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Tiny Creature Discovered on the Alaskan Border Is the Closest Living Relative of All Animals

A chance encounter in the brackish waters of Mono Lake could have numerous implications for science and even modern medicine.

We've Long Wondered Why the Chernobyl Wild Boars Were So Radioactive. It Turns Out It Has Nothing to Do With the Nuclear Disaster

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Nuclear testing and the diets of these mammals are to blame for their excessive radiation.

The Atlantic Has Suddenly Begun Cooling at Record Speed. That Changes Everything, Even the Hurricane Season

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In the last three months, temperatures in one part of the Atlantic have cooled faster than ever since 1982.

Six Months Ago, an Autonomous Submarine Disappeared in Antarctic Waters. Now We Know What It Saw Before It Sank

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A few months ago, the University of Gothenburg in Sweden announced some sad news: It had just lost an uncrewed submarine for which it had paid about $3.7 million.

Bill Gates Thinks That Massive Tree Planting to Combat Climate Change Is Absurd. And He's Right

Nature and Environment

Trees help fight climate change and global warming, but not as much as we would like.

In Its Commitment to Nuclear Energy, the U.S. Is Considering Doing the Unprecedented: Reactivating a Closed Plant

Energy

The Palisades nuclear plant along Lake Michigan ceased operations in 2022. The plant opened in 1971, so it was active for 51 years.

These Researchers Say That Chimpanzees Can Talk and That the Evidence Dates Back to 1962

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In fact, phonetician and cognitive scientist Axel Ekström and his team claim this evidence is online.

We Thought We Had an Accurate Date for the Origin of Life, but We Were Off by About 1.5 Billion Years

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Researchers found environmental conditions for animal life 2.1 billion years ago.

Meteorologists Warn That Debby, the Next Tropical Storm in the Atlantic, Could Be on the Horizon

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The current period of low cyclone activity in the Atlantic Ocean may be coming to an end.

Yellowstone’s Massive Hydrothermal Explosion Reminds Us That It’s an ‘Box of Bombs’ Visited by 4 Million People Each Year

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Yellowstone proved that the “touristification” of nature helps to preserve it. Now, it can teach us something else.

A U.S. City Is ‘Depaving’ Its Streets to Combat the Heat. It Has an Ally: NASA

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The urban heat island (UHI) effect threatens the well-being of people living in cities of all sizes.

Brazil Tested 13 Sharks off the Coast of Rio de Janeiro. All Specimens Tested Positive for Cocaine

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This is the first time researchers have conducted such an analysis. It’s also the first time sharks have tested positive for the drug.

We Knew That Hippo Races Were Fast, but We Didn’t Realize That They Spend 15% of the Race in the Air

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A study has just answered likely not very common question about hippos.

A Species of Cactus Has Disappeared in the U.S. For the First Time, the Primary Suspect Is Sea Level Rise

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This occurrence is the leading suspect in the extinction of the Key Largo tree cactus from U.S. territory.

LUCA, the ‘Common Ancestor’ of All Living Things, Has Fascinated Us for Years. What Scientists Didn’t Know Is That It Was So Ancient

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The Earth was already teeming with life 400 million years after its formation.

Hurricane Beryl Is a Grim Warning of What's to Come: An Intense Hurricane Season

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Hurricane Beryl is a thing of the past, but we're not done with storms yet.

There’s Only One Vertebrate Capable of Living 500 Years. Scientists Have Just Discovered the Secret of Its Eternal Youth

Nature and Environment

The Greenland shark is a unique animal on our planet, and studying it can provide important answers for humans.

The Color Blue Is Surprisingly Rare in Animals and Plants. There’s a Good Reason for It

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Blue is considered a primary color, a rarer one than we might think.

Scientists Are Investigating the Source of More Than 5,200 Craters Discovered off the Coast of California. It May Have to Do With Gravitational Forces

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In 1998, scientists at MBARI discovered mysterious holes off the coast of California during a seafloor survey.

We’ve Been Purchasing the Most Common and Ordinary Fish for Our Aquariums for Years. It Turns Out That It’s Actually a New Species

Nature and Environment

An important lesson: There’s still a lot of work to be done to fully understand biodiversity in understudied regions.

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