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Two Moons? Collision Resulted in One Moon for Planet Earth [VIDEO & PHOTOS]

Earth and Two moons
The collision of two moons orbiting Earth may have resulted in the planet's present-day lopsided moon, scientists say. Research published on Wednesday in the journal Nature states that in its younger years, Earth's moon was shadowed by a lightweight companion that was about one-thirteenth of its mass.
Warm-Season Flows on Slope in Newton Crater

NASA Finds Strong Evidence of Water on Mars [VIDEO]

The images of the findings show flows lengthen and darken on rocky equator-facing slopes from late spring to early fall, and the seasonality, latitude distribution and brightness changes suggest a volatile material is involved, but there is no direct detection of one, NASA said.
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Teen Survives Being Buried Alive as Sand Tunnel Caves

A 17-year-old teenage boy is lucky to be alive after being buried on a California beach after a sand tunnel caved in. Matt Mina and his friends were digging a tunnel five to seven feet below the beach's surface when the incident occured. He screamed for help, but wasn't sure anyone could hear him.
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Want to Eat Healthy Foods? Tack on $380 to Your Grocery Bill

Inexpensive ways to add nutrients such as, potatoes and beans for potassium and dietary fiber to a person's diet are hard to come by, and a recent study published in Health Affairs, only confirms the obvious toll on one's pockets for healthier food items.
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Salmonella Outbreak: Turkey Recall One of the Largest Ever

36 million pounds of turkey have been recalled from the Minnesota-based company Cargill. The recall was announced Wednesday after a Salmonella outbreak which reportedly killed one California resident and sickened at least 77 others.
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Blood-sucking Vampire Bats Use Heat Sensors on Prey: How Do They Do It?

Vampire bats can locate hotspots or blood vessels in their prey using infrared vein sensors on their lips, a new research claims. A study discovered that unlike other variants of bats, this species of blood-sucking vampire bats do not track prey by producing a constant stream of high-pitched sounds and then analyzing the echoes.
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Far Side of the Moon Shaped by a Crash in Space?

Scientists believe that they may be able to finally explain why the two sides of the lunar body are so different from each other. A new study published in the journal Nature has suggested that Earth originally had two moons in orbit around it until a second moon flattened itself to the bigger moon more than 4 billion years ago.
Earth and Two moons

Long Ago, Earth May Have Had Two Moons [VIDEO]

Once upon a time, a second moon orbited the Earth, but after a slow-motion collision with its bigger sister, our planet was left with one, scientists say. Astronomers believe that this collision, which lasted several hours, can explain the moon's symmetry.
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Mystery Behind Vampire Bats' Ability to Spot Blood Revealed

Vampire bats have the unique ability to sink their teeth into their prey's body without missing the vein and feed on rich blood. Though scientists knew bats' noses guide them in spotting blood, they never quite understood how the nose mechanism worked.

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