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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 20h

Learn more about the bearded vulture, which historically accumulated human-made materials such as strings, baskets, and bolts in the cliffs of southern Spain. www.discovermagazine.com/vultures-sta...

Vultures Stashed Sandals and Other Archaeological Artifacts in Their Nests Around 675 Years Ago

Learn more about the bearded vulture, which historically accumulated human-made materials such as strings, baskets, and bolts in the cliffs of southern Spain.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 22h

Learn how ancient teeth have revealed new insights about the earliest farming communities, including how they treated outsiders. www.discovermagazine.com/ancient-teet...

Ancient Teeth Carry Clues on Farming Villages That Welcomed Outsiders with Open Arms

Learn how ancient teeth have revealed new insights about the earliest farming communities, including how they treated outsiders.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 1d

Learn more about how human cycles, such as sleep and the menstrual cycle, may have once been in sync with the lunar cycle. However, artificial light may now be making these cycles shorter and impacting our health. www.discovermagazine.com/women-s-mens...

Women’s Menstrual Cycles May Have Once Been Synced With The Moon, But Artificial Light Has Disrupted That

Learn more about how human cycles, such as sleep and the menstrual cycle, may have once been in sync with the lunar cycle. However, artificial light may now be making these cycles shorter and…

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 1d

Merging biophysics with knowledge of how the brain handles waste led to an impressive 50 percent reduction of amyloid beta in mice brains and restoration of cognitive function. www.discovermagazine.com/repairing-th...

Repairing the Blood Brain Barrier Reversed Alzheimer's Disease in Mice, a Hopeful Result for Humans

Merging biophysics with knowledge of how the brain handles waste led to an impressive 50 percent reduction of amyloid beta in mice brains and restoration of cognitive function.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 1d

Learn more about the Will-o’-the-Wisp and how this mysterious phenomenon, which has inspired faerie folklore, may actually be bursts of methane gas. www.discovermagazine.com/mysterious-g...

Mysterious, Ghostly Blue Lights Called Will-o-the-Wisp May Just be Methane Bubbles

Learn more about the Will-o’-the-Wisp and how this mysterious phenomenon, which has inspired faerie folklore, may actually be bursts of methane gas.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 1d

Learn the surprising reasons why Earth has grown darker over the last 20 years, which include volcanoes, clouds, and cleaner air. www.discovermagazine.com/the-earth-is...

The Earth Is Getting Darker, Which Could Mean Hotter Summers in the Future

Learn the surprising reasons why Earth has grown darker over the last 20 years, which include volcanoes, clouds, and cleaner air.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 1d

Praised as “the strongest polar ship of its time,” the Endurance revealed major structural flaws that may explain why it never reached its final destination. www.discovermagazine.com/a-weak-hull-...

A Weak Hull May Have Sealed the Ship Endurance's Tragic Fate Before It Even Reached Antarctica

Praised as “the strongest polar ship of its time,” the Endurance revealed major structural flaws that may explain why it never reached its final destination.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 2d

Get to know Breugnathair elgolensis, a half snake, half lizard that inhabited Jurassic-era Scotland. www.discovermagazine.com/this-species...

This Species of Ancient Scottish Reptile Is Part Snake and Part Lizard

Get to know Breugnathair elgolensis, a half snake, half lizard that inhabited Jurassic-era Scotland.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 2d

Learn more about the new COVID-19 variants Nimbus and Stratus, and certain symptoms like a stabbing sore throat that come along with them. www.discovermagazine.com/new-covid-va...

New COVID variants Nimbus and Stratus Cases Are Starting to Pop Up — Here’s What to Know

Learn more about the new COVID-19 variants Nimbus and Stratus, and certain symptoms like a stabbing sore throat that come along with them.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 2d

Learn about the new research that shows how particles can share their entangled states with each other, paving the way for a global quantum communication network. www.discovermagazine.com/quantum-enta...

Quantum Entanglement Could Improve Communication Networks

Learn about the new research that shows how particles can share their entangled states with each other, paving the way for a global quantum communication network.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 2d

Learn more about a traditional recipe that uses ants to turn yogurt into milk, and how this recipe made its way into one of Denmark’s top restaurants. www.discovermagazine.com/our-ancestor...

Our Ancestors Used to Make Yogurt Using Live Ants — And the Recipe Still Works

Learn more about a traditional recipe that uses ants to turn yogurt into milk, and how this recipe made its way into one of Denmark’s top restaurants.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 2d

The deadliest spider in the world can kill humans in a matter of hours, but it may also be a lifesaver when it comes to medical research. www.discovermagazine.com/the-deadlies...

The Deadliest Spider in the World Ends Lives in Hours, But Its Venom May Inspire Medical Miracles

The deadliest spider in the world can kill humans in a matter of hours, but it may also be a lifesaver when it comes to medical research.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 2d

Learn more about the biggest objects in the universe, including galaxies, galaxy clusters, and dark matter. www.discovermagazine.com/what-is-the-...

