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Science X / How can a heart beat for centuries? A lesson from the Greenland shark
The Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) is one of the longest living vertebrates on Earth, with an estimated lifespan of up to 400 years or more. Its extraordinary lifespan, extremely slow growth, very low metabolism, ...
Science X / Your dreams are doing far more than replaying your day, and this study shows why
Why do dreams sometimes feel vivid and immersive, while at other times they seem fragmented or difficult to interpret? A new study conducted by researchers at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca provides new insights ...
Science X / Platypus gets more exotic origin story, as this bigger swimmer ruled ancient Australian lakes beside dolphins
Australia's platypus, one of the world's most enigmatic animals, had a more exotic origin story, according to an exciting discovery by Flinders University paleontologists. They have described rare 25-million-year-old fossils ...
Science X / California's most iconic trees are entering a silent collapse that could remake forests, rangelands and coastlines
From the scarecrow-like silhouettes of Joshua Tree National Park to the fog-shrouded Redwood Coast of Mendocino and Humboldt counties, California's identity is deeply rooted in its trees. However, a new study led by researchers ...
Science X / An immense clean power source is pushing beyond volcanic hotspots and into the mainstream
Almost 6,000 degrees Celsius. That is how hot Earth's inner core is. Earth's heat is already being put to use in geothermal power plants in Iceland, for example, and many Swedish homeowners use geothermal heating to keep ...
Science X / Crows look plain black to us, but their feathers contain a secret visual code that changes with age
To understand birds—their social relationships, their choices, even their feathers—you need to understand the way they see the world. That can be a challenging task, because birds and humans literally see their environments ...
Science X / Could closing a sea passage between Russia and the US stabilize the Atlantic current? Exploring a radical intervention
A dam in the Bering Strait could potentially help stabilize the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), according to research by Ph.D. candidate Jelle Soons from Utrecht University. Using climate models, he investigated ...
Science X / A giant bud is about to unleash one of nature's foulest, fastest, and most elusive spectacles in London
The rare and infamous titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) may be just days away from opening inside of the Princess of Wales Conservatory, Kew Gardens' horticulturists have said. Known to many as the "corpse flower" due to ...
Science X / A freezing mountain refuge reshapes early human survival, hinting at an unseen advantage
Archaeologists have identified the earliest sustained human occupation in Highland Southern Africa, and suggest it could not have existed without considerable collaboration at a time when we were becoming humans.
Science X / What are dark galaxies? Astronomers expose 70 hidden candidates with no visible stars
Galaxies are not always teeming with vibrant, hot young stars. Sometimes, they are rich in gas and dark matter but have very few or no stars, making them extremely difficult to detect. They are called "dark galaxies" and ...
Science X / Precise enough to pick fruit, powerful enough to lift a person—how the elephant trunk may revolutionize robotics
Researchers have developed a soft robot that moves like an elephant's trunk—precise enough to pick fresh fruit, yet powerful enough to help lift a patient. Lucia Beccai, an expert in soft robotics at the Italian Institute ...
Science X / Alien comet carries record-heavy water, and its birthplace looks nothing like our cosmic neighborhood
Less than a year ago, astronomers discovered a comet soaring through our sky that was not from our solar system. Although we still don't know where this interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS came from, research led by the University ...
