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04/13/2023

Newfound bat skeletons are the oldest on record

Apr 12 2023 2:00 PM

The newly identified species Icaronycteris gunnelli lived about 52.5 million years ago in what is now Wyoming and looked a lot like modern bats.

Videos of gold nanoparticles snapping together show how some crystals grow

Apr 12 2023 9:00 AM

Real-time electron microscopy shows gold nanoparticles tumbling and sliding in a fluid before snapping together in crystalline structures.

How ChatGPT and similar AI will disrupt education

Apr 12 2023 7:00 AM

The new chatbot ChatGPT and other generative AI encourage cheating and offer up incorrect info, but they could also be used for good.

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Freshwater leeches' taste for snails could help control snail-borne diseases

Apr 11 2023 7:01 PM

A freshwater leech species will eat snails, raising the possibility that leeches could be used to control snail-borne diseases that infect humans and livestock.

The last leg of the longest butterfly migration has now been identified

Apr 11 2023 9:00 AM

After a long journey across the Sahara, painted lady butterflies from Europe set up camp in central Africa to wait out winter and breed.

The Smithsonian's 'Lights Out' inspires visitors to save the fading night sky

Apr 11 2023 7:00 AM

The exhibition examines how light pollution harms astronomy, ecosystems and human cultures. But it also offers hope.

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Dense crowds of pedestrians shift into surprisingly orderly lines. Math explains why

Apr 10 2023 8:00 AM

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Satellite imagery reveals 'hidden' tornado tracks

Apr 09 2023 7:00 AM

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How an Indigenous community in Panama is escaping rising seas

Apr 07 2023 11:00 AM

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Baseball's home run boom is due, in part, to climate change

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'Jet packs' and ultrasounds could reveal secrets of pregnant whale sharks

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Invasive yellow crazy ants create male 'chimeras' to reproduce

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Hair analysis reveals Europe's oldest physical evidence of drug use

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Venus has almost 50 times as many volcanoes as previously thought

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A stream of cold gas is unexpectedly feeding the far-off Anthill Galaxy

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The finding suggests that early galaxies might have gained more of their bulk from streams of cold gas instead of in violent galaxy collisions.

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