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AI traces mysterious metastatic cancers to their source ~science medicine biology Article 590 words 4 votes
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Analysis of Ludwig van Beethoven’s DNA revealed that he had a low genetic predisposition for musical ability ~music Article 794 words 10 votes
Doubts grow about the biosignature approach to alien-hunting ~space Article 1301 words, published Mar 19 2024 14 votes
Scientists studied how cicadas pee. Their insights could shed light on fluid dynamics. ~science biology Article 1104 words 7 votes
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NIH studies find severe symptoms of “Havana Syndrome,” but no evidence of MRI-detectable brain injury or biological abnormalities ~health Article 1135 words 18 votes
Chimp moms play with their offspring through good times and bad ~science biology.evolutionary biology.developmental Article 941 words 11 votes
Montana man, 80, pleads guilty to creating giant mutant hybrid bighorns ~science biology Article 728 words 35 votes
Our bacteria are more personal than we thought, study shows ~health medicine Article 1210 words, published Feb 24 2022 21 votes
Hydropower can be an environmental and human disaster – but do the risks have to be so big? ~enviro climate change energy.renewable Video 14:47 10 votes
MH370 and the sea creatures that opened a new mystery ~science biology.marine Article 2225 words, published Mar 7 2024 17 votes
Norway will not go ahead with plans to permit seabed mining of critical raw materials on its continental shelf if initial exploration suggests it cannot be done sustainably ~enviro sustainability Article 751 words 25 votes
How to move a 1,000-pound rescued manatee (swimming isn’t an option) (gifted link) ~enviro conservation Article 1679 words 6 votes
Rivers reborn: Alewives continue to make a recovery in the Penobscot watershed in Maine ~enviro Article 1338 words 13 votes
Wasabi could help preserve ancient Egyptian papyrus artefacts ~science archaeology biology Article 377 words 9 votes
Why is it so hard to tell the sex of a dinosaur? ~science biology Video 13:57, published Feb 20 2024 9 votes
The uncharted world of emerging pathogens – In their quest to detect early outbreaks, virus hunters are sampling environmental DNA in water, dirt, and air ~science biology Article 3381 words, published Feb 14 2024 8 votes
Your appendix is not, in fact, useless. This anatomy professor explains. ~health Article 1143 words, published Feb 2 2024 31 votes
Ultra-rapid MRI while singing and speaking ~science biology Video 0:54, published Mar 20 2023 9 votes
Fundamental questions about ovaries may unlock longer human lifespan. Philanthropist Nicole Shanahan is spending to find answers. ~health medicine Link 15 votes
Norway defends deep-sea mining, says it may help to break China and Russia's rare earths stronghold ~enviro Article 9 votes
Embracing idiosyncrasies over optimization: The path to innovation in biotechnological design ~science biology Article 466 words 3 votes
Scientists attempt to explain “magic islands” on Saturn’s largest moon ~space Article 386 words 6 votes
How crowded are the oceans? New maps show what flew under the radar until now ~enviro Article 893 words, published Jan 3 2024 27 votes
Norway is likely to become the first country in the world to move forward with the controversial practice of commercial-scale deep-sea mining ~enviro Article 1041 words 14 votes
Iceland fisheries minister rebuked over 2023 whaling ban – Parliamentary Ombudsman says whaling ban lacked legal footing ~enviro Article 77 words 10 votes
The case of Donnie Moss ~books nsfw fiction science fiction Video 10:01, published Dec 16 2009 6 votes
Genetic engineering was meant to save chestnut trees. Then there was a mistake. ~science biology Article 1426 words 23 votes
Peter Watts on conscious ants and human hives ~books science fiction Video 46:52, published Mar 3 2018 14 votes
Reindeer combine sleeping and digesting, Norwegian researchers found after extracting reindeer brain data ~science biology Article 484 words 9 votes
New study - scent of tears from female humans reduces revenge seeking and aggression in males, similar to patterns observed in other mammals ~science biology Article 503 words 31 votes
US government court filing promises to spend $1 billion to help depleted salmon populations recover ~enviro conservation Article 1129 words 12 votes
Shocking study discovers bottlenose dolphins possess electric sixth sense ~science biology Article 694 words, published Dec 1 2023 11 votes