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Science • Jun 21

"Prey is disembowelled and rapidly consumed, often still conscious." 10 deadly species that form ruthless gangs to hunt and kill prey

From coordinated hunts to ruthless ambushes, some of the world's deadliest animals become even more formidable when they work together.

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Science • Jun 20

Human Evolution May Be Undergoing a Major Shift Right in Front of Our Eyes

A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have brought us to a major turning point in our evolutionary journey.

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Science • Jun 20

Scientists Just Found Something Weird Inside Moss

A surprising discovery inside desert mosses could reshape scientists' understanding of plant evolution.

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Science • Jun 20

Specific cognitive abilities are highly heritable independent of general intelligence

A massive new meta-analysis reveals that individual cognitive abilities, like reading and math, rely on inherited DNA just as much as overall intelligence,...

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Science • Jun 20

Underwater Speakers Are Having An Unexpected Effect On Jamaica's Coral Reefs

A collaboration between artists and scientists is using underwater speakers to play the sounds of healthy reefs to entice fish to hang around.

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Science • Jun 20

It's Official: Third Galaxy Found With No Dark Matter May Solve an Epic Mystery

Most of the mass in galaxies consists of stuff we cannot see. According to current galaxy formation models, galaxies form inside massive blobs of dark...

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Science • Jun 20

Saturn’s icy moon ideal place to settle, establish rest stop for trips into deep space: NASA

Titan's abundant resources make it the ideal spot to refuel during missions into deep space, astronomers assert in a new study.

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Science • Jun 20

Tropical butterfly defies aging, lives 348 days and reveals longevity clues

The tropical butterfly Heliconius hewitsoni lives for 348 days, almost 25 times longer than its close relatives. Scientists have found that these...

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Science • Jun 20

Last Mile of Space and Earth Rocket Package Delivery

SpaceX will be proving out a key part of delivery from space or anywhere on earth in one hour anywhere. Starship flying then eject Starfalls. 50-100 per.

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Science • Jun 20

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew in and out of the solar corona and found a source of high-energy particles that no existing model had predicted

When NASA's Parker Solar Probe passed through the solar corona during perihelion encounters at the heliospheric current sheet, its instruments recorded...

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Science • Jun 20

On 5 March 1982, the Soviet Venera 14 lander reached the surface of Venus, ejected the protective cap from its camera lens, photographed the surrounding terrain — and then lowered its mechanical soil-testing arm directly onto the discarded lens cap, returni

Venus is roughly Earth-sized and often called Earth's twin. But in reality, the surface of Venus is insanely dangerous. Why? Runaway greenhouse effect; the...

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Science • Jun 20

The reason no human being has walked on the Moon in more than half a century is not that humanity lost the capability to get there — it is that humanity lost the reason, in the moment the Cold War goal of beating the Soviet Union to the lunar surface had finall

The popular framing of the question — why has no human walked on the Moon since 1972? — usually proceeds as though there is some technical answer to be...

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Science • Jun 20

NASA's Swift Boost Mission Will Launch Later This Month To Rescue A Falling Telescope

The NASA Swift Boost mission is on track to launch later this month to rescue the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, whose orbit is decaying faster than...

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Science • Jun 20

The tallest volcano in the solar system is so wide that from most places on its slopes, you would never see a dramatic summit rising ahead of you — Olympus Mons is broader than some countries, and its gentle flanks curve away with Mars long before the mou

Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest volcano in the solar system, rising about 22 kilometres above the surrounding plains, roughly two and a half times the...

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Science • Jun 20

JWST-TST High Contrast: First Direct Spectroscopy of GJ 504 b Reveals Clouds And Possible Metal Enrichment

For each shaded region (i.e., species) in the top figure, the plots on the left show the spectral signature of the specific molecule (in color) superposed...

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Science • Jun 20

Mars Organic Geochemistry-Are We Alone, and Where Did We Come From?

This review of martian organic geochemistry aims to contextualize recent findings of organic molecules in martian meteorites and from Mars missions within...

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Science • Jun 20

Making Sense Of Mars’ Tiny Moon Of Phobos

Understanding the Martian moon of Phobos' origin hinges on decoding its interior. Japan's Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission due for launch in late...

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Science • Jun 20

Antarctica is offering 30 to 50 years' worth of warning on sea level rise, models suggest

Scientists predict that the next three to five decades provide a critical window to anticipate and plan for Antarctic ice loss and its contribution to sea...

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Science • Jun 20

Supermassive black holes may be surrounded by dark matter clusters, new 'echo map' technique suggests

A technique called echo mapping suggests supermassive black holes, like that at the heart of the Milky Way, are surrounded by clusters of dark matter.

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Science • Jun 20

A gem found in a Mars meteorite has scientists puzzled

Scientists have found garnet in a Martian meteorite for the first time, raising new questions about what kind of geological history might be hidden inside...

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