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    Plant material on blades on Rapa Nui suggests residents visited South America

    by Bob Yirka , Phys.org Anakena site as it looks today after excavations and restoration. Credit:...

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    Astronomers discover a rare eclipsing X-ray binary

    by Tomasz Nowakowski , Phys.org OGLE IV, Swift UVOT, and Swift XRT light curves for Swift...

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    Mantle convection –> seaway closure that transformed oceanographic circulation

    by Hannah Bird , Phys.org Paleogeographic reconstructions through the Cenozoic (last 66 million years) and cross...

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    Neolithic boats found in the Mediterranean reveal advanced nautical technology

    Excavation of Canoe 5. Credit: PLOS ONE (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299765, CC-BY More than 7,000 years ago,...

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    The extraordinary financial costs of nuclear power

    By Alan Finkel Partial extract from an article to be posted in 360info.org They’re being touted...

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    How ants are breaking down biogeographic boundaries and homogenizing biodiversity

    Ants transported by humans out of their native zones reshape ant communities worldwide. A recent study...

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    Rare eleventh-century astrolabe discovery shows Islamic–Jewish sci. exchange

    The Verona astrolabe. Credit: Federica Gigante The identification of an eleventh-century Islamic astrolabe bearing both Arabic...

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    Killer whales use specialized hunting techniques to catch marine mammals in the open ocean

    Killer whales foraging in deep submarine canyons off the coast of California represent a distinct subpopulation...

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    In wake of powerful cyclone, remarkable recovery of Pacific island's forests

    These photos show the rapid recovery of the forest canopy on Tanna, following Cyclone Pam in...

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    Rediscovering the world's largest cormorant

    The world's largest cormorant went extinct almost 200 years ago—but almost nothing is known about its...

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    Dung dynasty: The plant boosting powers of beetle recyclers

    Dung beetles, those unsung heroes of the insect world renowned for their prowess in breaking down...

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    Characterizing salps as predators of marine microbes

    A huge fraction of global flows of carbon and other nutrients pass through marine microbes. Little...

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    China Room Temperature Superconductor Researcher Had Experiments to Refute Critics | NextBigFuture.com

    Chinese researchers are making variations of LK99 room temperature superconductor materials with more sulfur and copper...

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    Doubts Grow About the Biosignature Approach to Alien-Hunting | Quanta Magazine

    Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the...

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    Largest map of the universe includes 1300 supermassive black holes

    Astronomers have created a new map of the universe which includes 1.3 million supermassive black holes...