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2025-09-20 @ 16.10.36 ∈ In English

Doomed ‘cannibal’ star could soon explode in a supernova so bright it would be visible during the day
“The speed at which this doomed stellar system is lurching wildly, likely due to the extreme brightness, is a frantic sign of its imminent, violent end.”
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2025-09-20 @ 14.34.31 ∈ In English

Australian scientists grapple with ‘despicable’ butterfly heist
Almost eight decades after Colin Wyatt stole and then vandalized thousands of precious Australian butterfly specimens, scientists are still untangling his web of deception.
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2025-09-20 @ 14.28.25 ∈ In English

Millennial pink, gen Z yellow, brat green… Tell me your favorite colors, and I’ll guess your generation
[Colors] are not created by nature—nor solely by the eye or the brain—but by society, which assigns them different meanings depending on the era. They thus become a kind of indicator of the transformations of each decade.
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2025-09-16 @ 11.37.03 ∈ In English

Why Do Wind Turbines Have Three Blades?
Wind turbines are a successful and popular method to create clean energy. But why do almost all of them have 3 blades? Here are 3 reasons.
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2025-09-13 @ 14.19.59 ∈ In English

Many lonely people would prefer a robot over human interaction
"We found that lonely customers with a reduced need for interaction with other humans are more likely to use service robots as a means of avoiding human contact and conserving emotional resources."
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2025-09-13 @ 13.42.56 ∈ In English

The Ayrshire wedding crasher mystery solved after four years
For years Michelle and John Wylie were puzzled about the presence of a mysterious tall man in a blue suit at their wedding.
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2025-09-10 @ 18.13.52 ∈ In English

The tale of the creature with the most chromosomes
The Atlas blue [butterfly has been] confirmed as having the highest number of chromosomes out of all multicellular animals in the world. This insect boasts 229 pairs of chromosomes, while many of its close relatives have only 23 or 24 pairs.
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2025-09-09 @ 16.45.16 ∈ In English

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Beer drinkers are mosquito magnets, according to a festival study
Participants who drank beer were 1.35 times more attractive to mosquitoes than those who didn't. […] The study also revealed that recent showering and sunscreen make people less attractive to the buzzing menace.
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2025-09-05 @ 19.29.10 ∈ In English

Current extinction rates haven’t reached level of ‘mass extinction’ just yet, study suggests
These findings suggest that modern extinction rates remain relatively low at the genus level and that these rates have not been increasing over the past century, contrary to some previous studies.
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2025-09-05 @ 19.22.03 ∈ In English

Iberian harvester ant queens are cloning different species to produce hybrid workers
This new frontier in reproduction is referred to by the authors as "xenoparous," meaning the ant queens have a need to produce individuals of another species as an inherent part of their life cycle. The exact developmental mechanism of cross-species male cloning is still unknown, but the authors have some theories.