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Some Forests Are Covered With Lichens That Love to Fuck, Scientists Discover
“We have to assume there’s a lot of cryptic sex going on,” said a researcher about Québec’s reindeer lichen populations.
Scientists Just Discovered That Platypus Fur Glows Green Under UV Light
The platypus already had a reputation as a natural oddity. Blacklights now reveal that it is one of the few mammals known to be biofluorescent.
'Pristine' Extraterrestrial Organic Compounds Found on Meteorite That Fell on Frozen Lake
The finding can help shed light on the origin of life on Earth, which might have been spurred in part by the delivery of organic compounds inside meteorites like Hamburg.
The Oldest Material Discovered on Earth Is 7-Billion-Year-Old Literal Stardust
The Murchison meteorite, which impacted Australia decades ago, contains astral dust that predates the birth of the Sun.
Paleontologists Identify the World's Largest Tyrannosaurus Rex
"Scotty" weighed about 20,000 pounds and lived longer than any other known tyrannosaur, according to University of Alberta paleontologists.
Slime-Shooting 'Spiderman' Worm Snail Discovered on Sunken Shipwreck
It's exactly what it sounds like.
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