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Category: 7. Science
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Male green hermit hummingbirds: Bills evolved for battle
Bill morphological characterization and stabbing behavior simulation in Phaethornis guy. Credit: Journal of Experimental Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1242/jeb.250769 …
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10 Years of Students Helping NASA Grow Space Food with Growing Beyond Earth
Nearly 1,250 middle and high school students from 71 schools around the world joined Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden for the Growing Beyond Earth (GBE) Student Launch Chat with the Scientists, marking an inspiring milestone in the…
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Maybe that’s not liquid water on Mars after all
A highly reflective area over the base of the Martian south pole suggested the potential presence of liquid water. But new radar measurements suggest there may be another… Continue Reading
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First large-scale VR use in the classroom extends the boundaries of education
Professor Ville watches a group of students using VR equipment. Credit: University of Waterloo
The use of virtual reality (VR) is expanding across…
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New Clues To Origins Of Complex Life Revealed – astrobiology.com
- New Clues To Origins Of Complex Life Revealed astrobiology.com
- Rare microbial relict sheds light on an ancient eukaryotic supergroup Nature
- New clues to origins of complex life revealed by MSU biologist in Nature journal Mississippi State…
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Loss of retinal stem cell reserve and lipofuscin accumulation accelerates cone-rod degeneration and replicates Stargardt disease in abca4b null zebrafish
Chen, T. C. et al. Genetic characteristics and epidemiology of inherited retinal degeneration in Taiwan. NPJ Genom Med. 6, 16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41525-021-00180-1 (2021).
Cornelis, S. S….
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The booster for SpaceX’s Starship V3 suffered a gas system failure during testing
SpaceX has confirmed that its third-gen Super Heavy Booster, the first stage of the two-stage Starship system, suffered an explosive gas failure of sorts during testing on Thursday morning. In a post on X, the aerospace company said, “Booster 18…
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Two Strange Giant ‘Blobs’ Deep Inside Earth May Finally Be Explained : ScienceAlert
One of the strangest mysteries about our Earth is the presence of two dense, giant blobs inexplicably clustered above the planet’s core.
Now, new models might reveal where they have come from, and it’s neither of the expected origin stories….
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