Scientists have revived microbes found in sediments 100 million years ago from the depths of the ocean floor. The experiment sheds new light on where life can be found on Earth, and how resilient it can be. According to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, the microbes …
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A new species of giant isopod was discovered in a survey off the coast of Indonesia. There are now 20 species of these creatures that have been documented, but many more may remain undiscovered. This species can grow up to 20 inches long, and they look like bedbugs. It is …
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A new study on the flight characteristics of condors, the largest flying birds on Earth, discover that they rarely flap their wings once in midair. Condors are capable of flying for over a hundred miles without flapping their wings once. This incredibly efficient flying skill was honed over countless generations. …
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Scenes like Georgia — and Wisconsin before that — have ignited a national conversation about voting by mail. In response, President Trump claimed that voting by mail “will lead to massive fraud” and will favor the Democratic Party. In particular, Twitter even placed a fact-check warning in one of Trump’s …
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Despite Los Angeles being a mix of cultures from around the world, very little research has been done on its urban wildlife, especially the insects that call the wide basin home. The BioSCAN project began when Brown bet a museum administrator that he might find a new species of insect …
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