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Humans May Have Hunted Female Mammoths More Than Males, Researchers Say
Ancient DNA from 521 mammoths suggests human-linked bone sites were mostly female, unlike natural deposits.
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Photo: Westend61 / Getty Images Scientists Say the Amount of Time Poop Stays in Your Body Could Have a Major Effect On Your Health
Don’t worry, you can always speed up your poop schedule.
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Photo: NASA / Getty Images A SpaceX Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon at 5,400 MPH. Then What Happens?
You can watch it happen…if you have a high-powered telescope.
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Photo: AlxPortilla / Getty Images Scientists Warn the World’s Weirdest Orchid Could Be Loved to Death
Researchers say rare Dracula orchids are traded globally, raising concerns about whether wild plants are being protected.
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Photo: Stephen Frink / Getty Images New Studies Reveal Why You’re Seeing More Sharks at the Beach This Summer
Researchers say warming oceans are shifting shark habitats, including where some species migrate and raise their young.
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MIT’s New Breathable Hydrogel Could Be a Step Toward Self-Cooling Wearables
The lung-inspired material lets heat and sweat escape, helping wearable sensors stay reliable during exercise.
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Everything We Know About Bryan Johnson’s ‘Clone’ and the Stem Cell Science Behind It
Johnson described a “baby” clone in a petri dish, but experts say the science points to reprogrammed stem cells.
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Scientists Are Expanding the Search for Alien Signals to New Radio Frequencies
Researchers are using ALMA data to search radio bands that have been largely unexplored for alien signals.
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Scientists Built a Drone That Becomes (Nearly) Invisible Without Any Cloaking Technology
Northwestern’s Phantom Twist drone spins so fast that it turns into a faint blur instead of a visible aircraft.
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Photo: ullstein bild / Getty Images More Than 2,000 Volunteers Are Excavating a 240-Million-Year-Old Monster
It’s an extraordinary effort for an extraordinary fossil.
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Photo: Maroni, P.J., Cornet, J., Skorikova, Y. et al. / Polar Biology Scientists Just Filmed a Rare Arctic Squid for the First Time, and It Was Guarding Babies
Luckily the tiny squid didn’t seem too bothered by the intrusion.
