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Your Guide Through the Quantum World
Quinnie and her dual sister. 
The Bullseye Galaxy: A Stunning Case of a Galaxy ‘Hit’ by a Dwarf Galaxy
How many rings can galaxies have? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as an international team of researchers discovered a unique galaxy with nine rings,…
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Cretaceous Antarctic bird skull elucidates early avian ecological diversity
Noriega, J. I. & Tambussi, C. P. A Late Cretaceous Presbyornithidae (Aves: Anseriformes) from Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula: paleobiogeographic implications. Ameghiniana 32, 57–61 (1995).
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Fossil bird skull suggests Antarctic waterfowl survived Cretaceous mass extinction
Fossil bird skull suggests Antarctic waterfowl survived Cretaceous mass extinction
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‘Taung Child’ fossil offers clues about the evolution of childhood
‘Taung Child’ fossil offers clues about the evolution of childhood
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New Fungal Species Turns Cave Spiders into Zombies: Gibellula attenboroughii
Cave-dwelling, orb-weaving spiders of the subfamily Metainae infected by Gibellula attenboroughii exhibit behavioral changes similar to those reported for zombie ants.
Gibellula attenboroughii, habitat and paratype, on Meta menardi. Scale bars…
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Technosignatures of Earth: A New Era in the Search for Alien Life
What can Earth’s technosignatures—the potential signs of intelligence beyond Earth—teach us about finding technosignatures throughout the cosmos? Are we looking for the right technosignatures or do we…
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NASA Radar Shows a Surge in Landslide Activity in California
In Southern California, the growing risk of landslides has put many communities on edge, demonstrated by radar data from NASA focused on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County.
The peninsula, which sits south of Los Angeles and juts out…
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Impact-Generated Marsquakes Can Reach Deeper into Red Planet than Previously Known
In a new study, planetary researchers used global and high-resolution orbital imaging to discover a fresh, 21.5-m (71-foot) impact crater that appeared at the same time as one of the marsquakes detected by NASA’s InSight lander; this means…
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The Shape of Mars: Discovering Wind Patterns Through Dune Formation
What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently awarded NASA grant hopes to address as a PhD student at Texas A&M University will be
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