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Yahoo! News: Science News
Rare 'dinky' bird migrates to US for first time
(AP)
AP - Birders with binoculars and cameras are flocking to a remote state park in search of a small yellow-chested bird that apparently crossed the U.S. border for the first time from its high-mountain habitat to the south.
Report: NASA inspector general not catching enough
(AP)
AP - Congressional auditors say that NASA's in-house financial watchdog is doing little to unearth waste and abuse at the space agency.
Mosquitoes match wing beats before mating
(AP)
AP - That annoying mosquito buzz turns out to be a love song, a discovery that Cornell University researchers say may be turned against the biting insects. Ronald R. Hoy and his colleagues found that mosquitoes that spread diseases like yellow and dengue fever alter their wing vibrations in a mating signal.
How many scorpions? London Zoo does critter count
(AP)
AP - How do you count scorpions? Very gingerly, it turns out. "You use tongs and pick them up by the stinger," London Zoo senior keeper Tony Dobbs said. "You avoid the pincers at all costs. You could get a nasty nick if you're not counting carefully."
The Myths and Realities of Bipartisanship in D.C.
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - In a 1997 television interview with PBS, former House representative Lynn Martin was asked how important she considered bipartisanship to a government, and to the country.
"Sometimes very important, sometimes not important at all. It's obviously flavor of the month right now in Washington because it sounds so nice," responded the Republican from Illinois. Perhaps she should have said flavor of the decade.
As has been the case with many recent presidential elections, Barack Obama campaigned heartily last year on the promise of renewed bipartisanship in Washington. ...
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