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Gaston De Cardenas/ZUMA Why is this night different from all other nights? Tonight the clouds will part, the heavens will open, the stars will shine, and the moon will bleed. Groovy! The blood moon, a deliciously named full lunar eclipse rendering the moon red, will be visible in the skies above North America around 2 a.m. Eastern time. In the olden days the sudden appearance of a big

Science inhabitants of Atlantis was so advanced that they could afford to experiment with human genetic material. For example, the Atlanteans created a new “breed” of people with tremendous growth and other qualities – to participate in wars, or simply “the love of art.” It is believed that the finds in Egypt – it’s just the remains of people who were able to escape from the dest

Most people can probably recognise that our love of bread, potatoes and any other carbohydrate heavy foods will have had an effect on human evolution, but now scientists are beginning to understand how it could have shaped the evolution of dogs as well. It’s well known that dogs are the domesticated close relatives of wolves. It is generally considered that this must have occurred as wolv

Why do we yawn? Most animals that can respirate via their mouths can also yawn. We yawn, as well as most other mammals, birds, and fish. Even human fetuses have been observed yawning in the womb. Do animals yawn because they are bored or tired? Not necessarily. It is difficult to explain why other animals yawn; for some species, it may be a way to assert dominance or signal to others, while

Ants are cool. You may not think that when they are marching through your kitchen, but before you spray them into oblivion, just remember: ants are cool. Researchers studying an Asian weaver ant came upon two new and exciting abilities. The Asian weaver ant can not only stick to a surface while holding over 100 times its weight, it can also respond to the added weight in one milliseco

The modern dog evolved from the gray wolf, essentially changing from a dangerous predator to a loving family pet. Theo Allofs/Photonica Collection/Getty Images and Daly & Newton/Riser Collection/Getty Images How long have we known our best friend? Researchers know that humans began domesticating dogs before agriculture began (~10,000 years ago), but just when and where did the wolf

One-Eyed Anomaly Photograph courtesy Marcela Bejarano-Álvarez Talk about a one-of-a-kind discovery—an extremely rare cyclops shark (pictured) has been confirmed in Mexico, new research shows. The 22-inch-long (56-centimeter-long) fetus has a single, functioning eye at the front of its head—the hallmark of a congenital condition called cyclopia, which occurs in several animal sp

Photograph by Michael Nichols Giant sequoias live at high elevations, enduring cold, heavy snows, lightning strikes—and growing bulky and strong, though not so tall as coast redwoods. This individual, the President, is the second most massive tree known on Earth. The giant sequoia is a snow tree, Sillett says, adapted for long winters in the Sierra. But it’s a fire tree too

It's big. It's brown. It's definitely dead. But don't be fooled -- it didn't come from the ground, or outer space. Chances are that this "sea monster," which washed ashore this week in Southeast Asia, are the remains of a whale. According to the Daily Star, that hasn't stopped some people from going "down the alien route and [presuming] it to be a large creature from outer space simil