Image courtesy NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI. Using images taken by New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Orbiter (LORRI), mission scientists have put together a geological map of the diverse terrains the spacecraft captured on the plane..
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Are Ground-Nesting Wasps Similar To Humanity's Drones?

Are Ground-Nesting Wasps Similar To Humanity’s Drones? By: Matt Dayo | February 13, 2016 @ 2:34 PM Ground-nesting wasps may be like some drones; they are somewhat connected with their bases as they fly. Today, and as of the last 10 years or so, engineers and science folks are learning how to create drones with high level of effectiveness and efficiency. For example, Amazon.com Inc., which we can safely say, has been more than ever spending money to develop its own drones system that ca..
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We've Detected Gravitational Waves, So What?

We now live in a universe that we know is humming with gravitational waves. Before the historic announcement on Thursday morning at a National Science Foundation (NSF) meeting in Washington D.C., there were only rumors that the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) had discovered this key component of Albert Einstein’s General Relativity, but now we know that the reality is even more profound. NEWS: Gravitational Waves Detected for First Time With stunning clarity, LIGO was..
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Rare minerals make Earth unique

Rare minerals make Earth uniqueThe 2550 rare minerals that exist on Earth constitute a unique fingerprint that differentiates this planet from all others in the cosmos.The conclusion comes from scientists who, for the first time, have catalogued minerals in all their varieties.Research scientists Robert Hazen and Jesse Ausubel on Friday published in American Mineralogist magazine the study On the Nature and Significance of Rarity in Mineralogy.This catalogues the 2550 most singular minerals on t..
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