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/ 2 weeks agoHow cheetah mummies could help bring the species back to Arabia
Arabian cheetah mummies’ DNA reveals that the long-lost population could be closely replaced by a cheetah population in northwestern Africa.Read More
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/ 2 weeks agoThis dino’s fossil claw suggests it snatched eggs, not insects
A 67-million-year-old claw fossil reveals a new dinosaur species that may have used its hand spikes to snatch and pierce eggs.Read...
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/ 2 weeks agoPlants packed close enough to touch are more resilient to stress
Signals transmitted via leaves can warn neighboring plants of stressful events, making the group collectively more resilient than plants in isolation.Read...
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/ 2 weeks agoEarth’s last 3 years were its hottest on record
For the first time, the three-year average global temperature was more than 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial temps.Read More
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/ 2 weeks agoThis ancient pottery holds the earliest evidence of humans doing math
Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and crops, archaeologists say.Read More
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/ 2 weeks agoBotox could be used to fight snakebite
A study on rabbits dosed with viper venom suggests that botulinum toxin may alleviate some effects of snakebite, possibly by dampening...
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/ 2 weeks agoIn a new kind of plant trickery, this yam fools birds with fake berries
Black-bulb yam’s mimicry tricks birds into spreading its berrylike clones. The plant’s novel strategy helps it spread without seeds or sexual...
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/ 2 weeks agoQueen bumblebees are poor foragers thanks to sparse tongue hair
The density of fine hairs on bumblebees’ tongues determines how much nectar they can collect — and workers put queen bees...
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/ 2 weeks agoAmong chimpanzees, thrill-seeking peaks in toddlerhood
In humans, teens do the most dangerous things. In chimpanzees, that honor goes to toddlers. The difference may lie in caregiver...
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/ 3 weeks agoA newly spotted asteroid spins faster than any of its size ever seen
Among the first finds from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the discovery hints at a population of exceptionally strong asteroids.Read More


