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20 cm nudibranch with very long penis discovered in Montenegro

Somewhere deep in the rainforest, researchers sometimes come across an undiscovered insect, but it doesn't happen often that they still find new animal...

Export production threatens habitats

The area under cultivation for agricultural trade has increased to over 23 percent worldwide. © Pexels/ Mikhail Nilov Whether grain, vegetables or rubber: Global...

Breast cancer wakes up in your sleep

Cancer cells can break away from a tumor and, after being transported through the bloodstream, form malignant daughter colonies in the body. ©...

Even on Mars, Windows 98 is now obsolete

Mars Express' MARSIS instrument will undergo a major software update that will allow it to peer even better beneath the surface of Mars...

‘Dominoes don’t fall faster on smooth or rough surfaces’

What determines how quickly dominoes fall? Two engineers determined this by working with virtual dominoes. Until 2009, dropping as many dominoes as possible...

Last night bizarre mites had sex in your pores

The first-ever complete DNA analysis of the mites that live in our hair follicles reveals some peculiar body features and even more remarkable...

No, the Chinese (most likely) did not receive a signal from aliens

The FAST radio telescope may have seen signs of an alien civilization, a Chinese newspaper reported last week. Other scientists don't want...

Ivory trade from Greenland to Kyiv

In the Middle Ages, walrus ivory was a very popular commodity that was widely traded. © Amheruko/iStock Archaeologists have discovered strange bone fragments in...

Life discovered in Mars-like Canadian Arctic

It turns out that unknown micro-organisms thrive in an extremely salty, cold and oxygen-free environment. And that bodes well for our search...

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