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A database of sounds from a community of wild dolphins is proving to be a great resource for researchers studying dolphin…
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A linguist explains what makes human English human, and why you shouldn’t overdo it with large language models.
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Analyzing 20 million recorded mosquito flight paths revealed the mathematical rules behind how these tiny predators move…
From beetles to sustainable packaging – one failure in the lab led to a new line of promising research.
False claims that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause cancer could, ironically, lead to worse cancer outcomes by undermining a…
From World War II to the Apollo era, the space shuttle program and today’s privately developed commercial rockets, the…
Plants changed the atmosphere, built soil and created ecosystems that allowed animals like us to thrive. But first they…
The hunt for a mythicized fossil hot spot took a team of researchers on a journey through the Sahara Desert.
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