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How the Arrival of One Bird Brought $223,000 to a Pennsylvanian Town
The rare black-backed oriole showed up outside Reading, Pennsylvania, and birdwatchers flocked to the scene
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How the Rapidly Changing Shape of This New Island Could Teach Us About Mars
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai has lasted longer than it should, and the processes that formed the island are of interest to NASA
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The Physics Behind the Layers in Your Latte
Layered lattes are a cool trick, but the science of why it happens could help in manufacturing and even studying the ocean
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How AI Found the First Eight-Planet Solar System Beyond Our Own
Google’s neural network sifted through piles of NASA data to find a planet hiding in the spacestacks
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99-Million-Year-Old Tick That Feasted on Dino Blood Found Trapped in Amber
Sorry, there’s no DNA left. But the find does provide the first strong evidence that the parasites preyed on dinosaurs
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What Lurks Below Jupiter’s Great Red Spot?
New results from the Juno spacecraft are helping to unlock the secrets of this centuries-old storm
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What Lemur Guts Can Tell Us About Human Bowel Disease
Similarities between us and the cuddly primates could help us understand the origins of human illnesses—and treat them
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Earth’s Mysterious Hum Recorded in the Deep Sea for the First Time
The discovery could help unlock the planet’s deepest secrets
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Brain Studies Suggest What Books to Read to Your Baby—and When
Psychologists looked at infant brains to find that both timing and content can impact mental development
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New Species of Extinct Marsupial Lion Deepens Their Fierce Family Tree
The dog-sized animal adds more diversity to the history of Australia’s largest predator
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Gaze Into a 530-Million-Year-Old Eye, the Oldest Yet Discovered
Found on an Estonian trilobite, the eye once processed 100 “pixels” of information
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Narwhals Have a Strange Stress Response
When the creatures are frightened, they both flee and freeze
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Air Pollution May Diminish the Benefits of Exercise
You might want to rethink that walk along the smoggy roadway
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Newly Discovered Swimming Dinosaur Is Delightfully Bizarre
The cartoonish creature blends characteristics of velociraptors, penguins, swans, and ducks
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Scientists Need Your Help Rescuing 100-Year-Old Weather Records
A new citizen-science project needs volunteers to digitize decades of temperature, rain and barometric data from across western Europe
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Scientists Discover Ancient Black Hole From the Dawn of the Universe
Sitting some 13.1 billion light years away, the find offers a window into the early universe
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DNA Code Gets Two New Synthetic Letters—And Uses Them to Create a New Protein
Researchers hope the advance is a step toward producing a range of new compounds, including designer drugs and biofuels
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For Immigrant Mongooses, It Can Take Time to Earn Society’s Trust
In some species, however, deporting your own family members is the norm
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Researchers Investigate What Makes a Poem Popular
A recent study found that vividness of imagery best predicted a poem’s aesthetic appeal
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Your Oldest Ancestor Was Probably Sponge Like
A new study may settle a long-running debate about which creature was the first to evolve from a universal common animal ancestor
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