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Science may be able to trick mosquitoes into not biting us

  Nature’s lil vampires (Global Panorama | Flickr Here’s some good news in mankind’s eternal war with one of its smallest and most dangerous pests. Scientists at Texas A&M University say they’ve...

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How much sunlight Maine gets, compared with all the other states

Summer in Maine is magical. The problem is, there are nine other months. According to the Washington Post, July 8 is historically the sunniest day of the year. Which means each subsequent day is part...

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Piscataquis County leaves for work earlier than most of the rest of the country

Map by Dadaviz   There are a lot of early birds in Piscataquis County. Residents of that county head to work between 5 and 6:59 a.m., on average, according to Census Data mapped by the blog Dadaviz....

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Maine’s governors have had some pretty great middle names. How many do you know?

If you can get all these right, you deserve a #mepolitics merit badge.

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The journey from Mexico to Maine, as seen from space

The crew of Expedition 42 — which was doing research aboard the International Space Station this winter — took this amazing video of a night-time view of the U.S. from space. It follows the ISS’s...

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How to tell the difference between kinds of bodies of water, in one map

Do you know the difference between a strait and a channel? How about a gulf, bay or harbor? This chart from 1870 lays that all out, including illustrating the main differences between an island (you...

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This video shows what Portland looked like in the late 1960s

Portland Maine History 1786 to Present is a pretty great local Facebook page that features a ton of cool historical photos and videos of the city. Today it posted this video that it says is probably...

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What a Bowdoin researcher has learned about the tiny mites crawling on your face

So, yes. Your face has a bunch of mites on it. They live in your hair follicles and consume your body’s oils. These mites eat, reproduce and live their own tiny lives and there’s nothing you can do...

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How Friday’s forecast compares with the record highs and lows of Christmas past

From Caribou to Portland, last Christmas was among the warmest on record. But this year, the temperatures in Portland could flirt with the record high. Portland’s record for a high temperature on Dec....

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Here’s one crazy way to reduce deer-car crashes: Coat their antlers with...

That’s one way to make the roads safer. Finnish reindeer herders paint the animals’ antlers with reflective paint so drivers will hopefully hit fewer of them, according to the website Atlas Obscura. In...

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