Science
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A Penguin-Like Shape May Have Helped This Dinosaur Dive
The duck-size animal’s body was streamlined for pursuing prey underwater, researchers say. Other paleontologists say more work is needed to…
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Physicists Create ‘the Smallest, Crummiest Wormhole You Can Imagine’
In an experiment that ticks most of the mystery boxes in modern physics, a group of researchers announced on Wednesday…
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Ant Milk: It Does a Colony Good
Everything in the ant hill seems to need the liquid secretions from members of the colony that are in their…
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Ashkenazi Jews Have Become More Genetically Similar Over Time
A new study of skeletons from a cemetery in Germany reveals a hidden history of Jews in the Middle Ages.
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Mauna Loa Volcano in Hawaii Erupts for the First Time in Nearly 40 Years
No evacuation orders were issued, but officials advised residents to review their preparedness plans. The volcano last erupted in 1984.
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Meet the Mice Who Make the Forest
It’s easy to look at a forest and think it’s inevitable: that the trees came into being through a stately…
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NASA Spacecraft Finishes Its Close Encounter With the Moon
NASA’s Orion spacecraft zipped past the moon’s far side on Monday, passing within 81 miles of the surface. The spacecraft,…
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It’s Official: The Leap Second Will Be Retired (a Decade from Now)
The time has come — or will come, in 2035 — to abandon the leap second. So voted the member…
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Fireball Flashes Above Ontario and Parts of the U.S.
A fireball that soared over Ontario, Canada, early on Saturday was the sixth object to be detected in space before…
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The Mysterious Comets That Hide in the Asteroid Belt
What do you expect to find in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter? Unsurprisingly, asteroids — millions of bits…