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Periodical Cicada, Adult, Magicicada spp. Requires 17 years to complete development. Nymph splits its skin, and transforms into an adult. Feeds on sap of tree roots. Northern Illinois Brood. This brood is the largest emergence of cicadas anywhere
Why Do Some Cicadas Appear Only Every 17 Years?

The 17-year cicadas are species of periodical cicadas, a group of homopterans with the longest known insect life cycle.

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9 Ghostly Planets

What ever happened to the ghost planets, those worlds that never existed or once were but are no longer?

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Spotlight: Mummification

A team of scientists recently recreated the face of Peru's most famous mummy, "Juanita," or the "Ice Maiden." The girl is thought to have been sacrificed when she was between the ages of 13 and 15 some 500 years ago. Mummified by centuries of ice and snow, the body was well-preserved and is just one example of how mummification can occur naturally.

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Do you know the difference between a protractor and a compass?
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