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‘That just died’: Paleoanthropologist debunks myth about humans

Paleoanthropologist Dr. Lee Berger and his team of “underground astronauts” have uncovered evidence that members of a mysterious archaic human species buried their dead and carved symbols on cave walls long before the earliest evidence of burials by modern humans. … Continue reading →

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The Answer is Not a Hut in the Woods

Main channel: / @exurb1a Music used: Simon Anderson’s arrangement of Ave Verum from Choral Voices. And something I threw together on the piano: https://soundcloud.com/exurbia-1/wher…

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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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