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Science • Apr 15

Sperm whale clicks follow similar rules to human speech

Sperm whales produce powerful clicks to communicate. To our ears, they sound nothing more than a series of repetitive, mechanical taps.

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Science • Apr 15

Entire Animal Kingdom Communicates at the Same Tempo

Why is most music 120 BPM? A new study discovers a universal communication tempo of 2 hertz shared by fireflies, crickets, and humans due to neural...

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Science • Apr 15

Scientists Discover 430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools, Rewriting Human History

An international research team from Germany, the UK, and Greece has found evidence that wooden tools were used in Greece 430000 years ago.

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Science • Apr 15

A monster black hole appeared first, then its galaxy began to grow around it

Using observations gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers have revealed that one supermassive black hole in...

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Science • Apr 15

NASA is right to focus on ‘hardware rich’ approach following Artemis II heat shield gamble

Chris Young's Beyond Earth column explores the intersection of space technology and policy, providing thought-provoking commentary on the latest...

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Science • Apr 15

Scientists develop 'light switch' for the love hormone

Researchers have developed a molecular "light switch" for the so-called love hormone oxytocin, offering new insights into how social behavior,...

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Science • Apr 15

Nature might have a universal rhythm

Animal communication can look wildly different—flashing lights, chirping calls, croaking songs and elaborate dances. But new research from Northwestern...

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Science • Apr 15

Solar wind travels up to 4 times faster than expected, eclipse spacecraft reveals

New observations from ESA's Proba-3 mission reveal that solar wind near the sun accelerates up to four times faster than expected.

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Science • Apr 15

Scientists Unearth a Fossil Snake So Perfectly Preserved, It May Have Been Caught Sleeping

A 34-million-year-old fossil found in Wyoming has upended what scientists thought they knew about snake evolution and behavior.

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Science • Apr 15

Why Do Humans Have A Tailbone? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why We Never Lost It

The human body is full of evolutionary compromises. The loss of the tail may be one of the clearest examples of how change comes with cost.

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Science • Apr 15

Scientists Found a Dragonfly Eye Superpower That Humans Never Knew Existed

At first glance, dragonflies and humans seem to have nothing in common. However, a new study has shown that this is not the case. Scientists have found a...

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Science • Apr 15

Scientists Are Using Lightning in a Bottle to Turn Methane Into Methanol

The findings potentially resolve a long-standing issue with methanol conversion, which has tended to be clunky, inefficient, and environmentally...

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Science • Apr 15

How a Navy photographer snapped an iconic Artemis II astronaut photo

The Navy photographer who snapped a defining photo of the Artemis II astronaut crew's return to Earth swears he wasn't trying to create an iconic American...

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Science • Apr 15

Cosmic fossils: Ancient black holes from before the Big Bang may still shape the Universe

Black holes that formed before the Big Bang could still exist today as 'cosmic fossils', potentially helping to explain the mysterious dark matter that...

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Science • Apr 15

NASA's Latest Rover Images Reveal Possible Winged Insect and Predator Life Forms on Mars

Ohio University entomologist examines NASA Curiosity rover images and claims they reveal insect and reptile forms on the Martian surface.

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Science • Apr 15

Artemis 3 and beyond: To set foot on the Moon, NASA needs Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, but their spacecraft aren’t ready

The US space agency is already assembling an SLS rocket and an Orion capsule to launch the next mission in 2027. The lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue...

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Science • Apr 15

A worst-case solar storm could trigger panic buying and public unrest, report warns

A new report reveals how a worst-case solar storm could influence human behavior, from panic buying to public unrest.

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Science • Apr 15

This 250-million-year-old fossil proves mammal ancestors laid eggs

Researchers studying a 250-million-year-old fossil have found the first ever proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs, with the discovery also shedding light...

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Science • Apr 15

A New Eye Opens at the Top of the World.

When I built my first telescope, a 15cm reflector, it was in my back garden! Location was the least of my problems but imagine trying to do the same thing...

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Science • Apr 15

What is dark matter? Elusive substance could be made of black holes from a different UNIVERSE, scientist claims

Astronomers believe that dark matter makes up around 27 per cent of the universe's mass and holds galaxies together like gravitational glue.

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