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3.5 Kilometers Underwater, Scientists Found a Staggeringly Energetic Particle From Outer Space
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThree and a half kilometers beneath the Mediterranean Sea, around 80 km off the coast of Sicily, lies …
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Space
The Nullarbor is Riddled With Wombat and Rabbit Warrens. Scientists Are Watching Them From Space
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesOn the vast expanse of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia, two very different creatures, wombats and rabbits, …
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Tiny Splendid Peacock Spiders Have the Fastest Known Jump Among Their Kin — New Study
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesJumping spiders — one of the largest spider families — get their name from the extraordinary jumps they …
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An Unexpected Anomaly Was Found in the Pacific Ocean — and It Could Be a Global Time Marker
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesEarth must have experienced something exceptional 10 million years ago. Our study of rock samples from the floor …
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Technology
Rare, Almost Mythical Australian Tree Kangaroos Can Finally Be Studied, Thanks to New Tech
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesBennett’s tree kangaroos, one of Australia’s most mysterious marsupials, have long eluded researchers. Our new study, published in …
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Whale Song Patterns Follow a Universal Law of Human Language, New Research Finds
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAll known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as …
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Space
Astronomers Have Spied an Asteroid That May Be Heading for Earth. Here’s What We Know So Far
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesOn December 27 last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving …
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Space
New Analysis of Asteroid Dust Reveals Evidence of Salty Water in the Early Solar System
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid …
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Space
Blinking Radio Pulses From Space Hint at a Cosmic Object That ‘Shouldn’t Exist’
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhen some of the biggest stars reach the end of their lives, they explode in spectacular supernovas and …