|  Subarctic Wildfire Activity Is Heating Up  | Subarctic wildfire frequency is higher now than it has been at any other point in the last 10,000 years, new records show.
| Read More » Hey Flipper! Dolphins Use Names to Reunite  | Dolphins call to each other using distinctive whistles that serve as names, new research suggests.
| Read More » Outbreak of Intestinal Disease Cyclosporiasis Sickens 200 An outbreak of the intestinal illness cyclosporiasis has sickened more than 200 people in four states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More » Bizarre 'Schrodinger's Cat' Comes Alive in New Experiments  | The strangeness of the world of the very small that allows a particle to be in two states at once may extend to larger scales, two new studies reveal. If the research proves true, that would bolster the validity of a thought experiment suggesting a cat can be both alive and dead at the same time.
| Read More » Earthlings Wave at Saturn as NASA Probe Snaps Earth's Photo  | Earthlings en mass waved at Saturn on Friday (July 19) for a planetary portrait session being snapped by NASA's Cassini probe at the famed ringed planet.
| Read More » Some Parents Opting for Pharmacies, Not Doctors About one in four parents have taken their kids to a clinic at a chain pharmacy or other retail store for health care, a new study suggests. Read More » Wow! NASA Probes See Earth & Moon from Saturn, Mercury (Photos)  | NASA has unveiled spectacular portraits of Earth and its moon from billions of miles away in images captured on Friday (July 19) and released today by the teams behind the agency's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn and its Messenger probe at Mercury.
| Read More » Smaller, paler Earth unveiled in new NASA photo  | By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A robotic space probe nearly 900 million miles from Earth turned its gaze away from Saturn and its entourage of moons to take a picture of its home planet, NASA said on Monday. The resulting image shows Earth as a very small, blue-tinged dot - paler and tinier than in other photos - overshadowed by the giant Saturn's rings in foreground. ...
| Read More » Wide Racial Gap in Reaction to Zimmerman Verdict  | The American public is divided, largely along racial and political lines, over George Zimmerman's acquittal and the conversation it has sparked about race, according to a new poll.
| Read More » Heartland Virus Is Carried by Ticks  | The Heartland virus, a mysterious virus first identified last year in two Missouri farmers, is indeed transmitted to people by ticks, new research suggests.
| Read More » Strange Particles Shape-Shift From One Flavor to Another  | Exotic particles called neutrinos have been caught in the act of shape-shifting, switching from one flavor to another, in a discovery that could help solve the mystery of antimatter.
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