Mars once had vast oceans on its surface – then its magnetic field weakened, its atmosphere thinned, and its water vanished. But the numbers don’t add up: for the Red Planet to have transformed from a watery world into the red dust bowl we know today, all that water had to end up somewhere….
Category: 7. SciTech
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Food grown with fewer chemicals? Meet the Brazilian scientist showing the way
A Brazilian scientist has been honoured with this year’s prestigious World Food Prize after pushing back against chemical fertilisers and…
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Patients Are Left With Few Options as GLP-1 Copycats Disappear
Futter’s provider, Henry Meds, no longer offers compounded tirzepatide injections, but allowed patients to place bulk orders before phasing it out. He went ahead and ordered several months’ worth of vials but doesn’t know what he’s going to do when he runs out. “I’m extremely nervous…
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Wild chimpanzees seen giving ‘first aid’ to each other with medicinal plants
Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using plants to treat open wounds and tend to each other’s injuries.
University of…
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Flamingos use this genius trick to catch prey more easily
Flamingos are often seen as peaceful waders, standing gracefully in shallow lakes with their heads dipped underwater. But beneath that calm surface, they’re executing a surprisingly sophisticated and active hunting technique.
Scientists studying Chilean flamingos at the Nashville Zoo…
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The universe is dying faster than we thought
The end of the universe has always felt like a distant abstraction. But new calculations suggest that our original timeline might have been wildly optimistic. According to a team of Dutch scientists, the universe is dying much faster than anyone thought, and could cease to exist within…
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Meet Violeta! Oakland Zoo helps rescue adorable endangered spider monkey after drug bust
The Oakland Zoo has rescued a baby spider monkey after authorities found her in a drug…
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Frightening new AI can recreate your face just by analyzing your DNA
A new AI model can actually recreate your face just by analyzing a few bits of your DNA. Developed by scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Difface was trained on data from nearly 10,000 Han Chinese volunteers.
Each participant provided a full genome sequence and a…
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This is what your memory says about your creativity
Creative thinking may feel totally original, but a new study suggests that imagination has more to do with your memory than you might think.
A new study suggests that people who remember small, seemingly unimportant details are actually better at coming up with creative ideas.
“This means that…
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Will prebiotics and probiotics really help you poop? What gut experts say.
How we talk about gastrointestinal symptoms is changing fast. In a few short years, young TikTokers have helped turn tummy aches,…
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