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Birds are Dinosaurs – How Taxonomy Works

We often get comments which argue that birds aren’t dinosaurs, or otherwise totally misunderstand how scientists research how animals are related to one another. That’s the process of taxonomy, where researchers look for different traits, run some statistical tests, and … Continue reading

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Cephalopods Have a Totally Wild Way of Adapting

With their squishy bodies and color-changing abilities, octopuses and other cephalopods already look like our planet’s resident aliens. But researchers have discovered yet another thing that separates them from most other animals on Earth! Hosted by: Hank Green […]

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The health of our oceans affects us all | FAO

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A reimagination of Dürer’s Horsemen of the Apocalypse…

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Look at how cute this little squid is!!! 🦑🦑

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Can a New Law of Physics Explain a Black Hole Paradox?

When the theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind encountered a head-scratching paradox about black holes, he turned to an unexpected place: computer science. In nature, most self-contained systems eventually reach thermodynamic equilibrium … but not black holes. The interior volume of a … Continue reading

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Why are the monkeys descending from the trees? | EL PAÍS

MIGUEL ÁNGEL CRIADO OCT 25, 2022 – 12:42 GMT+ 40 years ago muriquis spent just 0.05% of their time on the ground, a percentage that has increased twentyfold in a quarter of a century. MARLON LIMA / PROJETO MURIQUI DE … Continue reading

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An Unlikely Mutualism: Hoppers & Stingless Bees!

  Dragged this out of the drafts on my computer. Hope you enjoy this footage of a really cool symbiotic relationship we found! […]

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After 3 Years of Hiatus, LIGO Is Finally Back! New Era For Gravitational Waves

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about newly begun search for gravitational waves with LIGO and several other observatories Links: https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/… https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.03606 https://theconversation.com/gravitati… https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/image/li… https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/33813 https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158… https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10… #ligo #gravitationalwaves #universe […]

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Songbugs  – The stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds | Twenty Thousand Hertz

Art by Jon McCormack. This episode was written and produced by Leila Battison. Why do bugs make the sounds they do? And how do they make them? In this episode, we explore the un-bee-lievable world of insect sounds, including crickets … Continue reading

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