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Dog Uses Soundboard To Ask Big Existential Questions | My Modern Met

Bunny the Sheepdoodle has learned how to communicate with her human Alexis Devine by pressing buttons on the ground, in which each button corresponds to a different word. View this post on Instagram A post shared by I Am Bunny … Continue reading

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The Emergence of a New Queen Bee | Medium

Science Uncovered Articles and excerpts from Oxford University Press that…   Did you know that the daughters of a queen bee engage in a deadly fight for succession? To celebrate World Bee Day on May 20th this year, read an … Continue reading

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French astronaut takes stunning pictures aboard ISS

Fench astronaut, Thomas #Pesquet, takes stunning #pictures aboard #ISS. The 43-year-old space veteran, lifted off to the International Space Station on April 23.

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We’re Giving Nature a Vitamin Deficiency

Scientists are beginning to notice that more and more species are missing an essential vitamin, one that is crucial for their survival. Hosted by: Stefan Chin

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The Otherworldly Sounds of Ice | Kottke

The holes drilled into Arctic, Antarctic, and glacial ice to harvest ice cores can be up to 2 miles deep. One of my all-time favorite sounds is created by dropping ice down into one of these holes — it makes … Continue reading

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Grey seals on the foamy beaches of Bardsey Island | The Kid Should See This

On Bardsey Island in Wales, the grey seals lounge on the winter beaches. In December of 2015, local wildlife photographer and naturalist Ben Porter filmed the seals on the sand and in the sea foam that’s sometimes caused by stormy … Continue reading

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Minuscule drums push the limits of quantum weirdness | Nature

Davide Castelvecchi Vibrating aluminium membranes provide the first direct evidence of quantum entanglement in macroscopic objects. By playing two tiny drums, physicists have provided the most direct demonstration yet that quantum entanglement — a bizarre effect normally associated with subatomic … Continue reading

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Years of Storms Rage Across the Sky in a Dramatic New Timelapse by Mike Olbinski

Grab your hat before pressing play on Mike Olbinski’s “Shadows in the Sky.” The Phoenix-based filmmaker, photographer, and storm chaser (previously) just released a turbulent film that shows funnel clouds pouring down to the ground, multiple tornadoes tearing across the … Continue reading

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Geological Misfits: 4 Small Weird Places

There are some places on our planet that seem pretty ordinary, they’re just… weirdly small. Like, a miniature desert, or a teensy volcano. But when you look a little closer, there’s a lot more to these tiny geological misfits than … Continue reading

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Preparing for Operation Mallard 2

As the big day approaches, I thought I’d give everyone an update on how my dad is preparing for Operation Mallard 2 – Electric Boogaloo. Thank you for the literally hundreds of kind, beautiful and heartwarming messages you’ve been sending … Continue reading

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