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A male and female sperm whale swimming just below the surface of the ocean
Sperm whales are highly-intelligent, social creatures. Project CETI wants to decode their complex language.
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Elephants in Kenya in 2023.
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Clarence Thomas (left) and his grand-nephew, Mark Martin (right).
Clarence Thomas raised his grandnephew, Mark Martin, like a son. Martin is facing multiple drugs and weapons charges and says he hasn't heard from the Supreme Court justice in years.
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The Cascadia Subduction Zone just off the Pacific Coast of the US can trigger earthquakes greater than magnitude 8. For the first time, scientists have created a comprehensive map of its subsurface.
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Collage of stellar nurseries
A very young star forming within the dark cloud L1527 (top left), the "Cosmic Cliffs" (top right), the Tarantula Nebula (bottom left), and the Chameleon I molecular cloud (bottom right).
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The U.S. House passed a bill that would ban third-party data brokers from selling the user data of Americans to geopolitical adversaries like China and Russia. And while it still needs to pass the Senate to become law, it’s a step in the right direction as recent headlines mostly focus on a potential ban on TikTok in…

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illustration of rat sitting up on hind legs with cutout of stomach and a giant veiny bulbous penis-like appendage extending out form the stomach upward beyond the frame of the illustration with three breakout illustrations of
This AI-generated figure from a scientific paper seems... off. (Green annotations were added by Business Insider.)
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New research this week seems to throw cold water on the Wim Hof method, an endurance training technique that intentionally exposes people to frigid temperatures. The study, a review of the scientific literature, did find some evidence that the method could have anti-inflammatory properties, but did not find strong…

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