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You wouldn’t want a deathstalker scorpion in your boot. But it could save your life. Tarantula venom may seem frightful. But medically speaking, it’s awesome. And gila monster spit? Great stuff, if you have diabetes. They’re just a few examples of a fascinating area of research using the venom from …

Russia’s space agency announced Wednesday that the International Space Station — a space base the world’s scientists and billions of U.S. tax dollars helped build and maintain some 200 miles above the surface of the Earth — will be de-orbited and allowed to sink into the Pacific Ocean in 2020, …

My Southern credentials are thus: I was born in Georgia and grew-up in the capital of the Confederacy – Richmond, Virginia. Large statues of Confederate soldiers graced Monument Avenue in the heart of downtown Richmond. General Robert E. Lee and General Stonewall Jackson were recognized and honored in official state …