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NASA/Stringer/Getty Images Astronomers Just Found a Galaxy That Never Formed. Here’s What They Learned.
Astronomers might have found the closest thing yet to a galaxy that, like your slacker sibling, simply refused to grow up.
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Jon Cherry / Stringer / Getty Images Mosquitoes Really Do Archive Animal DNA, Just Like in ‘Jurassic Park’
“They say Jurassic Park inspired a new generation of paleontologists, but it inspired me to study mosquitoes.”
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Domus Day/Facebook Everything We Know About the Neon Orange Shark Discovered in Costa Rica
It’s just a nurse shark, but it has creepy white eyes and bright orange skin. Now, scientists think they finally know why.
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3I/ATLAS Scientists Searched 3I/ATLAS for Signs of Aliens. Did They Find Anything?
Scientists scanned 3I/ATLAS for a wide range of radio frequencies for over five hours. What they found is exactly what we expected.
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Family Lifestyle/Getty Images A Mouse Just Had Babies After Going to Space. Here’s Why That Matters More Than You Think.
For scientists studying whether life can continue beyond Earth, that birth answers a question bigger than the moment itself.
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Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Archaeologists Have Identified the Earliest Confirmed Adult Cremation
Cremation this early is rare. The oldest known cremated human remains date back about 40,000 years in Australia, but no pyre was found.
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Javier Zayas Photography/Getty Images Scientists Finally Know What’s Actually Happening When Your Mind Goes Blank
Scientists call the phenomenon “mind blanking,” and a new study suggests it’s a distinct mental state, separate from daydreaming or distraction.
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