Flamingos are not passive filter feeders, but active hunters of prey, a new study reveals. Instead of chasing their diverse diet, they create disturbances in the water that force the food items to come to them, a much more efficient approach.
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James Webb Space Telescope captures ghostly images of clouds on Saturn’s largest moon Titan
The James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon Titan, capturing the first evidence of cloud formation in this moon’s northern hemisphere. Titan is the second largest moon in the solar system, right behind…
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Newly discovered frog species from 55 million years ago challenges evolutionary tree
Australian tree frogs today make up over one third of all known frog species on the continent. Among this group, iconic species such as the green tree frog (Litoria caerulea) and the green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea), are both…
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A Forgotten Impact Is Still Shaking the Planet Millions of Years Later
A new study published on arXiv by researchers from UC Berkeley, led by theoretical physicist J.J. Zanazzi, reveals that giant impacts between young gas giants can trigger seismic oscillations lasting millions of years—tremors so massive they…
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Here’s why the private Athena lunar lander toppled over on the moon
We now know why the private Athena lander toppled over on the moon earlier this year.
Athena, the second lunar lander built and operated by Houston company Intuitive Machines, fell onto its side shortly after touching down near the lunar south…
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New species of ‘tiger swallowtail’ butterfly discovered in the U.S.
Scientists working in eastern North America have announced an unexpected find that has stirred wide interest among insect enthusiasts. A previously unrecognized butterfly, known as Papilio solstitius, has been described as the newest member of…
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Beyond qubits: Meet the qutrit (and ququart)
The world of computers is dominated by binary. Silicon transistors are either conducting or they’re not, and so we’ve developed a whole world of math and logical operations around those…
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The Milky Way is Visible Nationwide This May – See How to Catch the Best View
The Milky Way is making its first major appearance of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and it’s set to be visible across the United States this May. However, not everyone will have the same opportunity to catch a glimpse. According to a
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Fossil of One of the World’s Biggest Dinosaurs Found!
A group of geology students from Sul Ross State University made a spectacular discovery that could change our understanding of dinosaurs! During an expedition in Big Bend National Park, these budding researchers unearthed a giant vertebra from…
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End of universe sooner than once thought, research says
This just in: The end is near(er) than we thought.
Turn back the ultimate doomsday clock by more than a thousand megaannum — that’s the millennium equivalent of 1 million years — so 1,000 megaannum would be 1 billion years.
If research by…
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