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Tiny wasps snack on deadly spiders
Researchers have recently described the spider-eating habits of a previously little-known Australian wasp. The new study was spurred by the curiosity of a 9-year-old boy.
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Transit of Venus offers rare opportunity to mock astronomers (+video)
In the past, the transit of Venus has been used as an occasion to poke fun at globetrotting scientists, who used the rare astronomical event to make measurements of our solar system.
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Transit of Venus: Early 'tape measure' for size of our solar system (+video)
The next transit of Venus occurs June 5. Astronomers once used the transit of Venus across the sun to come up with the 'astronomical unit' – the distance from Earth to our sun.
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Venus to have its final day in the sun for the 21st century
The planet Venus is due to pass in front of the sun on June 5th and 6th. It won't do so again until 2117.
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Chapter & Verse How the transit of Venus opened the planet to our forefathers
Author Mark Anderson of 'The Day the World Discovered the Sun' explains how the transit of Venus allowed 18th-century astronomers to create an early GPS system.
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Why Obama rejected John Glenn's plea to save the space shuttle progam
In a 40-minute plea at the White House to save the US space shuttle, John Glenn said that relying on the Russians to get US astronauts into space was a mistake. Why did President Obama turn him down?
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Space shuttle launch Friday will be last for Endeavour
Space shuttle launch: the US space shuttle Endeavour will launch for the last time on Friday, drawing an estimated 750,000 spectators from all over the country.
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Reader recommendation: Farther Than Any Man
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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Active volcano holds clues to violent landslides
Researchers want to learn if volcano-triggered landslides can trigger even larger problems.
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Farther Than Any Man
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The 12 days of Christmas plants -- Norfolk Island pine
The story of how the Norfolk Island pine became a holiday favorite.
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