See It to Believe It: Moths Use Stars to Navigate During Migration
SpaceIn a recent study, scientists projected artificial stars in a planetarium designed for moths to test this theory.
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Sex Can Be Deadly for Many Male Species. Octopuses Have a Unique Strategy to Survive: Injecting Venom Into Their Partner
Nature and EnvironmentIt's not the most ethical thing to do, but it's either that or not continue the species.
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If You Ever Get Swallowed by a Whale, Don’t Panic. Scientists Say There’s No Reason to Be Afraid
Nature and EnvironmentA man went viral after filming an incident where a humpback whale swallowed his son and then “spit him out.” In these cases, there’s truly nothing to fear.
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Engineers Wanted to Simulate 500 Million Years of Evolution Using AI. They Found a New Fluorescent Protein Along the Way
Robotics and AIThe new ESM3 model enables the exploration of both the structure and function of proteins.
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Scientists Already Knew Octopuses Were Highly Intelligent. Now, a Research Team Has Discovered They Have a ‘Brain’ in Each Arm
Nature and EnvironmentThe octopus has one of the most complex brains among invertebrates.
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A Whale Sets a Migration Record by Crossing Three Oceans to Breed—And That’s Bad News
Nature and EnvironmentThe world is changing, and the oceans are changing with it. For some species, these changes are troubling.
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60 Years Ago, Scientists Lost Track of One of the World’s Rarest Egg-Laying Mammals. Recently, They Were Lucky Enough to Rediscover It
Nature and EnvironmentHidden in the mountains of Indonesia, this species continues to survive extinction.
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An Old Hypothesis on the Origin of Life Gains New Momentum With the Solution to the ‘Chicken-and-Egg’ Problem
ResearchOver the past two billion years, life on Earth has evolved from simple single-celled organisms to complex life forms in which billions of cells coordinate their activities.
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Scientists Have Discovered the Oldest Animal Fossil in Australia. It Has a Question Mark Drawn on Its Body
Nature and EnvironmentAustralia is famous for its dangerous animals, which continue to surprise us. The latest shock is paleontological.
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We Thought We Had an Accurate Date for the Origin of Life, but We Were Off by About 1.5 Billion Years
Nature and EnvironmentResearchers found environmental conditions for animal life 2.1 billion years ago.
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