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Where do bugs like flies go when the weather gets cold?

Where do bugs like flies go when the weather gets cold, so they can appear like magic when it gets warm again? asks Jonathan Conway, of Syosset, NY.

Unfortunately, many insects don’t survive the freezing cold of winter. Others, however, have come up with clever schemes to hang on until spring.

For example, cluster flies [...]

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How do cats see in the dark?

How do cats see in the dark? asks Fenny Samuel, a student in Kerala, India.

Domestic cats evolved to do much of their hunting at night. Nowadays, that may mean locating the bowl of cat chow in a dark kitchen (and your cat could as easily do that by smell). But in a power failure, [...]

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