Earth may have had a second, smaller moon that smacked into the larger one, which explains why one side of the moon is more rugged than the other.

Searching remote mountains in Borneo, scientists discover a group of brightly colored rainbow toads, a species last seen in 1924 and believed to be extinct. 

Elephants have social networks ranging from four to 16 “friends.” As with people, the smaller the circle, the stronger and more loyal the bond.

Good news: the wage gap between men and women in science is smaller than in other fields. Bad news: women still earn 12 percent less.

A Swedish man was arrested for unauthorized possession of nuclear materials after trying to split atoms in his kitchen. “It is just a hobby,” he wrote on his Web site. 

This article was originally published with the title News Scan.

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1. 1. Rev.Corvette 10:10 PM 10/16/11

   I want to Thank those mountaineering scientists for the dogged dedication it must take to locate a species last seen in 1924 and believed to be extinct. When I first saw an image of the rainbow toad, I felt a sense of regretful disappointment to learn they were gone. the patterns of pigmentation on this animal ( most notably the eyes) are living Mandelbrot Fractals!

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2. 2. Quinn the Eskimo 08:36 PM 10/20/11

   News SCAMS. News SciAms.
   
   Your read it all here.
   
   
   
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3. 3. jgrosay 03:14 PM 10/21/11

   Some say the baske marxist-leninist terrorist group ETA was allowed to kill Admiral Carrero, then president of the Franco's spanish goverment, because Carrero spoke about building an A-bomb. Ahmadinejad is in close watch for the same, and an spanish song speaks about a man followed by CIA and KGB agents, just for stealing a neutron bomb, 25 airplane carriers and a nuclear reactor. People doesn't know the risks of the things they do or of the games they play.

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