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Two Faced Cat, Named Deucy Born in Amity Oregon
A rare two faced kitten was born Tuesday morning in Amity, Oregon. While normally a two faced kitten’s life is short, this one has good odds.
The kitten’s owner, Stephanie Durkee took the rare little kitten to the vet, who checked her out and found everything is in working order and the way it should be, besides the two faces. There’s nothing wrong with the newborn’s lungs as her...
Justin Bieber Buys Ticket to Space on Virgin Galactic Spaceshiptwo
Justin Bieber has joined other celebrities who have reserved a seat on SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic.
Justin Bieber paid the $250,000 ticket to visit space. The SpaceShipTwo is currently in the testing stage, and Virgin Galactic, owned by Richard Branson and Virgin, expects flights to start in 2015.
On April 29, 2013, the world’s first commercial spaceline completed the first rocket-powered flight,...
Pink Slugs Discovered on Mount Kaputar in Australia
National Parks and Wildlife Service ranger Michael Murphy discovered a giant, fluorescent pink slugs on Mount Kaputar in New South Wales, Australia.
The bright pink slug in only unique to a ten square kilometer patch of the mountaintop.
“Giant pink slugs are about 20 cm long (7.8 inches), only found on top of Mount Kaputar,” says Murphy in an interview with Australian Broadcasting Corporation....
Orange Algae May Help Treat Retinitis Pigmentosa: Night Blindness
New research from Israel found orange algae pulled from Sinai lake can be beneficial for those who have retinitis pigmentosa.
Retinitis pigmentosa is a hereditary disease and is one of the most common forms of inherited retinal degeneration. Symptoms often first appear in childhood, but severe vision problems do not usually develop until early adulthood.
Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is an uncommon...
Earthquake in California at 5.7 Magnitude Felt Across Northern Area
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit Northern California and was felt across a large area, according to officials.
The earthquake happened around 8:47 p.m. on Thursday night, and its epicenter was 27 miles southwest of Susanville and seven miles west northwest of Greenville, about 150 miles northeast of Sacramento, and zero feet deep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The California earthquake was...
Amphibians Seeing a Decline in Population at an Alarming Rate
According to a new U.S. Geological Survey, amphibians like frogs, toads and salamanders and disappearing at an alarming rate.
Researchers found that overall, amphibians declined 3.7 percent annually from 2002 to 2011. If this rate continues, these species will disappear by half in the next 20 years.
The more threatened species, considered “Red-Listed” in an assessment by the global organization...
New Crater on Moon after NASA sees Biggest Explosion Ever by Meteor
On the night of March 17th, a boulder slammed into the Moon, creating the biggest explosion scientists have ever seen since on the Moon since they started monitoring it eight years ago.
“On March 17, 2013, an object about the size of a small boulder hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium,” Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office said in a statement. “It exploded in...
Crazy Ants Making the Gulf Coast Go Crazy
Crazy ants are making the U.S. Gulf Coast go, well, crazy.
Officially known as ‘Tawny crazy ants’ or Rasberry Crazy Ants and discovered in the U.S. in 2002 in Houston. They have now since then spread to 21 counties in Texas, 20 counties in Florida and in southern Mississippi and Louisiana.
It wasn’t until 2012 that the ants were formally identified as Nylanderia fulva, which are...
Two Alaska Volcanoes are Placed on High Alert Due to Possible Eruption
Two volcanoes in Alaska, the Cleveland Volcano and the Pavlof Volcano are being closely watched as they appear to be close to erupting.
Authorities have placed both volcanoes on the second-highest alert level because “sudden explosions are possible with little or no warning.”
The Cleveland Volcano underwent a low-level eruption event in early May, spewing ash into the air. As of this week,...
Ice Age Bison Fossils Found in San Diego During Freeway Improvements
A paleontologist from the San Diego Natural History Museum found Ice Age bison fossil bones, in early April where crew workers were working on freeway improvements.
According to the San Diego Natural History Museum, the fossils were found at the junction of State Route 76 and Interstate 15, the highway construction site for the State Route 76 East Project near Pala Mesa in the North County.
The...