What Is the Biggest Object in the Universe? Most Likely Galaxy Clusters

What is the biggest object in the universe? Learn more about the biggest objects in the universe, including galaxies, galaxy clusters, and dark matter.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 3d

Learn more about the Hadal Trenches and the types of life that thrive in the deep. www.discovermagazine.com/using-deep-s...

Using Deep Sea Submersibles, Researchers Have Uncovered an Almost Alien World in the Hadal Trenches

Learn more about the Hadal Trenches and the types of life that thrive in the deep.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 3d

Learn why early onset cancer cases are becoming more widespread in younger adults and what factors could be influencing this worrying trend. www.discovermagazine.com/cancer-rates...

Cancer Rates Are Climbing in Younger Adults — Poor Diets and Microplastics May Be to Blame

Learn why early onset cancer cases are becoming more widespread in younger adults and what factors could be influencing this worrying trend.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 6d

Learn more about the Quasi-moons and mini-moons that sometimes get caught in our orbit and how they could offer mining opportunities. www.discovermagazine.com/near-earth-a...

Near-Earth Asteroids Could Be the Future of Resource Mining

Learn more about the Quasi-moons and mini-moons that sometimes get caught in our orbit and how they could offer mining opportunities.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 6d

Learn more about galaxies NGC 4532 and DDO 137 and how an intergalactic gas bridge joins the two. www.discovermagazine.com/these-dwarf-...

These Dwarf Galaxies are Joined by an Intergalactic Bridge Tens of Thousands of Light-years Long

Learn more about galaxies NGC 4532 and DDO 137 and how an intergalactic gas bridge joins the two.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 6d

Learn more about the possible prevention strategies for the 2024 YR4 asteroid, which was previously thought to pose a threat to Earth, and is now thought to be heading towards the moon. www.discovermagazine.com/the-city-kil...

The City-Killer Asteroid May Hit the Moon in 2032 — What Would Happen If We Blasted It With Nukes First?

Learn more about the possible prevention strategies for the 2024 YR4 asteroid, which was previously thought to pose a threat to Earth, and is now thought to be heading towards the moon.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 7d

Learn about all the ways you can help reduce allergens and other impurities in your home as you begin closing up the windows for winter. www.discovermagazine.com/indoor-aller...

Indoor Allergies Spike in the Winter — Here's How to Avoid Impurities in Your Home

Learn about all the ways you can help reduce allergens and other impurities in your home as you begin closing up the windows for winter.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 7d

Learn about a 480-million-year-old leech fossil that revealed that ancient leeches didn’t have the biological components necessary to suck blood. www.discovermagazine.com/leeches-didn...

Leeches Didn't Always Suck Blood — Ancient Fossils Reveal They Swallowed Prey Whole

Learn about a 480-million-year-old leech fossil that revealed that ancient leeches didn’t have the biological components necessary to suck blood.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 7d

Learn about the different ways that wild cats and dogs travel in nature, reflecting long-standing evolutionary strategies. www.discovermagazine.com/wild-dogs-fo...

Wild Dogs Follow Familiar Routes When Traveling, Unlike Free-Spirited Wild Cats That Explore New Places

Learn about the different ways that wild cats and dogs travel in nature, reflecting long-standing evolutionary strategies.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 7d

Epiphanies don’t just arrive after major life events; instead, intentional daydreaming can spark insights that boost creativity at work. www.discovermagazine.com/could-daydre...

Could Daydreaming at Work Unlock Your Best Problem-Solving Skills?

Epiphanies don’t just arrive after major life events; instead, intentional daydreaming can spark insights that boost creativity at work.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 7d

Learn more about the carvings of camels, gazelles, and ibexes that helped humans thrive in the Nefud Desert around 2,000 years earlier than traditionally thought. www.discovermagazine.com/ancient-carv...

Ancient Carvings of Camels Acted as Road Signs to Water in the Desert Around 12,000 Years Ago

Learn more about the carvings of camels, gazelles, and ibexes that helped humans thrive in the Nefud Desert around 2,000 years earlier than traditionally thought.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 7d

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541-Million-Year-Old Sea Sponge Confirmed As One of Earth’s First Animals

Learn about how chemical fossils helped researchers identify one of Earth’s earliest animals: a sea sponge from the Ediacaran Period.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 8d

Learn more about how researchers track water movement through a technique called fingerprinting at Yellowstone National Park. www.discovermagazine.com/water-flows-...

Water Flows Beneath Yellowstone National Park, Sometimes Taking Decades to Reach a Geyser

Learn more about how researchers track water movement through a technique called fingerprinting at Yellowstone National Park.

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