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2025-12-04 @ 18.34.29 ∈ In English

Unbee-lievable: Botswana elephants not easily fooled as scientists seek solution to human-elephant conflict
So why did Botswana's elephants react differently from those in countries where bee-based deterrents work? The answer may lie not with the elephants, but with the bees. […] Low bee numbers likely mean fewer elephants have had painful encounters with swarms, so have less reason to fear them.
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2025-11-24 @ 17.31.39 ∈ In English

Just ten species make up almost half the weight of all wild mammals on Earth
A small number of species dominate the distribution of wild mammal biomass.
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2025-11-12 @ 16.37.37 ∈ In English

Shouting at seagulls could stop them stealing your food, research shows
Shouting at seagulls makes them more likely to leave your food alone, research shows. The paper, “Herring gulls respond to the acoustic properties of men’s voices,” is published in Biology Letters.
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2025-11-11 @ 14.14.14 ∈ In English

Tropical spiders craft giant doppelgängers as decoys
Researchers believe the "decoy spider" serves a dual purpose. It may mimic a larger predator that birds, lizards, and other enemies would prefer to avoid, while also creating a diversion, drawing an attack away from the smaller, real spider.
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2025-11-05 @ 18.54.09 ∈ In English

World’s biggest spiderweb discovered inside ‘Sulfur Cave’ with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black
A giant colonial spiderweb in a sulfuric cave on the border between Greece and Albania may be the largest ever found[.]
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2025-11-05 @ 17.26.06 ∈ In English

Voting behavior in elections strongly linked to future risk of death
[Research suggests voting] behavior in elections is strongly linked to the future risk of death, and is likely a stronger determinant of health than education.
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2025-11-05 @ 17.17.02 ∈ In English

These Historical Figures Lived Long Enough to be Painted and Photographed
This fascinating collection shows that, actually, many painters did a remarkable job of capturing accurate likeness — even when their often royal subjects had features they might not want amplifying.
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2025-11-03 @ 11.55.47 ∈ In English

Is vaping less harmful than smoking, and does it help people quit?
[The] summary is quite simple: many health bodies suggest that vaping is much less harmful than tobacco. While they advise against it for young people or non-smokers, they do recommend it as a “quitting tool” for smokers for the health benefits of switching.
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2025-10-28 @ 17.02.10 ∈ In English

Caught on camera: Rats snatching bats from the sky at city hibernation sites
For the first time, brown rats have been filmed actively hunting bats, snatching some from the air and capturing others on the ground. The rodents were caught on camera at bat hibernation sites in northern Germany.