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How AI Helped Scientists Find 73 Unknown Volcanic Calderas Beneath Earth’s Oceans
Researchers used AI to scan seafloor maps, revealing dozens of previously unknown calderas, including several flagged for follow-up.
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Cannibalism Is Bad for You, According to Researchers Who Actually Studied It
Researchers say long-term cannibalism can spread deadly prion diseases, which may help explain why humans made it taboo.
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Scientists Think They Finally Know Why Some Whales Float Upside Down
Researchers say southern right whale mothers may float belly-up to rest, conserve energy, and briefly keep hungry calves from nursing.
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Scientists Found the World’s Fastest Spider, and It Can Outrun the Average Human Jogger
Researchers tested 258 spider species and found that Australia’s jungle huntsman spider can hit more than 8 miles per hour.
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Scientists Have a New Plan for Nuking Asteroids, and It Involves Space Drills
Chinese researchers say burying a nuclear device inside an asteroid could transfer more energy into the rock than a surface blast.
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NASA Is Looking for Volunteers to Spend a Year Pretending They’re on the Moon or Mars
NASA’s yearlong simulation will have four volunteers grow food, perform mock spacewalks, operate a rover, and live inside cramped habitats.
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Neanderthals and Humans May Have Shared a Common Culture for 20,000 Years
Remains from a cave in Türkiye suggest Neanderthals and modern humans may have exchanged ideas and traditions.
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Photo: Corey Ford/Stocktrek Images / Getty Images Scientists Found Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Fossil Hiding in a Museum Drawer
A tail bone collected in 1985 was finally identified as belonging to a titanosaur, helping fill a major gap in Antarctica’s dinosaur record.
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Photo: draskovic / Getty Images Scientists Found Flesh-Eating Superworms Can Clean Skeletons for Museums
Researchers found that superworms can strip tissue from animal carcasses quickly while leaving delicate bones mostly intact.
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Photo: FAN, Z., KAI, K., SONG, K. et al. / Nature Communications Scientists Made Tiny Diving Suits for Cockroaches So They Can Help in Search-and-Rescue Missions
Researchers built oxygen backpacks that let cyborg cockroaches move underwater, potentially helping them search flooded disaster zones.
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