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And we can't even communicate with a single other species.
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Yes, even our pets that we "talk" to are only really responding to our cues, the only thing that might be close is some of the work done with chimpanzee's.
Scientists tracked a soaring condor for 100 miles and it didn't flap its wings even once
It's the magic of air currents.
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Scientists stunned to discover plants beneath mile-deep Greenland ice
In 1966, US Army scientists drilled down through nearly a mile of ice in northwestern Greenland—and pulled up a fifteen-foot-long tube of dirt from the bottom. Then this frozen sediment was lost in a freezer for decades. It was accidentally rediscovered in 2017.
Scientists raise alarm over the resurgence of murder hornets
Experts are calling for public help in eradicating murder hornets, an invasive species coming out of hibernation in Washington and British Columbia.
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Making cleaner, greener plastics from waste fish parts
Polyurethanes, a type of plastic, are nearly everywhere—in shoes, clothes, refrigerators and construction materials. But these highly versatile materials can have a major downside. Derived from crude oil, toxic to synthesize, and slow to break down, conventional polyurethanes are not...
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Hardly Any Differences Found Between the Brains of Men and Women
A new review examining decades of evidence into propsed differences between the brains of men and women has called for research to "dump the dimorphism", suggesting that there are hardly any differences at all. <br />
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T-Rex roamed the Earth at a "leisurely" pace, study finds
The terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex (T. Rex) enjoyed a “leisurely” walk at just 2.8 miles per hour (4.6 km per hour), a new study reveals. Scientists in the Netherlands have developed a new method to estimate the preferred walking speed of T. Rex, based on analysis of a preserved specimen called...
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An almost complete extinct dwarf emu egg found on King Island
A pair of researchers, one with the UK's Natural History Museum, the other a King Island historian, has found an almost complete extinct dwarf emu egg on King Island. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, Julian Hume and Christian Robertson describe the egg and compare it to...
Cape Town's kelp forest makes Bloomberg's new Seven World Wonders
Cape Town's Great African Sea Forest has been recognised as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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So the seven wonders change?Cape Town's kelp forest makes Bloomberg's new Seven World Wonders
Cape Town's Great African Sea Forest has been recognised as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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Well, if Two towers are part of the world wonders and a few aeroplanes come along they are not going to be on the list for long.
This has to do I think with ecological state, building state age and of any new things built or found
99-million-year-old snail fossilized in amber while giving birth
Land snails are usually preserved as fossilized snail shells or imprints, while preservation of their soft bodies is a rarity. "Our new amber find is truly remarkable for this reason as well," explains Dr. Adrienne Jochum of the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt...
Surface temperatures in Siberia heat up to a mind-boggling 118 degrees
Temperature-tracking satellites are monitoring sweltering heat above the Arctic Circle.
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Can see we also had no winter
Ancient ostrich eggshell reveals new evidence of extreme climate change thousands of years ago
Evidence from an ancient eggshell has revealed important new information about the extreme climate change faced by human early ancestors.
Earth's interior is swallowing up more carbon than thought
Scientists from Cambridge University and NTU Singapore have found that slow-motion collisions of tectonic plates drag more carbon into Earth's interior than previously thought.
Dogs can tell when people are lying to them, study finds
A team of researchers at the University of Vienna has found that dogs can sometimes tell when people are lying to them. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes experiments they conducted with hundreds of dogs, and what was learned about their ability...
Scientists discover 15,000-year-old viruses frozen in glacier ice
Most of the viruses were previously unknown to us.
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