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Birds! They’re good. They can make tools and have feathers and they’re also dinosaurs.
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Birds! They’re good. They can make tools and have feathers and they’re also dinosaurs.
The stuff of nightmares.
At an estimated 13.53 billion years old, it’s among the first generation of stars to have appeared after the Big Bang.
The world is bad, but babies remain good.
The ability to put our clothes on is something most of us take for granted, but when AI is involved, it’s a surprisingly complicated task.
The rover hunt is a two-pronged effort, with both an “active” and a “passive” listening component.
The future of mass depends on a conference vote next week.
When the world gets its act together, it can actually solve big problems.
Hopefully this is also true for grown-ups.
“The last thing we have is our sacred space, and it’s come down to the point where we must take a stand.”
Granted, Harvard scientists did say the object might be an alien visitor, but there’s some nuance to dig into here.
Using neutrinos to measure the inside of Earth is just about as fun as physics gets.
“The implications of nocturnality are a big surprise.”
Luck in for Howard Stableford, but bad news for legacy Philippa Forrester fans.
The item, a stone axe head approximately seven inches long and three inches wide, is believed to be work of a skilled Native American craftsman.
Perhaps the cutest mystery in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
