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2026-02-06 @ 16.21.42 ∈ In English

Sudanese Copts acquired malaria resistance thanks to a rapid evolutionary process, research reveals
An international study investigating the genomic diversity of the Sudanese population reveals that the Copts originating in Egypt—who settled in the country between the seventh and eleventh centuries—have acquired a genetic variant that protects them from contracting malaria.
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2026-02-05 @ 18.27.31 ∈ In English

Fixing Links with the Wayback Machine
Automattic is excited to collaborate with the Internet Archive to launch the Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer, a new free WordPress plugin that keeps your links alive.
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2026-02-03 @ 18.02.43 ∈ In English

Capturing Carrington
A speculative search in the right place at the right time turned up what is thought to be the only image of the eponymous solar observer.
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2026-01-30 @ 11.56.48 ∈ In English

Tropical feedback loop: Butterfly mimicry patterns evolve faster near the equator
[If] one of your competitors was an Olympian speed runner, you'd quickly conclude that your time would be best spent chasing after some of the slower players. If there were multiple Olympian [runners, by wearing the same uniform they could implicitly tell] you not to bother trying to catch any of them.
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2026-01-27 @ 18.39.41 ∈ In English

Harvestmen arachnids apparently use fluorescent patterns for species recognition
Five closely related species show species-specific, strongly fluorescent structures on their backs that become especially visible under ultraviolet light. The results suggest that these patterns serve for species recognition—particularly at dusk and in moonlight.
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2026-01-25 @ 12.00.20 ∈ In English

‘They saw them on their dishes when eating’: The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.
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2026-01-19 @ 19.13.07 ∈ In English

Austrian cow shows first case of flexible, multi-purpose tool use in cattle
"Veronika is not just using an object to scratch herself. She uses different parts of the same tool for different purposes, and she applies different techniques depending on the function of the tool and the body region."
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2026-01-12 @ 19.00.08 ∈ In English

Putting solar panels on land used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric
People rightly question the impact of solar or wind farms on landscapes, but rarely consider the land use of existing biofuel crops, which do very little to decarbonize our energy supplies.