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Killer whales make kelp tools to 'massage' each other

3 Hits Jörg Kastner Jun 23, 2025, 2:44 PM

Orcas have been filmed using kelp as a tool to massage each other

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What are the risks of bombing Iran's nuclear sites?

3 Hits Yuan Wang Jun 22, 2025, 9:10 AM

Destroying Iran's stores of enriched uranium would bring danger for people nearby but not trigger another Chernobyl.

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Plastic bag bans and fees curb US shoreline litter, study suggests

2 Hits Elizabeth R. Ludwig Jun 19, 2025, 5:31 PM

Shoreline litter data research shows policies caused a relative decrease in the percentage of plastic bags.

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Huge Roman 'jigsaw' reveals 2,000-year-old wall paintings

4 Hits Elizabeth R. Ludwig Jun 19, 2025, 5:02 AM

Thousands of fragments of plaster are pieced together to reveal frescos from a Roman London villa.

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Ship footage captures sound of Titan sub imploding

1 Hits Elizabeth R. Ludwig May 22, 2025, 9:36 PM

Support ship video shows the wife of Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush hearing the sound of the implosion.

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Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere

1 Hits Milo Munro May 10, 2025, 3:08 PM

The spacecraft, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, circled Earth for over five decades.

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The truth about life on other planets - and what it means for humans

1 Hits Usman Bashir Apr 16, 2025, 11:44 PM

Could discoveries of alien life ever change the human psyche in how we view ourselves and each other?

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Astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth

1 Hits Elizabeth R. Ludwig Mar 18, 2025, 11:59 PM

Dolphins circled their capsule after it landed off the coast of Florida.

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Planes are having their GPS hacked. Could new clocks keep them safe?

1 Hits Prabhu Kumar Mar 3, 2025, 12:11 AM

How a new atomic clock might be the way to tackle attacks on plane GPS systems

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Why scientists are counting tiny marine creatures, from Space

1 Hits Usman Bashir Feb 4, 2025, 1:41 AM

Differences in seawater colour could reveal how tiny Antarctic creatures are faring in a warming world.