The ‘helicity barrier’ has been directly confirmed, offering new insights into the heating and formation of the solar wind. Scientists have long been puzzled by an unusual solar mystery: the Sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona, is vastly…
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NASA’s Parker Probe Just Dived Into the Sun’s Atmosphere and Solved a Fiery Solar Mystery
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When Shopping With Friends, Our Brains Sync Up on Decisions
You’ve probably heard that you and your friends are on the same wavelength — that you’re attuned to each other and share similar opinions, ideas, and behaviors. While the phrase is mostly meant in a figurative sense, it turns out that…
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WWII destroyer Teruzuki found after 80 years beneath Pacific waters
For the first time in over 80 years, the long-lost Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki has been found on the seafloor in the Solomon Islands, shedding new light on one of World War II’s most intense naval campaigns.
The wreck of…
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Canada’s Pacific Coast hit hard by trawling, with limited transparency: Report
- Trawling vessels pursuing fish are damaging marine ecosystems in Canada’s West Coast waters and could be operating illegally in some cases, and yet they work with insufficient transparency, a new NGO report…
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Colorful aquarium creature turns out to be a new species
A beautiful turquoise‑and‑lilac sea creature that has been kept in hobbyist aquariums around the world for nearly two decades has finally been given a scientific species name.
The modest crustacean hiding in plain sight turns out to be Cherax…
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This Pterosaur Lived Over 200 Million Years Ago in Arizona and Was the Size of a Sea Gull
North America’s oldest known pterosaur — a creature roughly the size of a modern-day gull — would have glided over the tropical forests and braided rivers of equatorial Pangea, likely dining on fish and mingling with six-foot amphibians.
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Microscopic Crystals Are Behind Blue Sharks’ Ability to Change Color
Animals like chameleons and octopuses are renowned for their almost supernatural ability to change color and blend into their surroundings. Now, it turns out the blue shark (Prionace glauca) has some color-shifting powers of its own. Researchers…
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Amazon Removes Series on Healthcare Industry After UnitedHealth Called It ‘Defamatory’
A documentary series criticizing the United States healthcare industry was removed from Amazon’s video-streaming platforms earlier this year after it was denounced by UnitedHealth for allegedly being “defamatory”.
The docuseries,…
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Blue sharks might actually be some of nature’s most unexpected chameleons
Blue sharks have become very well known for the color of their skin, but new research indicates that these iconic sharks might be more than meets the eye. In fact, blue sharks might just be one of nature’s best chameleons, as new data…
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BLOBS 1,500 Miles into Earth’s Mantle May Cause Massive Volcanic Eruptions on the Surface
Massive volcano eruptions — the kind that may have contributed to the downfall of the dinosaurs — are caused by blobs?
Big LOwer-mantle Basal Structures (BLOBS) are mantel plumes that rise as underground mountain ranges shift, leading to…
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