SpaceX has completed its eleventh integrated flight test of Starship, marking another leap forward in developing the world’s most powerful and fully reusable launch system.
Launched from Starbase, Texas, the flight saw both the Super Heavy…
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Remember the Chicago Rat Hole, found on a city sidewalk? Turns out it wasn’t a rat after all…
On 6 January 2024, Chicago comedian Winslow Dumaine photographed the near-perfect impression of what looked like a brown rat on a sidewalk in Roscoe Village, a neighbourhood in the north of the city.
The so-called ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ – a…
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The functional adaptations of mammalian brain structures through a behavioural ecology lens
Finlay, B. in Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (ed. Squire, L. R.) 337–345 (Academic, 2009).
Halley, A. C. & Krubitzer, L. Not all cortical expansions are the same: the coevolution of the neocortex and the dorsal thalamus in mammals. Curr. Opin….
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Could humans build floating cities on Venus?
The dream of living on another planet has intrigued scientists, engineers, and explorers for a long time. Now, the dream is moving closer to becoming a reality with researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and beyond exploring how…
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Chicago ‘Splatatouille’ was probably a squirrel, say researchers | Animals
With a front paw outstretched and its tail at an angle, the creature that fell on to wet concrete in Chicago left quite the memento mori.
Now, researchers say they have unmasked the identity of the victim, revealing the famous “rat hole” was…
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The viral ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ wasn’t actually made by a rat, scientists claim
A rat-shaped indent on a Chicago sidewalk went viral early last year, with troves of people venturing to the hole bearing coins and other offerings. However, a new study suggests the so-called “Chicago Rat Hole” wasn’t actually made by a rat —…
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Why Do Women Outlive Men? Evolution’s Secret Revealed Across 1,000 Species – SciTechDaily
- Why Do Women Outlive Men? Evolution’s Secret Revealed Across 1,000 Species SciTechDaily
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Fatal Attraction: Electric Charge Connects Jumping Worm To Aerial Prey
A tiny worm that leaps high into the air — up to 25 times its body length — to attach to flying insects uses static electricity to perform this astounding feat, scientists have found. The journal PNAS published the work on the…
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‘Moon-forming’ disk spotted around massive planet gives scientists peek into solar system’s past
The James Webb Space Telescope measured a potential moon-forming disk encircling an exoplanet, NASA recently announced, inviting researchers to observe and study moon formation as it happens, while providing insight into the material used to form…
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In chromosome of key biotech bacterium, different setups bring different strengths
AMES, Iowa – Depending on the setting, the ability of a crucial bacterium in biotechnology – Agrobacterium tumefaciens – to transfer its DNA to a host plant can make it either a pathogen that damages crops or a…
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