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Winter sports combine fun with calorie burn and strength building

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Winter sports such as ice skating, snowboarding and snowshoeing are enjoying a boom, in part because they're a perfect way to have fun and make friends.Ice skating: This is a sport that can be adapted to almost any age and level of ability. Whether you like to skate in pairs, race or play ice games, you can have a good time learning and improving your skills. Women account for … [Read more...] about Winter sports combine fun with calorie burn and strength building

Brood X cicadas comes for a visit this summer

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They are visitors who show up uninvited every 17 years to make a lot of noise. But they don't bite and they mainly shut up at night. And that will be a relief.Scientists have named them Brood X (10), one of 15 different broods of 17-year cicadas. Periodical cicadas living in the eastern U.S. will be emerging all together between April and May. That is, unless the ground is too … [Read more...] about Brood X cicadas comes for a visit this summer

A common aquarium grass is killing eagles

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One day in the 1950s, someone dumped an overgrown aquarium grass into a Florida waterway. In 2021, the grass, called hydrilla, has taken over freshwater lakes in the east, south and Midwest. What hasn't been known until now is that the invasive plant hosts a unique bacteria deadly to birds, including eagles. That knowledge is the result of a 20-year investigation by U.S., … [Read more...] about A common aquarium grass is killing eagles