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A giant plant that can gobble up bugs and even rodents has been discovered in Southeast Asia.

The carnivorous plant (nepenthes attenboroughii) was found by researchers atop Mt. Victoria, a remote mountain in Palawan, Philippines. The research team, led by Stewart McPherson of Red Fern Natural History Productions, had learned of the plant in 2000 after a group of Christian missionaries stumbled upon it while trekking up a remote mountain and reported it to a local newspaper.

The discovery, announced last week, was detailed in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.

This is cool I wonder if i can get a plant like this, lol

Giant Plant That Eats Rodents Discovered in Southeast Asia – Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News – FOXNews.com

Scientists have found that psychopaths who murder and rape others have faulty connections between the part of the brain that deals with emotions and handles impulses and decision-making, Reuters reported.
The British scientists observed psychopaths who had committed murder, manslaughter, multiple rape, strangulation and false imprisonment, and found that roads linking the two crucial brain areas had "potholes," while those of non-psychopaths were in good shape.
Dr. Michael Craig of the Institute of Psychiatry at London’s King’s College Hospital said the study opens up the possibility of developing treatments for dangerous psychopaths in the future, and may have profound implications for doctors, researchers and the criminal justice system.

Study Shows Psychopaths Have Faulty Brain Connections – Science News – red Orbit

Wisconsin construction crew reportedly uncovered human remains that may be nearly 800 years old.

Archaeologists said the bones, found along a highway, may be those of a Native American woman dating back to the year 1250, according to FOX 11.

The scientists believe the site may have been a burial ground and will continue digging for more remains, FOX 11 reported.

Construction on the property was postponed until the State Historical Society can thoroughly examine the findings, the station reported.

Wisconsin Construction Crew Uncovers Possible Native American Burial Ground – Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News – FOXNews.com

Stars in a distant galaxy move at stunning speeds — greater than 1 million mph, astronomers have revealed.

These hyperactive stars move at about twice the speed of our sun through the Milky Way, because their host galaxy is very massive, yet strangely compact. The scene, which has theorists baffled, is 11 billion light-years away. It is the first time motions of individual stars have been measured in a galaxy so distant.

While the stars’ swiftness is notable, stars in other galaxies have been observed to travel at similarly high speeds. In those situations, it was usually because they were interlopers from outside, or circling close to a black hole.

But in this case, the stars’ high velocities help astronomers confirm that the galaxy they belong to really is as massive as earlier data suggested.

1 Million MPH Stars Move Through Galaxy – Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News – FOXNews.com

SAN FRANCISCO —  Electronic books are often mentioned in the same breath as Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle digital reader. Now e-book rival Sony Corp. is determined to recapture consumers’ attention with a smaller reader that’s also $100 cheaper.

On Wednesday, Sony is expected to announce that it will release the Reader Pocket Edition by the end of August. Like the Kindle and Sony’s previous Readers, the Pocket Edition will come with an "electronic ink" display, which shows dark gray text on a lighter gray background. As the word "pocket" implies, its five-inch screen will be smaller than that on the Kindle and other Sony models.

Unlike other Readers, the Pocket Edition won’t play digital music files, and it won’t have a slot for a memory card to supplement internal storage that can hold 350 books.

It will retail for $199, a third off the price of the basic Kindle model and about $80 less than Sony’s PRS-505 reader, which will be discontinued. Color choices include blue, red and silver.

The device is entering a small but growing market. U.S. e-book sales totaled $113 million last year — up 68 percent from 2007 but still a fraction of the estimated $24.3 billion spent on all books, according to the Association of American Publishers.

Kindle Competition: New Sony E-Book Reader $100 Cheaper – Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News – FOXNews.com

ISLAMORADA, Fla. —  Boat captain Tad Burke looks out over Florida Bay and sees an ecosystem that’s dying as politicians, land owners and environmentalists bicker.

He’s been plying these waters for nearly 25 years, and has seen the declines in shrimp and lobster that use the bay as a nursery, and less of the coveted species like bonefish that draw recreational sportsmen from around the world.

"Bonefish used to be very prevalent, and now we don’t see a tenth of the amount that we used to find in the bay, and even around the Keys because the habitat no longer supports the population," says Burke, head of the Florida Keys Fishing Guides Association.

Florida Bay’s Ecosystem on Brink of Collapse; Threatens Tourism – Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News – FOXNews.com