OT: The Because Science Thread (Now With Aliens!)
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2 White Horses Had a Foal—and Nobody Expected Him to Look Like This
2 White Horses Had a Foal—and Nobody Expected Him to Look Like This
We would've never guessed!
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The Lonely Race to Save Ukraine’s Past - bioGraphic
In a country ravaged by war, Ukraine’s conservators are torn between protecting the country’s past and fighting for its future.
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Drained Under Soviet Rule, Aral Sea Has Become a Huge Source of Emissions
Drained Under Soviet Rule, Aral Sea Has Become a Huge Source of Emissions
The Aral Sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was once the fourth-largest inland body of water on Earth. For the past 60 years, though, humans have bled it nearly dry irrigating cotton crops...
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Florida dumped half a million oyster shells into the Gulf of Mexico. No one expected the results to be this good.
Florida dumped half a million oyster shells into the Gulf of Mexico. No one expected the results to be this good.
Florida dumped 500,000 tons of oyster shells into the Gulf of Mexico, which helped rebuild damaged reefs and restore marine habitats.
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Engineers blew up 4 dams on a dying river. Now the salmon population is exploding.
Engineers blew up 4 dams on a dying river. Now the salmon population is exploding.
The Klamath River Renewal Corporation removed four dams in California and Oregon. The results were even better than scientists anticipated.
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The Mammal That Hunts with Electricity Instead of Eyesight
The Mammal That Hunts with Electricity Instead of Eyesight
The platypus closes its eyes every time it dives underwater, yet it pinpoints prey with uncanny precision. The secret lies in a soft, leathery bill packed with a sensory system so rare that almost no ...
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In the 1950s, California oceanographer John D. Isaacs proposed towing an 8-billion-tonne Antarctic iceberg to San Diego, but the frozen reservoir never arrived
In the 1950s, California oceanographer John D. Isaacs proposed towing an 8-billion-tonne Antarctic iceberg to San Diego, but the frozen reservoir never arrived - The Times of India
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Meet Simon And Garfunkel: Rare Two-Headed Gecko Doing Well At 1 Month Old, Even If "The Left Head Is A Bit More Grumpy"
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It’s 90 degrees in the Arctic right now
It’s 90 degrees in the Arctic right now
The Arctic is cooking. Across northern Russia—a region that is famously bitterly cold—temperatures this week have routinely surpassed 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32.2 degrees Celsius), adding to the mount...