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Earth’s Largest Rodents Were Smaller Than We Once Thought
Modern rodents range in size from pygmy mice weighing less than an ounce to stocky capybaras pushing 175 pounds. But…
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Mysteries Linger About Covid’s Origins, W.H.O. Report Says
In its first report, a team of international scientists assembled by the World Health Organization to advise on the origins…
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How Anonymous Is Bitcoin, Really?
Alyssa Blackburn, a data scientist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, has spent several years performing…
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The World’s Largest Plant is a Self-Cloning Sea Grass in Australia
In Shark Bay, off the westernmost tip of Australia, meadows of sea grass carpet the ocean floor, undulating in the…
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Manhattanhenge Is Back for Picture-Perfect Sunsets on New York’s Grid
It’s time for New Yorkers to get very excited about the setting sun. That’s because Manhattanhenge is upon us. It…
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Russian Academics Aim to Punish Colleagues Who Backed Ukraine Invasion
Some academic researchers in Russia are quietly working to prevent colleagues who have supported their country’s invasion of Ukraine from…
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Watch a Giant Stingray’s Safe Return to Its River Home
Just after dawn on May 5, scientists working along a stretch of the Mekong River in Cambodia released a giant,…
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Scientists Found an Animal That Walks on Three Limbs. It’s a Parrot.
Lovebirds, small parrots with vibrant rainbow plumage and cheeky personalities, are popular pets. They swing from ropes, cuddle with companions…
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Elephants in Mourning Spotted on YouTube by Scientists
It was 2013 when Sanjeeta Pokharel first witnessed Asian elephants responding to death. An older female elephant in an Indian…
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NASA Starts Countdown to Robotic Mission’s End on Mars
NASA’s InSight spacecraft is not quite dead yet. But InSight, a stationary robotic probe on Mars, has been steadily growing…