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Parrots struggle when told to do something other than mimic their peers
There have been many studies on the capability of non-human animals to mimic transitive actions—actions…
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Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
Something in the sky captured the attention of astronomers in the final days of 2024.…
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Quantum teleportation used to distribute a calculation
The researchers showed that this setup allowed them to teleport with a specific gate operation…
Scientists found a faster way to brew sour beer—with peas
Do you long for that tart fruity flavor of a sour beer but wish the…
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Gecko feet inspire anti-slip shoe soles
Just add zirconia nanoparticles... Credit: V. Richhariya et al., 2025 It's the "hydrophilic capillary-enhanced adhesion"of…
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Boeing has now lost $2B on Starliner, but still silent on future plans
NASA plans to retire the International Space Station around 2030, so the opportunities are dwindling…
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Bonobos recognize when humans are ignorant, try to help
A lot of human society requires what's called a "theory of mind"—the ability to infer…
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Let us spray: River dolphins launch pee streams into air
According to Amazonian folklore, the area's male river dolphins are shapeshifters (encantade), transforming at night…
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Greenland’s glaciers are falling apart faster than expected
A new large-scale study of crevasses on the Greenland Ice Sheet shows that those cracks…
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It seems the FAA office overseeing SpaceX’s Starship probe still has some bite
These actions followed pre-established protocols. However, it highlighted the small but non-zero risk of rocket…