Short Takes.* HOT BODIES Archaeologists recently added 48 nearly intact bodies to the 13 ash casts of humans excavated near Pompeii, Italy. The victims died in extreme heat after volcanic Mt. Vesuvius blew its top in 79 A.D. * KA-BOOM! In January, a thunderous meteor exploded in the atmosphere over the Yukon Territory Yukon Territory, territory (2001 pop. 28,674), 207,076 sq mi (536,327 sq km), NW Canada. Geography and Climate The triangle-shaped Yukon territory is bordered on the N by the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean, on the E by the Northwest Territories, in Canada. Scientists estimate the energy produced by the explosion is the equivalent of two to three kilotons (one thousand tons) of TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. ! * GLUE SURGERY After tumbling to the ground, a pet tarantula tarantula (tərăn`chələ), name applied chiefly to several species of the large, hairy spiders of the families Theraphosidae and Dipluridae of North and South America. The body of a tarantula may be as much as 3 in. (7. at Study Middle School in Springfield, Mo., lay dying from a cracked abdomen. But students diligently saved its life by scooping the innards back into the abdomen and gluing it shut with Super Glue Super Glue Wound care A proprietary adhesive used for nonsuture closure of simple skin lacerations. See Laceration. ! |
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