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Prize pumpkins have tripled in size in the past three decades. Tim Parks, of the Ohio Valley growers club, harvests his 2010 contender.

The Great Pumpkin

Competitive vegetable growers are closing in on an elusive goal—the one ton squash

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Wild Things: Wildcats, Pigeons and More…

Sea monster mamas, bat signals and opossum versus viper

King of the Hill by photographer James Kasher

Photo of the Week: Anemone and Shrimp

One appeared on the very top of one of the highest fingers and grasped the tip in what appeared to be a moment of victory: King of the Hill

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Dinosaur Sighting: A Special Archaeopteryx 150th Anniversary Edition

A visit to Munich meant a pilgrimage to the paleontology museum

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Catching Up With Planet Dinosaur

Feathered dinosaurs do have feathers, and the cannibalism storyline is solid, but it’s a shame to see venomous Sinornithosaurus and the “dino gangs” trap

Physicist Lisa Randall believes an extra dimension may exist close to our familiar reality, hidden except for a bizarre sapping of the strength of gravity as we see it.

Opening Strange Portals in Physics

Physicist Lisa Randall explores the mind-stretching realms that new experiments soon may expose

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The Terrible Dinosaurs of the 1970s

How many students are still meeting outdated dinosaurs, rather than the dinosaurs we now know?

A long exposure of a Motyxia millipede highlights its greenish-blue glow

The Millipede That Glows In The Dark

The blind, nocturnal arthropod produces a deadly toxin when disturbed

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Is There a Future For Terra Nova?

The show borrows heavily from other sci-fi sources and the first episode was heavy on exposition. But what about the dinosaurs?

We no longer think of the stars as points of light on the tapestry of the night but now know that they're burning balls of gas billions of miles away in the black expanse of space.

Readers Respond: Why I Like Science

Science is the partner of art and the quest for truth

Rock hyraxes in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

What in the World is a Rock Hyrax?

It’s the elephant’s closest living, land-based relative

Anchiceratops ornatus, on display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Canada

The One and Only Anchiceratops

Paleontologists typically have only a handful of specimens, represented by incomplete materials, from a range of sites spanning millions of years

Most orchid bees, like this Euglossa paisa, have metallic coloration.

The Evolution of the Orchid and the Orchid Bee

Which came first—the plant or its pollinator?

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Dino-Shooter Promises Primal Carnage

For the first time in 65 million years, non-avian dinosaurs roam the planet—and the best we can do is turn ‘em into chunky cat food

Toxoplasma gondii requires the cat digestive system for reproduction, so it hitches a ride in a rat

The Parasite That Makes a Rat Love a Cat

Toxoplasma gondii alters activity in a rat’s brain

The skeleton of Carnotaurus at the Chlupáč Museum in Prague

Why Did Carnotaurus Have Such Wimpy Arms?

Does this Aston Martin V8 Vantage make your mouth water?

Drooling Over That Car? It’s Not Just A Metaphor

Our mouths can water over non-food items, a new study finds

The poster for the 2001 b-movie Raptor

Dinosaur Drive-In: Raptor

In it’s own weird way, Raptor is the matryoshka doll of awful dinosaur cinema

The articulated foot of Talos sampsoni. The second toe (DII) bore a retractable sickle claw

Cretaceous Utah’s New, Switchblade-Clawed Predator

The find may help sort out the history of troodontid dinosaurs in North America

While Marie Curie dominates the conversation, there have been many other brilliant women who have pursued science over the years.

Ten Historic Female Scientists You Should Know

Before Marie Curie, these women dedicated their lives to science and made significant advances

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