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Taming the multiverse: Stephen Hawking’s final theory about the big bang
FULL STORY A new theory may have far reaching implications for the multiverse paradigm. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/L. Townsley et al;…
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Physics of a glacial ‘slushy’ reveal granular forces on a massive scale
FULL STORY The ice ridge in the photo shows the terminus of Jakobshavn Glacer at the ice-ocean border, and the…
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Extreme mobility of mantis shrimp eyes
FULL STORY Mantis shrimp (stock image). Credit: © CHECHIN / Fotolia Mantis shrimp (stock image). Credit: © CHECHIN / Fotolia…
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Citizen scientists discover a new water beetle and name it after Leonardo DiCaprio
FULL STORY The new species Grouvellinus leonardodicaprioi. Credit: Taxon Expeditions - Hendrik Freitag The new species Grouvellinus leonardodicaprioi. Credit: Taxon…
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Editing brain activity with holography
FULL STORY A sample hologram with 50 randomly distributed neuron targets spanning a region 500 microns square and 250 microns…
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Whale shark logs longest-recorded trans-Pacific migration
FULL STORY Whale sharks are filter feeders, eating plankton, fish eggs, krill, crab larvae as well as small squid and…
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Brown widow male spiders prefer sex with older females likely to eat them afterwards
FULL STORY Male brown widow spiders seek to mate with older, less-fertile females who are 50 percent more likely to…
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Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox observed in many-particle system for the first time
FULL STORY A cloud of atoms is held above a chip by electromagnetic fields. The EPR paradox was observed between…
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Why a robot can’t yet outjump a flea
FULL STORY The award for the fastest punch goes to mantis shrimp, which use their hammer-like appendages to smash open…
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Genetic roadmap to building an entire organism from a single cell
FULL STORY A zebrafish egg cell divides. Credit: Fengzhu Xiong and Sean Megason/Harvard Medical School A zebrafish egg cell divides.…
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