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Male Great Bustards Eat Poison to Look Sexier for the Ladies
The toxic compound can kill mammals - including humans - but helps the birds rid themselves of pests
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Vibrating Micro-Bubbles Let Drugs Sneak Across the Blood-Brain Barrier
Ultrasound technology and micro-bubbles together have pried open one of the most resistant barriers in the body
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Quarrying for Marble Looks Unreal
A film excerpt follows the boss at an open-pit marble quarry in Carrara, Italy
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From Lightning on Jupiter to Apollo 13’s Call for Help, Hear Some of NASA’s Greatest Recordings
An audio archive captures some iconic moments of space history
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A Swarm of Comets Around an Alien Star Hints at Our Solar System’s Youth
The comets fall in two groups — one older and one younger — and have to contend with the orbit of a gas giant
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This Awesome Synthesizer Turns the Weather Into Song
Hear the pitter-patter of rain in a new way
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Lose Ice in Alaska, See Temperatures Spike By 7°C
This puts the goal of keeping temperature rises below 2°C to shame
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The Amazon Rainforest Disappeared Way More Quickly This Year
Widespread deforestation is even worse than you think
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Sea Coral Makes Excellent Human Bone Grafts
Coral’s porous structure, with some chemical tweaks, is the perfect place for new bone and tissue to grow
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Wreckage of a Nazi U-Boat Was Found Off the Coast of North Carolina
A freighter lost in that skirmish was also discovered in the “graveyard of the Atlantic”
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Why Hawaii Cares About a Massive Tsunami That Hit Centuries Ago
About 500 years ago, a 30-foot tsunami caused by a 9.0-magnitude quake in the Aleutian Islands slammed into Hawaii
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Like Ants, Small Backpackers Are Adept at Carrying Proportionally Heavier Loads
The weight a person or animal can carry does not increase uniformly with size
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Newest King Tut Theory: He Suffered Severe Disorders From Inbreeding
Problems included a club foot that prevented him from walking unaided
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You Don’t Even Want to Know About All the Stuff Living on Your Eyeball
Even eyes can’t escape the microbiome
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What Happened to All the Women in Computer Science?
The low numbers of female computer science majors may have roots in the mid-1980s and the rise of personal computers
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This Glacier in Iceland Is Fighting to Stay Alive
The Falljökull glacier has cut off its lower reaches but the upper portion is advancing once again
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Plants Can Sense When Insects Are Eating Them
Plants can sense munching vibrations that insects make, and respond accordingly with heightened defenses
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To Find Out How Healthy Whales Are, Send in the Drones
A custom-built drone got close enough to whales to capture individuals’ distinctive markings
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Finally, a Working (Though Limited) Hoverboard!
If you have a huge aluminum or copper sheet, this hoverboad looks pretty fun
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Nose Cells Transplanted to a Paralyzed Man’s Spine Let Him Walk Once Again
Specialized cells from the nose can promote the regeneration of nerve cells
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