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Scientists develop potty training for cows

And with success. Because in a matter of weeks, most of the cows that took part in the training were potty trained. Anyone...
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Earth & Climate

Polar bears are becoming more and more genetically similar – and that’s not good

New research shows that genetic diversity among polar bears on Spitsbergen has decreased by 3 to 10 percent in 20 years. Researchers write that in...
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Earth & Climate

All the snakes crawling around now are descended from a handful of species that survived the dinosaurs

The meteorite impact that killed countless organisms, including the dinosaurs, appears to have served as 'creative destruction' for snakes. About 66 million years ago, Earth...
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Earth & Climate

Australian bushfires sparked unprecedented algal blooms thousands of miles away

Tiny particles of iron in the smoke and ash carried by the wind seem to have fertilized the seawater, as it were. In 2019 and...
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Earth & Climate

Scientists think they can now explain spectacular, but also somewhat mysterious sardine migration

It is a relic of earlier – colder – times and possibly doomed to disappear. The famous sardine run is a spectacular event. During...
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Astronomy

NASA is looking for a car… for the moon

Who oh who wants to build an ingenious moon car with which future astronauts can cruise over the vast lunar landscape? During the Apollo missions,...
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Astronomy

Mars rover Perseverance collects first Mars sample intended for return to Earth

The sample tube appears to have been successfully filled with precious Martian rock. One of Perseverance's main tasks on the Red Planet is to collect...
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Astronomy

Exploded star collides with its stellar sister – which then explodes too

Astronomers have found evidence that a stellar collision can also lead to a supernova explosion. A supernova is the phenomenon where a star explodes in...
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Astronomy

Success! Mars rover Perseverance safely stores first Mars monster

A historic moment; for the first time, materials have been carefully collected on another planet that will be brought to Earth at a...
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Astronomy

Some white dwarfs have been fooling us for years

They pretend to be younger than they actually are. But the Hubble Space Telescope now sees through that outward appearance. When our sun is...
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Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope launch postponed one more time

Actually, the telescope should have been launched at the end of October, but it will be December. It is a relatively small delay...
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Astronomy

New images of asteroid Kleopatra cautiously suggest she gave birth to her own moon

The 'dog bone' asteroid orbits so fast that its mane may have formed from thrown material. In the asteroid belt, located between the planets Mars...
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Astronomy

Was there life on Mars? The first Mars monsters collected by Perseverance are hopeful

An analysis of the rocks that Perseverance sampled suggests that the Jezero crater had been watered for a long time. If you now look...
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Astronomy

History will be made this week with the first-ever fully-manned orbital spaceflight

On the night from Wednesday to Thursday, SpaceX will put four 'ordinary people' into orbit. A first. The first fully civilian-manned orbital spaceflight was...
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Astronomy

Why NASA is using a 40-foot-long air rifle in preparation for a manned moon mission

A huge air rifle is deployed in a special laboratory to ensure the safety of future astronauts. That may sound a bit contradictory, but in...
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Astronomy

Large number of building blocks for life found around very young stars

It cautiously suggests that many other planets are also being treated at birth to the organic molecules that ultimately led to the emergence of...
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Astronomy

SpaceX shoots four civilians into orbit

And with that, the first-ever fully manned orbital space flight is a fact. At the same time, however, it is also the prelude...
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History & Archaeology

One of the best-preserved skeletons ever discovered in Pompeii

Even tufts of hair and parts of the ear have stood the test of time. “Pompeii continues to amaze,” said Dario Franceschini, Italy's culture minister....
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History & Archaeology

T. rex turns out to have been much more terrifying than thought

Nerves in the ends of its jaw probably made the huge dinosaur even better able to detect and eat its prey. So say Japanese researchers...
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History & Archaeology

Brazilian police encounter exceptionally well-preserved flying reptile during raid

The seized fossil includes the entire skeleton of a pterosaur. The Brazilian police stumbled upon a very special find during a house raid. They...
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