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  • 12.31.69 | in | by © NASA/CXC/SAO. Podcast available from: chand

    To X-Ray a Dirty Snowball & Why...

    Comets as observed with Chandra X-Ray Observatory. © NASA/CXC/SAO. Podcast available from: chandra.harvard.edu

  • 12.31.69 | in | by U.S. Air Force

    E-8C Joint Stars: Master of the Battlefield

    Carrying a powerful side-looking airborne multi-mode radar (SLAMMR), this modified 707 tracks movements of ground forces to provide tactical control of the battlefield. Credit: U.S. Air Force

    12.31.69 | in Animals | by Credit: Joshua Plotnik, Frans de Waal, and Diana Reiss.

    Video - X Marks the Spot

    Happy the elephant on her first day of marking. She repetitively touches the mark or mark area with her trunk while in full view of the mirror.

  • 12.31.69 | in Space | by Washington University in St. Louis

    Snake Trackers

    Wayne Drda, Washington University researcher, explains how researchers are tracking and observing the behaviors of timber rattlesnakes and copperheads in eastern Missouri.

  • 12.31.69 | in | by U.S. Air Force

    Gulfstream's C-20: Transporting Staff Long-Range

    Militarized versions of the Gulfstream II, III and IV large business jets, C-20Bs and C-20Hs quickly transport VIPs and U.S. Air Force staff anywhere they are needed. Credit: U.S. Air Force

  • 12.31.69 | in Animals | by Lawrence M. Witmer, PhD; Ohio University

    Video - Peculiar Beaks

    Flamingos have erectile tissue in their heads that fill with blood to stiffen the tongue and floor of the mouth to help them feed.

  • 12.31.69 | in Space | by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    If a volcano erupts under water...

    Dr. Susan Humphris explains what hydrothermal vents are and why they're important.

  • 12.31.69 | in Space | by LiveScience.com + Univ. New South Wales, AU. With special thanks to Jimmy Heath.

    Sax Pros Shape Sounds In Their Throats

    Experienced saxophonists learn to tune their vocal tracts for best resonance.

  • 12.31.69 | in Animals | by

    Video - Multiple Mates

    Female mouse-like marsupial, mates with many males, each event lasting up to 14 hours.

  • 12.31.69 | in Environment | by Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Video - Black Smoker

    Plumes of sulfur-rich fluids spew from the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the North Pacific, where alien organisms thrive.

  • 12.31.69 | in Space | by SciCentral.com

    Spiderman's Sticky Tech

    Following in gecko lizard footsteps, new super-adhesives exploit atomic forces.

  • 12.31.69 | in | by Credit: Matthias Hoeft International University, B

    Galactic Cluster’s Ring:

    A simulated formation of giant ring-like radio emission structures, associated with accretion shockwaves, around a galaxy cluster. Credit: Matthias Hoeft International University, Bremen, Germany.

  • 12.31.69 | in Animals | by

    Video - Catch a Panda

    A student camps atop a mountain in China to catch a giant panda.

  • 12.31.69 | in Technology | by Credit:Science

    Video - A Resilient Machine

    The robot automatically creates a simulation of itself. The machine suffers unanticipated damage and self diagnoses the injury.

  • 12.31.69 | in Space | by ScienCentral

    Attention Training: Games that are Good for Kids

    Researchers can train the network of brain areas involved in attention and cognitive focus, which development greatly between ages three and seven.

  • 12.31.69 | in Animals | by

    Video - Dog Fighting

    Forcing dogs to fight is a crime in all fifty sates. Yet the bloodied victims often turn up in animal shelters.

  • 12.31.69 | in Space | by ScienCentral.com

    Flu Fighter

    Dr. Michael Holtzman carries a weapon: an immunity boost before flu season called "Hyper-Stat1"

  • 12.31.69 | in Environment | by Les Watling, University of Hawaii

    Video - Bottom Trawling: A Tale of Two Sites

    The seafloor after trawling, then a pristine system.

  • 12.31.69 | in Space | by ScienCentral.com

    Exercise and Genetics

    Benefit from exercise varies along genetic lines - especially as we age.

  • 12.31.69 | in Space | by The Next Step

    Personal Drone

    For less than $200, you can send a Personal Drone, or UAV, over the horizon to take a photograph or video.

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