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/ 2 months agoSeismometers can track falling space junk
As the threat of falling spacecraft increases, using earthquake sensors to detect the effects of their sonic booms could better map...
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/ 2 months agoA spot in the base of the brain has a love of language
Brain scans show a spot in the cerebellum attuned specifically to words, expanding on studies that point to the region’s importance...
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/ 2 months agoAnimals experience joy. Scientists want to measure it
Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure positive feelings —...
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/ 2 months agoA massive cosmic ring may challenge a key assumption about the universe
At 3.3 billion light-years across, the ring may challenge the “cosmological principle” that the universe looks uniform at sufficiently large scales.Read...
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/ 2 months agoThis hand stencil in Indonesia is now the oldest known rock art
The work suggests early Homo sapiens developed enduring artistic practices as they moved through the islands of Southeast Asia.Read More
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/ 2 months agoPhysicists discovered neutrinos 70 years ago. The ghostly particles still have secrets to tell
Neutrinos have kept scientists on their toes in the decades since they were discovered.Read More
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/ 2 months agoThere’s life beneath the snow, but it’s at risk of melting away
An array of animals and plants survive winter in the subnivium, nature’s igloo. But climate change is threatening this hidden seasonal...
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/ 2 months ago‘In Botanical Time’ explores the ways Earth’s oldest plants cheat death
Author Christopher Woods unpacks the science behind ancient plants’ longevity in a new book.Read More
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/ 2 months agoThis tool-using cow defies expectations for bovine braininess
Veronika the cow uses a brush as a tool to scratch herself, revealing rare problem-solving skills and expanding what we know...
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/ 2 months agoA long-lost tectonic fragment may be shaking Northern California
Seismic tremors reveal a shallow fragment of ancient tectonic plate beneath Northern California, helping explain damaging earthquakes near the surface.Read More



