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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · Sep 1
Scientists 'Wake Up' Ancient Life That's Been Under The Seabed For 100 Million Years
Scientists 'Wake Up' Ancient Life That's Been Under The Seabed For 100 Million Years
This community of bacteria has been here since titanosaurs roamed Earth.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 1h
Winds On Mars Are Faster Than Thought, Analysis Of 1,039 Dust Devils Shows
Winds On Mars Are Faster Than Thought, Analysis Of 1,039 Dust Devils Shows
The insights will shape future robotic and human missions to Mars.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 10h
Longest Woolly Rhino Horn Ever Recovered Just Popped Out Of The Siberian Permafrost
Longest Woolly Rhino Horn Ever Recovered Just Popped Out Of The Siberian Permafrost
The gigantic horn is teaching scientists valuable knowledge about this extinct megabeast.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 14h
Technology, Tactics, Or Just Toughing It Out: How Exactly Did Neanderthals Take Down Mammoths, Anyway?
Technology, Tactics, Or Just Toughing It Out: How Exactly Did Neanderthals Take Down Mammoths, Anyway?
You're 5' 5' tall, you're armed with a glorified stick, and you're facing an angry elephant. What do you do?
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 1d
Meet The Fishing Spiders: Stealthy, Semi-Aquatic Hunters That Can Kill Prey 5 Times Their Size
Meet The Fishing Spiders: Stealthy, Semi-Aquatic Hunters That Can Kill Prey 5 Times Their Size
Fish, tadpoles, frogs, and even crayfish. It’s all on the menu for these spiders.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 1d
Hairy Frog: The Wolverine Frog That Breaks Its Bones To Make Claws When Threatened
Hairy Frog: The Wolverine Frog That Breaks Its Bones To Make Claws When Threatened
No wrath burns hotter than that of a furry frog.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 1d
Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics Discoverers Win Nobel Prize in Physics
Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics Discoverers Win Nobel Prize in Physics
The winners are John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis for work on quantum tunneling in superconducting circuits.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 1d
'It Smells Really Bad': Ancient Life Frozen In Alaska For 40,000 Years Has Been Woken Up
'It Smells Really Bad': Ancient Life Frozen In Alaska For 40,000 Years Has Been Woken Up
Heat at a mild temperature for several months and voilà: ancient microbial life, good as new.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 1d
China Is Building The First “AI-Powered” Data Center In Space –Why?
China Is Building The First “AI-Powered” Data Center In Space –Why?
The next computing frontier might be right above our heads.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 1d
The Most Powerful Odd Radio Circle’s Intersecting Rings Are Giving Us The Finger
The Most Powerful Odd Radio Circle’s Intersecting Rings Are Giving Us The Finger
I guess if we insist on calling them ORCs we have to expect some rudeness in return.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 1d
Astronaut Don Pettit Shares Image Of The 'Belt Of Venus' From The International Space Station
Astronaut Don Pettit Shares Image Of The 'Belt Of Venus' From The International Space Station
The atmospheric phenomenon is much prettier from low-Earth orbit.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 2d
Revolutionary Discovery In Immune System Regulation Leads To Nobel Prize In Medicine Win
Revolutionary Discovery In Immune System Regulation Leads To Nobel Prize In Medicine Win
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi are the joint winners.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 3d
You Can Make Lab-Grown Meat In Your Own Kitchen – And This Company Wants To Show You How
You Can Make Lab-Grown Meat In Your Own Kitchen – And This Company Wants To Show You How
A mini meat machine could sit on your kitchen counter alongside your air fryer and coffee maker.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 3d
This Bizarre Jurassic Reptile Is A Weird Mix Of Snake And Lizard
This Bizarre Jurassic Reptile Is A Weird Mix Of Snake And Lizard
The specimen is thought to 167 million years old.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 4d
Mummified Cheetahs, Skin Cells Turn Into Eggs, And Almost Life On Enceladus
Mummified Cheetahs, Skin Cells Turn Into Eggs, And Almost Life On Enceladus
Sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down in episode 76…
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 4d
A 100-Year-Old Harpoon Was Found Embedded In The World’s Longest-Living Mammal
A 100-Year-Old Harpoon Was Found Embedded In The World’s Longest-Living Mammal
In the early 1900s, someone tried to hunt this giant creature and failed.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 4d
These May Be The First Animals To Evolve On Planet Earth, Skin Cells Have Been Used To Create Fertilizable Eggs, And Much More This Week
These May Be The First Animals To Evolve On Planet Earth, Skin Cells Have Been Used To Create Fertilizable Eggs, And Much More This Week
All the biggest science news stories of the week.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 4d
“Tangy And Herbaceous” Yogurt Made With Forest Ants – And They’re Not For Extra Protein
“Tangy And Herbaceous” Yogurt Made With Forest Ants – And They’re Not For Extra Protein
Fancy some ant mascarpone in your tiramisu?
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 4d
Three Green Comets Are Heading Our Way Right Now – Including The Best Of 2025
Three Green Comets Are Heading Our Way Right Now – Including The Best Of 2025
C/2025 A6 Lemmon should be visible to the naked eye this month.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 5d
It's Supermoons Galore This Fall, With Three Of Them From Next Week Until December 4
It's Supermoons Galore This Fall, With Three Of Them From Next Week Until December 4
On Tuesday, and then again in November and December!
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 5d
Kidney Blood Type Changed From A To O Before Transplant, Bringing Universal Organs A Step Closer
Kidney Blood Type Changed From A To O Before Transplant, Bringing Universal Organs A Step Closer
The organ was transplanted into a brain-dead recipient with no immediate signs of rejection.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 5d
The Longest Living Animals On Earth Have Been Alive For 2,300 Years
The Longest Living Animals On Earth Have Been Alive For 2,300 Years
These animals have been living since Julius Caesar was knocking around.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 5d
What Has The Worst Breath In The Animal Kingdom?
What Has The Worst Breath In The Animal Kingdom?
“The odor is blunt and pungent, almost a taste in the mouth, an unholy mingling of fart and fishiness.”
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 5d
Sheep Leather, Slingshots, And A 650-Year-Old Shoe: Abandoned Vulture Nests Hide “Extraordinary” Artifacts
Sheep Leather, Slingshots, And A 650-Year-Old Shoe: Abandoned Vulture Nests Hide “Extraordinary” Artifacts
Bird archaeologists? We love to see it.
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 5d
The Universe May End With A Big Crunch – And There's Just 20 Billion Years To Go
The Universe May End With A Big Crunch – And There's Just 20 Billion Years To Go
We still have 20 billion years to go if this is true!
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Curious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 5d
The Fundamental Forces Of The Universe Are Getting Weaker, New Paper Suggests
The Fundamental Forces Of The Universe Are Getting Weaker, New Paper Suggests
“Sometimes, the simplest explanation is the best one,' Professor Gupta said. 'Maybe the universe’s biggest secrets are just tricks played by the evolving constants of nature.'
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