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Exploding Stars Like We’ve Never Seen Them
A super crisp look at novae suggests they’re far more chaotic than once thought -
You Don’t Need a Big Brain to Fly
New research into the ancestors of pterosaurs reveals surprising clues to the evolution of flight -
Does Anger Aggravate Pain?
The surprising connection between feelings of injustice and bodily aches -
How to Really Convince People to Prepare for Climate Disasters
The most effective messaging hits home -
Potential Deep-Sea Mining Site Harbors Scores of New Species
Troves of invertebrates inhabit the sediments of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone
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A Speed Camera for the Universe
Astronomers developed a clever method to measure our universe’s expansion
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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
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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
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Satellite Photobombing Is Disrupting Space Telescope Astronomy
Yet another peril of a teeming low Earth orbit
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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 -
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 -
Why Stress Sparks Hair Loss, According to Mice
Dead hair cells might confuse the immune system and lead to chronic shedding -
Crick and Watson Did Not Steal Franklin’s Data
Matthew Cobb’s 3 greatest revelations while writing his book Crick: A Mind in Motion -
We Finally Know the Time of Day on Mars
This deceptively difficult question to answer is vital to exploration