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Scientists measure the energy needed to excite the thorium-229 nucleus, which is the core of a future nuclear clock. Chuankun Zhang/JILA. Nuclear Clock Breakthrough Could Expose Dark Matter and Speed Up the Internet
Scientists just built an ultraprecise prototype.
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Photo by Anand Mishra. Researchers Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body
The mushroom’s mycelia can produce electrical signals in response to stimuli like light.
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A porbeagle shark off the cost of Cornwall, Britain, in 2015. Photo by Jerryrogers/Bournemouth News/Shutterstock Mystery Predator Eats Pregnant 7-Foot Shark Near Bermuda
Scientists were tracking the shark when its satellite tag sent some unusual readings.
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Diagram via IOCB Prague. Scientists Finally Discovered How ‘Kamikaze’ Termites Blow Themselves Up
For years, scientists had no idea how it could do anything so weird and gross.
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Photo by Ben Dilley / Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Killer Mice Are Terrorizing This Island’s Birds. So Now They’re Getting “Bombed.”
The Mouse-Free Marion Project is planning to drop 600 tons of rodent-killing pellets across the island using helicopters.
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View of the submerged stone bridge from Genovesa Cave, Mallorca, Spain. Photo by R. Landreth A Hidden Underwater Sea Bridge Just Changed Our Ideas About Ancient Human Settlement
Researchers made the discovery while diving in a Balearic cave.
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‘Space Invaders’ Could Help Dyslexic Kids With Reading
The fast-paced, attention-demanding nature of some games apparently activates the cognitive processes necessary for language development.
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Dinosaur footprints courtesy Ismar de Souza Carvalho / Southern Methodist University. Matching Dinosaur Footprints Found on Two Separate Continents
The dinosaur footprints found in Brazil and Cameroon are nearly identical in shape, age, and “geological context.”
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Tree-lined block in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Scientists Planted 8,500 Trees and People in the Neighborhood Got Healthier
People who lived in areas with more trees and shrubs had lower levels of a blood marker that’s associated with heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
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Want To Be More Mindful When You Meditate? Blast Your Brain With Ultrasonic Waves
Just five minutes of transcranial focus ultrasound, or TFUS, increased a meditator’s perception of time and sense of self.
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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams. Photo courtesy NASA/Robert Markowitz.
