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Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Political Agenda? Some scientists say the summary of the U.N. climate change report we told you about earlier distorts the actual scientific findings — because of a political agenda. Cybercast News Service cites MIT professor Richard Lindzen — who worked on the …

To protect their young against rattlesnakes, California ground squirrels have evolved a special defense — they heat their tails. Squirrels in the wild wave their bushy tails at snakes in order to look bigger and more threatening. This upsizing defense is a common tactic in the animal kingdom — cats …

SEATTLE – They helped open the public’s eyes to the wonders of space when they were first photographed in 1995, but a new study suggests the famous “Pillars of Creation” in the Eagle Nebula might have already been toppled long ago, and that what the Hubble Space Telescope actually captured …