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  1. Earth

    Iceberg Thrills

    The Ocean World Web site offers lessons devoted to icebergs, accompanied by dramatic images. Students can learn about the different colors of icebergs, their classification, and their life cycle. The Web site also presents the dangers that icebergs pose to people as well as their potential benefits to desert dwellers. It includes a glossary and […]

    By Science News
  2. Animals

    Proxy Vampire: Spider eats blood by catching mosquitoes

    Researchers studying food preferences among spiders report finding the first one with a taste for vertebrate blood.

    By Susan Milius

  3. High Times for Brain Growth: Marijuana-like drug multiplies neurons

    A drug that functions as concentrated marijuana does may spur the process by which the brain gives birth to new nerve cells.