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A genetic parasite may have robbed humans and other apes of their tails. “It was like lightning struck once,” says Jef Boeke, a geneticist at New York University Langone Health, and ape behinds ...

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For decades, researchers wondered if the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe fluid flow, break down. OpenAI put thousands ...

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In the movie Whalefall, a sperm whale accidentally swallows a scuba diver. It’s technically possible, but unlikely to play ...

An analysis of sound-making structures on preserved wings reveals the mating calls of ancient Jurassic insects, re-creating ...

By studying chickadee cognition in the wild, researchers learned smarter birds stay smart in old age, produce more young and ...