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Ice on Mercury
MESSENGER spacecraft provides evidence for frozen water on planet closest to sun
Posted in Space
Tagged aliens, altimetry, asteroids, astronomy, carbon, comets, craters, David Paige, extraterrestrial life, getinvolved, ice, laser altimeter, mercury, MESSENGER, NASA, planetary science, planets, space environment, sun, University of California Los Angeles
Of fish and brain health
Moms-to-be who eat a diet rich in the right fish may pass along benefits to their children
Posted in Body & Health
Tagged ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, brain, brain development, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, cognition, diet, dietary pollutants, fish, getinvolved, hair, health, human development, lead, mercury, methyl mercury, New Bedford, nutrition, Pollution, pregnancy, Susan Korrick, topstories
Python-palooza!
Monster-sized Burmese python bearing record-number of eggs retrieved in the Florida Everglades
Posted in Animals
Tagged accelerometer, adaptations, Burmese python, Davidson College, DNA, ecology, environmental science, Everglades, feature, Florida Keys, Florida Museum of Natural History, giant snakes, GPS, Kenneth Krysko, Kristen Hart, mercury, Michael Dorcas, national park, P-52, P51, radio tracking, salt water, Skip Snow, topstories, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS
Mercury’s magnetic twisters
The planet’s strange atmosphere may have a lot to do with the sun.
Posted in Space
Tagged electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetism, magnetic field, magnetism, mercury, physics, Tornado
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