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Despite working with an insect collection of more than 28 million specimens, Barclay and his colleagues have been unable to identify the almond-shaped critter, about the size of a grain of rice, which has in the past year made itself at home in the sycamore trees on the 19th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: London | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

Despite working with an insect collection of over 28 million specimens, Barclay and his colleagues at the Natural History Museum have been unable to identify the almond-shaped insect, about the size of a grain of rice, that has in the past year made itself at home in the sycamores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mystery Insect Found in London | 7/15/2008 | See Source »

The struggle to identify the critter displays not only the mystery of nature, but also the fickleness of the science of taxonomy. Identifying insect species can be extremely difficult; some scientists estimate we have managed to identify only 10% of the insect world so far. The rest, like Barclays' almond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mystery Insect Found in London | 7/15/2008 | See Source »

The only way the sport could be more American is if a big Texas tycoon were bankrolling it. Oh, have you met Allen Stanford? The wealth-management billionaire from Mexia, Texas, is forking out $20 million in prize money for a single winner-take-all game in his adopted home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cricket, Texas-Style | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

See if you can identify with this. Twenty20 features two 11-man teams, and each has 20 "overs"--comprising six "balls," or pitches--in which to score runs. Batters are encouraged to swing for the fences. Hit one out--and on a cricket oval, you can hit in any direction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cricket, Texas-Style | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

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