Science
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Dolphin Strangers Met in the Bahamas. Things Went Swimmingly.
In 2013, a group of 52 Atlantic spotted dolphins, driven to migrate by unknown forces, left their home on the Little Bahama Bank in the northern ...
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South Korea Is Scouting Out the Moon, With More Missions to Come
South Korea set off for the moon on Thursday. But it doesn’t want to stop there. “We are also considering using the moon as an outpost for space ...
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The Mysterious Dance of the Cricket Embryos
In June, 100 fruit fly scientists gathered on the Greek island of Crete for their biennial meeting. Among them was Cassandra Extavour, a Canadian ...
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A Large Object Landed on His Sheep Farm. It Came From Space.
Mick Miners was herding sheep on a four-wheeler last week when he stumbled upon a pointy black object that looked more than nine feet tall. It ...
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South Korea’s First Moon Launch: How to Watch
Joining the list of nations with ambitious plans in space, South Korea is aiming for the moon on Thursday. Its first lunar spacecraft, named ...
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The Cartwheel Galaxy Is the Webb Telescope’s Latest Cosmic Snapshot
Scientists on Tuesday published the latest images from NASA’s triumphant James Webb Space Telescope. The newest release documents the Cartwheel ...
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A ‘Reversible’ Form of Death? Scientists Revive Cells in Dead Pigs’ Organs.
The pigs had been lying dead in the lab for an hour — no blood was circulating in their bodies, their hearts were still, their brain waves flat ...
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Footprints Discovery Suggests Ancient ‘Ghost Tracks’ May Cover the West
Scientists have discovered ancient human footprints in Utah, traces, they say, of adults and children who walked barefoot along a shallow ...
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A Battlefield From 1777 Yields a Dozen Mercenaries’ Remains
Archaeologists working at Red Bank Battlefield, a site along the Delaware River south of Philadelphia, have uncovered the remains of 13 Hessian ...