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Category: 9. Sci/Tech
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Scientists Discover a New Twist in Why Falling Cats Land on Their Feet : ScienceAlert
For more than a century, scientists have been trying to figure out how a falling cat lands on its feet with such astonishing regularity.
A famous scientific exploration of the subject was published in 1894. It’s now 2026, and a newly published…
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The South Carolina Measles Outbreak Is Slowing Down
A large measles outbreak in South Carolina is finally showing signs of slowing down as the total number of cases in the state nears 1,000.
For several weeks now, the state has experienced a downward trend in new infections, with approximately 10…
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Bumblebee Queens Can Survive and Breathe Underwater For Over a Week By Cutting Energy Demands
Learn how bumble bee queens can stay alive underwater for over a week by minimizing their metabolism and saving energy.
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Chimpanzees Have a Violent Reputation — But They Aren’t More Aggressive Than Bonobos
Learn how comparing aggression in chimpanzees and bonobos challenges the long-held belief that chimpanzees are the more violent of our closest ape relatives.
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Meet the Newly Discovered Cousin of the World’s Most Popular Magic Mushroom
Learn how a newly identified mushroom species may reveal the evolutionary origins of Psilocybe cubensis, the world’s most widely cultivated magic mushroom.
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Brown Tree Snakes Use Key Muscles to “Stand” Upright — Possibly Inspiring Future Soft Robotics
Learn more about how some snakes can use physics to propel themselves upright and what this technique could inspire for the future.
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Severe COVID or Severe Flu May Raise Risk of Lung Cancer, But Vaccines Helped in Animal Tests
Learn how severe respiratory illness leaves the lungs vulnerable to cancer, and how vaccines could prevent these vulnerabilities.
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Chinese virologists develop vaccine-carrying mosquitoes to immunise bats against rabies and Nipah
Chinese scientists have developed vaccine-carrying mosquitoes to bite and immunise bats…
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Bumblebee Queens Breathe Underwater to Survive Drowning, Revealing How They Can Live Submerged for a Week
After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to investigate what makes that super-ability possible
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