Science
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Russia’s astronauts enter the space station in yellow and blue flight suits.
Three Russian astronauts launched to the International Space Station early Friday. A few hours later, their Soyuz spacecraft docked at…
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Cannibalistic Toads Reveal ‘Evolution in Fast Motion,’ Study Finds
In Australia, poisonous cane toads have become their own worst enemies. For decades, scientists have been witnessing cane toad tadpoles…
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106 Years, 4 Weeks, 1 Wreck: How Shackleton’s Ship Was Found
When perhaps the most celebrated shipwreck in Mensun Bound’s long career as a marine archaeologist was discovered, he was off…
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Make Science, Not War, Scientists Say
One of the glories of international scientific collaborations, besides sharing costs and brainpower, is the building of personal relationships ...
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The New Captain of the Endurance Shipwreck Is an Anemone
Huw Griffiths, a marine bio-geographer at the British Antarctic Survey, was eating pancakes when news broke that the wreck of…
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These Small, Cheap Devices Help Monitor Haiti’s Earthquakes
When a magnitude-7.0 earthquake hit Haiti in 2010 and killed an estimated 200,000 people, there was only one working seismometer…
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When Pigs Cry: Tool Decodes the Emotional Lives of Swine
At any given moment, there are as many as 12,500 Duroc hogs snorting around the barnyards of Imani Farms, a…
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Fossil of Vampire Squid’s Oldest Ancestor Is Named for Biden
About 328 million years ago, Fergus County, Mont., was no stranger to monsoons. Back then, the region was a marine…
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Like Cheetahs, Ancient Ocean Creatures May Have Moved With a Gallop
Cheetahs are the fastest animals on land, clocking in at speeds over 60 miles per hour. Salamanders, in comparison, run…
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Finding a Retirement Home for 466 Frozen Flatworm Fragments
Marian Litvaitis, a professor emerita at the University of New Hampshire, decided to retire in December 2019. And she wondered…