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- + A digital exam reels in engraved scenes of Stone Age net fishing—Nearly 16,000-year-old portrayals of fish surrounded by nets had evade...
- + A huge, ancient Maya city has been found in southern Mexico—Lasers revealed that the city spanned roughly the same area as Beijing...
- + Exploiting a genetic quirk in potatoes may cut fertilizer needs—A gene controlling potato growth limits the plant’s fertilizer uptake....
- + Putting vampire bats on treadmills reveals an unusual metabolism—A bat gym shows that vampires are more like some insects, burning amin...
- + Feather-inspired airplane flaps could boost flight performance—Rows of flaps inspired by bird wing feathers improve airfoil performan...
- + The ‘midlife crisis’ is too simple a story, scientists say—Some scientists want to shift focus to the teen mental health crisis. ...
- + A phone app could help people have lucid dreams—New experiments show that an app developed by researchers can boost sn...
- + A zombie star’s spiky filaments shed light on a 12th century supernova—A 3-D map of the strange remains of a supernova seen in 1181 traces th...
- + Readers discuss cloud formation, Stonehenge and Earth’s frenemy Jupiter—Icy moves Stonehenge’s central stone, known as the Altar Stone, may ha...
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