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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 [...]

What is ball lightning?

What is ball lightning? asks Kelly Corcoran, a student in Babylon, NY.

Stories of ball lightning date back to at least the Middle Ages, and scientists estimate that at least five percent of our planet’s population have had the privilege (or, sometimes, the misfortune) to have seen the glowing, floating spheres.

According to eyewitnesses, ball [...]