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Did Dinosaurs Have Belly Buttons Yes, But We Don’t Know For How Long
Plants and Animals

Did Dinosaurs Have Belly Buttons Yes, But We Don’t Know For How Long

A particularly well-preserved Psittacosaurus specimen was used to characterize a dinosaur’s butt orifice for the first time in 2021. The world’s attention is now focused…
A Sriracha Sauce Shortage Has Been Cooked Up By a Nasty Drought
Environmental Science

A Sriracha Sauce Shortage Has Been Cooked Up By a Nasty Drought

Droughts in southern North America have caused a worldwide lack of sriracha sauce, so expect bland bánh m and uninteresting eggs. Huy Fong Foods, the…
Earth’s Magnetic Poles Probably Aren’t About To Flip as Some People Fear
Plants and Animals

Earth’s Magnetic Poles Probably Aren’t About To Flip as Some People Fear

According to a new research, fears that a localized weakening in the Earth’s magnetic field signals an impending reversal of the field’s direction are unfounded.…
Antarctica and Greenland’s Ice Sheet Melting On Track with Worst-Case Scenario Forecasts
Environmental Science

Antarctica and Greenland’s Ice Sheet Melting On Track with Worst-Case Scenario Forecasts

Everyone, bad news. The melting of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica is on course to fulfill the UN’s “worst-case scenario” predictions, putting millions of…
If This Photo of Saturn Was Actually Taken By Hubble, We Would All Soon Be Dead
Astronomy

If This Photo of Saturn Was Actually Taken By Hubble, We Would All Soon Be Dead

Every now and again, a stunning space photograph with a smidgeon of disinformation attached goes viral. Today’s snapshot, allegedly taken by the Hubble Space Telescope,…
First Repeating Fast Radio Burst Has a “Younger and Weirder” Sibling
Astronomy

First Repeating Fast Radio Burst Has a “Younger and Weirder” Sibling

Astronomers were already perplexed by Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) when they came upon the even stranger phenomena of a repeated FRB. Things have now grown…
Cosmonaut Snaps Beautiful Ice Crystal on ISS Window and No One Knows How It Formed
Astronomy

Cosmonaut Snaps Beautiful Ice Crystal on ISS Window and No One Knows How It Formed

Sergey Korsakov, a Russian cosmonaut, got a lovely shot of frost on the International Space Station’s glass (ISS). You could think it’s beautiful but not…
A Huge Atlantic Ocean Current Is Slowing Down. If It Collapses, La Niña Could Become the Norm for Australia
Environmental Science

A Huge Atlantic Ocean Current Is Slowing Down. If It Collapses, La Niña Could Become the Norm for Australia

The conveyor belt of ocean currents that transports warm water from the tropics to the North Atlantic is slowing down as a result of climate…
Asteroid Ryugu Samples Reveal Amino Acids That Could Have Made Life Possible
Astronomy

Asteroid Ryugu Samples Reveal Amino Acids That Could Have Made Life Possible

Amino acids and the existence of water have been discovered in the sample retrieved from the C-type asteroid Ryugu. The discovery supports the theory that…
Candirus Probably Won’t Bother Your Urethra but They Can Burrow Through Your Skin
Plants and Animals

Candirus Probably Won’t Bother Your Urethra but They Can Burrow Through Your Skin

The candiru catfish is a fish with a shady reputation. If someone stops to pee in the freshwaters that surround South America’s rainforests, they may…
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