Science
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Salamander Dads Are Turning Into Cannibals, Threatening Species Survival
The hellbenders’ alarming change in behavior may be linked to deforestation, a new study found.
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Flocking to One of the Few Specks of Land in Sight of a Total Eclipse
Tens of thousands descended on a tiny town in Western Australia, hundreds of miles from any city, to view a celestial spectacle.
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This Elephant Taught Herself to Peel Bananas
An elephant at the Berlin Zoo can use her trunk to peel bananas, an unusual behavior she engages in only when conditions are ripe.
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Imagine T. Rex. Now Imagine It With Lips.
The apex dinosaur’s terrifying teeth were sheathed in lip-like tissue, some paleontologists say. Imagine them more akin to Komodo dragons than crocodiles.
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A Shark Discovery ‘Didn’t Look Right.’ It Might Have Been a Plastic Toy.
Scientists have retracted a study that showed a rare goblin shark washed up on a Greek beach after other researchers voiced doubts about the find.
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The First 3-D Printed Rocket Fails Shortly After Launch
Relativity Space, a private company with ambitions for sending people to Mars, made it off the launchpad, but the vehicle experienced problems during the second stage of its flight.
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At Long Last, a Donkey Family Tree
The donkey is a key, if increasingly marginalized, character in human history. Once venerated, the animal has been an object of ridicule for so long that the word “asinine” — derived from the Latin asinus, meaning “like an ass or a donkey” — means ...
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No, Female Mice Are Not More Erratic
A new study challenges a century-old assumption used to exclude female mice from scientific research because of their hormonal cycles.
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After Long Delay, Moderna Pays N.I.H. for Covid Vaccine Technique
Moderna has paid $400 million to the government for a chemical technique key to its vaccine. But the parties are still locked in a high-stakes dispute over a different patent.
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Cocaine Bear, Meet Cannabis Raccoon and McFlurry Skunk
Wild animals eat the strangest things. That can be a problem, for them and for us.