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Coal Waste Could Save Billions on Road Repairs

Fly ash, a byproduct of coal-burning electric power plants, could save billions of dollars if used in the repairing of U.S. bridges and roads, scientists told a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday.

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The Tiny Fish That Captures More Carbon Than the Rain Forest

The little lantern fish, Symbolophorus, are smaller than your finger. Every night, all around the world, huge numbers of glowing fish rise from the depths of the sea, eat heaps of carbon-rich plankton, and then drop back down again sealing the carbon in their waste.

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Monarch Butterflies Use Medicinal Plants to Treat Offspring for Disease

Monarch butterflies appear to use medicinal plants to treat their offspring for disease, research by biologists at Emory University shows. We have shown that some species of milkweed, the larva's food plants, can reduce parasite infection in the monarchs, says Jaap de Roode, the evolutionary biologist who led the study.

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NASA Satellite Helps Find 17 Unknown Egyptian Pyramids

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have located seventeen lost pyramids throughout Egypt after studying images produced by a state-of-the-art infrared technique that allowed them to clearly see the ruins underground.

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Image of the Day - Dinosaur in China Flew With 4 Wings

An exquisitely feathered fossil unearthed in northeastern China shows a new dinosaur, named Changyuraptor yangi, which measures more than 4 feet long and -- like the Microraptor, which is less than half its size --flies with four wings.

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How Hummingbirds Evolved With Odd Taste for Sugar

Hummingbirds are the only birds that feed on sweet nectar, but like all other birds, they lack sweet-taste receptors on their palates and long tongues. So how did they evolve a taste for sugary food? Scientists have unraveled the mystery.

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Slow and Steady Mars Rover Finally Completes Red Planet Marathon

A time of 11 years, two months isn't much to brag about if you're running the Boston Marathon. It's pretty good if you're on Mars. NASA's "Opportunity" rover has finally traveled 26.2 miles from its landing site — the length of a standard marathon race — across the surface of Mars.

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Don't Miss Spectacular Full Harvest Moon With Total Lunar Eclipse Sept 27

Don't miss it: a harvest moon eclipsed for three hours will produce an awe-inspiring red glow—and appear to be 14% closer to earth.