My dog sensed all 4 of my pregnancies before I did. Vets say this is not uncommon.

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A researcher said she named a new butterfly species after the 'Lord of the Rings' villain partly because spending 10 years on the study felt like the eye of Sauron looking at her

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A picture of one of the Saurona butterflies.
The museum says the black rings on the vivid orange wings are "reminiscent of the all-seeing Eye."

B. Huertas (c) Trustees Natural History Museum

Microsoft bets that a fusion power plant from Helion Energy will be operating this decade

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A side view of the Polaris prototype fusion reactor from Helion
Polaris is a prototype fusion reactor from Helion Energy. The startup announced a deal with Microsoft to provide the tech giant with electricity produced from fusion.

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More than 25% of biodiversity is under our feet — but we're destroying it. A biotech startup that's raised $56 million has a plan to help save our soil.

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One Planet Banner Test

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Video shows a 5-foot-long alligator wandering Florida's sewers. Workers initially thought it was a toad.

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A 5-foot-alligator was spotted in the underground sewage system in Oviedo, Florida, on May 5, 2023..

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Astronomers spot the biggest cosmic explosion ever seen, and it's 100 times the size of our solar system

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Artist impression of a black hole accretion. A cold star is pictured in the foreground.

John A. Paice

Microsoft says commercial use of fusion-produced energy will be available within 5 years as part of new deal with Sam Altman-backed Helion

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A side view of the Polaris prototype fusion reactor from Helion
Polaris, a prototype fusion reactor from Helion, which recently announced a deal with Microsoft to provide the tech giant with electricity produced from fusion.

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Hammerhead sharks 'hold their breath' when deep diving up to 2,500 feet to avoid freezing to death

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A still from a video shows a shark lit by a single source light. It's gills are almost invisible.
A video caught at in deep sea shows a hammerhead shark. Its gills look almost invisible as it holds its breath.

Alec B.M. Moore and Andrew R. Gates (2015). Deep-water observation of scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini in the western Indian Ocean off Tanzania. Marine Biodiversity Records, 8, e91

25 photos of space that could change the way you see our universe and make you feel very small

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Webb captured the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region in this mosaic image stretching 340 light-years across.

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team

Photos show how cats see the world compared to humans

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A cat is seen in the hotel which offers various services such as personal care and accommodation for cats and dogs in Erbil, Iraq on October 18, 2022.
The biggest difference between human vision and cat vision is in the retina, a layer of tissue at the back of the eye that contains cells called photoreceptors.

Ahsan Mohammed Ahmed/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

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