Science
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You’ll Never Believe Which Animal Makes Milk for Its Babies
Wormlike amphibians called caecilians add cloacal secretions of a nutritious material similar to milk to their numerous quirks, according to a new study.
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Voyager 1, First Craft in Interstellar Space, May Have Gone Dark
The 46-year-old probe, which flew by Jupiter and Saturn in its youth and inspired earthlings with images of the planet as a “Pale Blue Dot,” hasn’t sent usable data from interstellar space in months.
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Spinosaurus Didn’t Swim After Its Supper, Study Claims
A new paper challenges the idea that the large, carnivorous dinosaur dived after prey rather than wading and plucking it out of the water.
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Scientists Create Elephant Stem Cells in the Lab
The results could shed light on why the animals rarely get cancer. But the researchers’ ultimate goal of bringing back woolly mammoths is still aspirational.
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Seeing Stars, Sperm and Millions of Spawn After a Valentine’s Day Rendezvous
Sunflower sea stars, a species of giant starfish, are critically endangered. Researchers tinkered with sperm in an aquarium lab to help them reproduce.
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Atom Bombs in Space Are Back to Scare Us Again
Russian President Vladimir V. Putin may find that a nuclear weapon in orbit is less useful for war than intimidation.
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This article was published prematurely.
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An Ocean Moon Thought to Be Habitable May Be Oxygen-Starved
A new study suggests that the amount of the element on the moon of Jupiter is on the lower end of previous estimates.
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Why It’s So Challenging to Land Upright on the Moon
Two spacecraft have ended up askew on the lunar surface this year. It is easier to tip over in the weaker gravity on the moon than you may imagine.
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On the Trail of the Denisovans
ORIGINS On the Trail of the Denisovans DNA has shown that the extinct humans thrived around the world, from chilly Siberia to high-altitude Tibet — perhaps even in the Pacific islands. Researchers at Hebrew University reconstructed the face of a ...
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