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Jan 21 • 4 months ago

Macaque facial gestures are more than just a reflex, study finds

Study is first to implant micro-electrode arrays to record neurons as they produce facial gestures. ...

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Jan 21 • 4 months ago

Zillow removed climate risk scores. This climate expert is restoring them.

Real estate website scrubbed data under pressure from California real estate brokers. ...

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Jan 20 • 4 months ago

The fastest human spaceflight mission in history crawls closer to liftoff

After a remarkably smooth launch campaign, Artemis II reached its last stop before the Moon. ...

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Jan 18 • 4 months ago

Ocean damage nearly doubles the cost of climate change

Ignoring the blue economy has left a multi-trillion-dollar blind spot in climate finance. ...

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Jan 17 • 4 months ago

Rare twins born in DRC raise cautious hope for endangered mountain gorillas

Virunga park ranger says babies are well cared for by mother Mafuko but high infant mortality makes first weeks criticalIt was noon by the time Jacques Katutu first saw the newborn mountain ...

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Jan 17 • 4 months ago

Archaeologists find a supersized medieval shipwreck in Denmark

The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast. ...

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Jan 17 • 4 months ago

Managers on alert for “launch fever” as pressure builds for NASA’s Moon mission

"I’ve got one job, and it’s the safe return of Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy." ...

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Jan 16 • 4 months ago

NASA’s first medical evacuation from space ends with on-target splashdown

This is the first time NASA has called an early end to a space mission for medical reasons. ...

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Jan 14 • 4 months ago

Scientists sequence a woolly rhino genome from a 14,400-year-old wolf’s stomach

Fortunately for paleogeneticists, wolf puppies don't chew their food thoroughly. ...

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Jan 13 • 4 months ago

EPA moves to stop considering economic benefits of cleaner air

New language criticizes “uncertainties” in longstanding EPA practice. ...

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Jan 12 • 4 months ago

NASA launches new mission to get the most out of the James Webb Space Telescope

"It was not recognized how serious a problem that is until... about 2017 or 2018." ...

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Jan 12 • 4 months ago

That time Will Smith helped discover new species of anaconda

Footage of the 2024 discovery appears in NatGeo's new documentary series Pole to Pole with Will Smith ...

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