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Brood X Cicadas, Pt 1

Academy of Natural Sciences

And their appearance — red eyes and orange and black bodies – are so cool, and make some of us think about another season — Halloween! For example, in the Philadelphia region we have three brood cycles of the 17-year cicada: Brood X – this year’s brood in 2021 (last was 2004). Entomologists like me are so excited to see these insects.

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

It's considered the Islamic Golden Age and many discoveries in the realms of the natural sciences came in this time. One of the worst seismological disasters of the modern age happened at Christmas 2004 when an earthquake under the ocean causes a massive tsunami, killing around 250,000 people.