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A Speed Camera for the Universe
Astronomers developed a clever method to measure our universe’s expansion -
Are We Finally Over the “Jaws Effect?”
Most people in a recent survey saw sharks as neutral, coinciding with a global treaty to protect declining species -
When a Chimp Screams, What Do You Hear?
The calls of our closest living evolutionary cousins still hit an ancient target in the human brain -
Satellite Photobombing Is Disrupting Space Telescope Astronomy
Yet another peril of a teeming low Earth orbit -
Watch a Frog Eagerly Munch on a Murder Hornet
Pond frogs nonchalantly dined on the venomous insects, hinting at special mechanisms that help the amphibians avoid pain—and grisly deaths
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Selfies of Endangered Sumatran Tigers Expose a Robust Population
Array of camera traps captures surprising images of tigers in the wild
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An Ancient Earthquake Might Have Unleashed a Sea Turtle Stampede
Potential flipper marks found by free climbers might point to the marks of frightened reptiles
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Why Stress Sparks Hair Loss, According to Mice
Dead hair cells might confuse the immune system and lead to chronic shedding
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Crick and Watson Did Not Steal Franklin’s Data
Matthew Cobb’s 3 greatest revelations while writing his book Crick: A Mind in Motion
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We Finally Know the Time of Day on Mars
This deceptively difficult question to answer is vital to exploration
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Did Volcanoes Spark the Black Death?
New research points the finger for precipitating Europe’s most deadly pandemic at scores of massive eruptions
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This “Cinderella Sense” May Be Tied to More Than 130 Disorders
Researchers give a whiff of why smell matters to health -
Here’s Why Some Insomniacs Can’t Sleep
Downshifting from the noise of the day is easier for some than others -
Living Large: Giant Anacondas Blew Up 12 Million Years Ago
Recently unearthed fossilized vertebrae shows the resilience of the massive snakes -
Behold the Biggest Dinosaur Parade
What the biggest set of trackways ever discovered says about life in the Late Cretaceous -
A Rare “Fairy Lantern” Finally Comes to Light
Researchers discovered this tiny, mysterious plant species in Malaysia—now, they want to make sure it survives