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This Week in Science: A Bizarre Bird, The End of The Universe, And More!

11+ mon, 1+ day ago   (455+ words) This week in science: A strange hybrid bird; the cancer clues hidden in your toenails; a reverse Big Bang; and much more! A huge study has linked 99 percent of all heart attacks and strokes to four risk factors: high blood…...

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This Week in Science: A Grisly Giant Jar, a Self-Aware Whale, And More!

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (62+ words) This Week in Science: human remains found in an ancient, giant jar; a new member of the self-recognition club; new clues to why 90 percent of us are right-handed; and much more! Archaeologists Excavated a Giant Stone Jar And Found a…...

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This Week in Science: Vampire Squid, a Galactic Tornado, And Much More!

9+ mon, 6+ day ago   (390+ words) superhighway; the longest known spinning structure in the Universe; and much more! Boosting a protein called Sox9...

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Award-Winning Images Reveal Our Smallest Realms of Life in Epic Detail

10+ mon, 4+ week ago   (352+ words) Entomology enthusiast Zhang You created this intricate image by stacking over 100 carefully lit and cleaned images together. The whole process took two weeks. Related: Award-Winning Image Reveals a Hidden Culprit Behind Alzheimer's "It pays to dive deep into entomology: understanding…...

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Nature Might Pulse to a Universal Rhythm – 2 Beats Per Second

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (830+ words) A surprising number of creatures across a wide swath of sizes, species, and communication methods all seem to time their signals to the same basic beat. According to an analysis of communication signals across the animal kingdom, from bird mating…...

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This Week in Science: Giant Octopuses, a Promising Cancer Vaccine, And More!

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (444+ words) This week in science: paleontologists discover that gigantic octopuses the size of whales once roamed the world's oceans; a personalized cancer vaccine shows promise in early human trials; the Curiosity rover finds 'dragon scales' on Mars; and much more! The…...

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This Week in Science: 'Universal' Kidney, Earthly Anomaly, And Much More!

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (280+ words) This week in science: A 'universal' kidney, an exciting new Alzheimer's experiment, a growing anomaly in Earth's magnetic field, and much more! Scientists have successfully conducted the first human tests of a 'universal' kidney that could in theory be transplanted…...

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Physicists Discover How Slime Mold 'Makes Decisions' Without a Brain

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (894+ words) Slime molds are slippery, nebulous beings. They're not true molds. They're not even fungi. For most of their lives, they exist as either plasmodia or amoebae, and they refuse to be held back by the rigid structures that govern other…...

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This Week in Science: Remembering Jane Goodall, a Fertility Breakthrough, And More!

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (380+ words) for and create impact with environmental sciences today. Read the full story here, and a look at her legacy...

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This Week in Science: A Cannabis Standard Measure, Bizarre Lifeforms, And More!

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (428+ words) doesn't belong to any known category of life today, a new study finds. Through a review of microscopic...

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