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Another Man Swallowed By A Sinkhole, This Time On A Golf Course In Illinois
After the loss of a Florida man in a sinkhole collapse last week, another man, this time in Waterloo, Illinois, was swallowed by the Earth into a 18-foot deep hole under the Fairway of the Annbriar...
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What Causes A Sinkhole
Sinkholes, like the one that killed a Florida man last week, and the one that appeared on a golf course in Illinois on March 8, are really just hidden holes in the ground. Caverns are carved out by...
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Results From Buried Antarctic Lake Are Another Bust
Russian scientists drilling deep into the ancient Lake Vostok in Antarctica thought they had found a new species of bacteria last week, but have recently announced all they had was just a contaminated...
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Now There's A Sinkhole In Washington DC
There's a sinkhole that just opened up in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington D.C. The opening is small now, but could get bigger.Adams Morgan now has a sinkhole. twitter.com/willsommer/sta…—...
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How They Make The White Or Black Smoke That Announces The New Pope
The secretive election process to select the next Pope officially began on Tuesday at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. To those watching in the Vatican Square, the results of each vote are announced by...
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The Number Of Dead Pigs Found In Shanghai River Doubles In Fewer Than 24 Hours
The horror continues. Thousands of dead pigs are still turning up in Shanghai's Huangpu river, after hundreds of carcasses were initially discovered there last Thursday.The number of dead pigs is now...
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Vatican Reveals Secret Chemical Mix That Makes White And Black Smoke
The secret is out.The Vatican revealed Tuesday in a statement how the white and black smoke that rises from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel is made, Henry Fountain of "The New York Times" reports.The...
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THERE'S A DOLPHIN IN THE EAST RIVER
There are a flurry of tweets that a dolphin has been spotted in the East River near 96th street.At least one person saw the dolphin this morning "swimming in circles between the Randall’s Island...
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The Incredible Science Behind How Nature Solves Every Engineering Problem
A new trend is emerging, where researchers, designers, and everyone in between are starting to ask, "how can we be more like nature — more renewable, more constructive and more sustainable?" In a world...
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Melting Glaciers Could Produce A Boom In Ocean Life
Greenland is slowly, but surely, melting. And though we aren't sure of all the varied effects that this will have on local and global climate, the iron within this ice could cause a boom of tiny plants...
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Thriving Life Found At The Bottom Of Mariana Trench
Researchers have found thriving microbial life at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest site on Earth. The Mariana trench sits seven miles below sea level in the Pacific ocean. It's a cold,...
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North Carolina's Backward Climate Legislation Could Hurt The Whole Country
Greetings from North Carolina, where our legislature gets to more crazy in a week than yours does in an entire session. You’re probably sick of hearing about it, but Plugged In wants to keep you...
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Irrigation Could Make Golf Courses Spawn Sinkholes
In the wake of the "golfer in the sinkhole" story from last week — in which Illinois golfer Mark Mihal spent about 20 minutes at the bottom of a 20-foot-deep sinkhole on a golf course — we started...
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Here's What You'll Find Living In The Deepest Spot On Earth
At 36,000 feet below sea level, it's perpetually dark, freezing cold, and there's enough pressure to liquefy human bones. Welcome to the Mariana Trench, the deepest spot on Earth.Even in one of the...
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Katrina And Sandy Could Hit Every Other Year By 2100
Last year's devastating flooding in New York City from Hurricane Sandy was the city's largest storm surge on record. Though Hurricane Sandy was considered a 100-year-event — a storm that lashes a...
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Poachers Machine Gun 33 Pregnant Elephants In Africa
A total of 86 elephants — including 33 pregnant females and 15 young — were killed in Chad last week. The 50 or so Arabic-speaking poachers shot the animals with machine guns while riding on horses,...
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9 Undescribed Species Found Feeding Off Antarctica's First-Ever Whale...
Researchers have found a whale skeleton on the deep-sea floor in Antarctica for the first time.The find also resulted in the discovery of nine new species that were living on the carcass, according to...
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Why Spring Begins One Day Early This Year
Lately, around this time of year, I often get letters from people wondering why spring begins early this year. Many folks assume the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere — also known as the...
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THE 17-YEAR CICADAS ARE COMING
Sometime in April or May of this year, a swarm of insects called Brood II Cicadas will rise from the earth and fill the skies all across the Northeast, from Virginia to Connecticut.It sounds like a...
View ArticleCalifornia Sinkhole Swallows A Pond
Overnight, Mark Korb lost a pond.How did he lose a pond? A sinkhole ate it.On the morning of March 17, Korb discovered that a sinkhole had opened up under his man-made pond on this property, emptying...
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