The Earth’s Crust Is Disappearing Beneath California. The Evidence Is in the Earthquakes
Nature and EnvironmentResearchers have discovered that the Earth’s crust is breaking apart beneath the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
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Chernobyl Is Full of Radioactive Dogs. Researchers Say It Has Nothing to Do With the 1986 Nuclear Accident
Nature and EnvironmentResearchers suggest they had a genetic predisposition before the nuclear disaster.
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Scientists Already Knew Octopuses Were Highly Intelligent. Now, a Research Team Has Discovered They Have a ‘Brain’ in Each Arm
Nature and EnvironmentThe octopus has one of the most complex brains among invertebrates.
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A Rare Flower Whose Name Means ‘Giant, Misshapen Penis’ Bloomed for the First Time in Years. It Smells Like Rotting Flesh
MagnetThousands gathered to take a whiff of the rare corpse flower known as Putricia. "I am sickened... I am in awe," said one onlooker.
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Donald Trump’s Return to the Oval Office Means He Can Focus on His Weird Obsession: Making Showerheads and Toilets Great Again
MagnetFor Trump, politics is personal. Now that he's president again, he can take on two of his nastiest enemies: showerheads and toilets.
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Does This Supergiant Sea Bug Look Like Darth Vader to You?
Nature and EnvironmentScientists have baptized a newly-discovered sea bug as "Bathynomus vaderi" in honor of Darth Vader. I... don't see it.
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It’s Time to Face the Ugly Truth: Cats Are a Problem. The First Global Census Reveals They Eat Up to 2,000 Species
Nature and EnvironmentAlthough cute, cats are skilled hunters and can be deadly to other animals.
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We Know Yellowstone Hides a Colossal Volcano—Now Scientists Know Where It Will Erupt
Nature and EnvironmentBeneath Yellowstone National Park lies the Yellowstone Caldera, one of Earth’s largest supervolcanoes. Scientists have now pinpointed the likely site of its next eruption.
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What Caused the California Fires? Investigators Are Looking Into Arson, an Electrical Tower, and an Old Fire
Nature and EnvironmentIt could be months before officials determine an official cause of the fires, though there are clues that indicate what investigators are looking into.
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‘The Costliest Wildfire Disaster in American History’: California Fire Is Anything but Normal
Nature and Environment“This has the potential to be (...) the costliest wildfire disaster in American history,” a UCLA researcher said.
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This Crater in Russia Hid a Surprise From 50,000 Years Ago: A Well-Preserved Mammoth Calf Named ‘Yana’
Nature and EnvironmentDuring the summer, local residents discovered a specimen in the Batagaika crater, known as the “gateway to the underworld.”
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NASA’s Done the Numbers: China Can Slow the Earth’s Rotation by Filling Up the Three Gorges Dam
Nature and EnvironmentFilling the Three Gorges Dam would slightly shift Earth’s axis, increasing the length of the day by 0.06 microseconds.
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Google’s AI Is Confusing Up Mushroom Species in Response to User Searches. It’s a Dangerous Habit
Robotics and AIWe knew that AI models could hallucinate and make mistakes, but there’s a big problem when those errors could lead to fatal consequences.
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RIP Murder Hornet. Insect That Took Pleasure in Ripping Off Honeybees’ Heads Declared Eradicated in the U.S.
Nature and EnvironmentAfter five years, the murder hornets' reign of terror is officially over. Well, in the U.S., at least.
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Data Centers Consume So Much Water That It’s Becoming a Problem for Big Tech
Nature and EnvironmentMany tech companies are focused on reducing water usage to cool their data center equipment.
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A Whale Sets a Migration Record by Crossing Three Oceans to Breed—And That’s Bad News
Nature and EnvironmentThe world is changing, and the oceans are changing with it. For some species, these changes are troubling.
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60 Years Ago, Scientists Lost Track of One of the World’s Rarest Egg-Laying Mammals. Recently, They Were Lucky Enough to Rediscover It
Nature and EnvironmentHidden in the mountains of Indonesia, this species continues to survive extinction.
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China’s Great Green Wall Reaches New Milestone: Containing One of the World’s Largest Deserts
Nature and EnvironmentThe Great Green Wall aims to curb desertification, but not everyone is convinced.
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One of the Greatest Mysteries of the Himalayas Lies in Its Geology: Researchers Have Discovered It’s Destroying the Earth’s Crust
Nature and EnvironmentThe Himalayas originated from plate tectonics. However, the dynamics of this process are much more complex than previously thought.
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