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The lighter side of science 🚀🧪🔭🧬 For more:
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Can Burying Scientists Alive In The Snow Help Us Protect Polar Bears?
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IFLScience We Have Questions: Can Burying Scientists Alive In The Snow Help Us Protect Polar Bears?
Worth a punt.
https://www.iflscience.com/iflscience-we-have-questions-can-burying-scientists-alive-in-the-snow-help-us-protect-polar-bears-81197
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What other animals have we underestimated?
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This 4,300-Year-Old Silver Goblet May Contain Earliest Known Depiction Of Cosmic Genesis
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This 4,300-Year-Old Silver Goblet May Contain Earliest Known Depiction Of Cosmic Genesis
Images on the relic show how humankind emerged from creepy human-animal hybrids.
https://www.iflscience.com/this-4300-year-old-silver-goblet-may-contain-earliest-known-depiction-of-cosmic-genesis-81564
about 11 hours ago
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“It Was A Huge Surprise”: Dinosaur Eggs Were Speckled And Colorful, Just Like Birds’ Eggs
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Were Dinosaur Eggs Colorful?
And we’ve just developed a new way to date them.
https://www.iflscience.com/it-was-a-huge-surprise-dinosaur-eggs-were-speckled-and-colorful-just-like-birds-eggs-81567
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Never getting over how awesome this is.
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A Woolly Mammoth, Beautifully Preserved In Permafrost For 40,000 Years, Reveals Its RNA
Next stop, Pleistocene Park.
https://www.iflscience.com/worlds-oldest-rna-recovered-from-mammoth-beautifully-preserved-in-permafrost-for-40000-years-81565
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"We think it applies to 100% of lupus cases."
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This Plant Hoards Rare Earth Elements That The World Desperately Needs
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This Plant Hoards Rare Earth Elements That The World Desperately Needs
Garden-grown battery technology?
https://www.iflscience.com/this-plant-hoards-rare-earth-elements-that-the-world-desperately-needs-81560
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Let's not even get started on the non-self-governing territories.
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Turns Out, The World’s Most Famous Star Cluster Is Just Part Of A Vast Family Of Stars
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Turns Out, The World’s Most Famous Star Cluster Is Just Part Of A Vast Family Of Stars
We knew there were far more than seven sisters in the Pleiades, but still didn’t know about all these long-lost siblings.
https://www.iflscience.com/turns-out-the-worlds-most-famous-star-cluster-is-just-part-of-a-vast-family-of-stars-81546
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What's The Longest Border In The World? It's A Lot Weirder Than It Looks On A Map
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What's The Longest Border In The World? It's A Lot Weirder Than It Looks On A Map
It looks straight on a world map, but it really isn't.
https://www.iflscience.com/whats-the-longest-border-in-the-world-its-a-lot-weirder-than-it-looks-on-a-map-81569
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Meet The Peacock Spiders: Secretive, Small But Oh So Special
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Meet The Peacock Spiders: Secretive, Small But Oh So Special
Before 2011 the world barely knew peacock spiders existed, now we can't get enough.
https://www.iflscience.com/meet-the-peacock-spiders-secretive-small-but-oh-so-special-81568
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World's Oldest RNA Recovered From Baby Mammoth Beautifully Preserved In Permafrost For 40,000 Years
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A Woolly Mammoth, Beautifully Preserved In Permafrost For 40,000 Years, Reveals Its RNA
Next stop, Pleistocene Park.
https://www.iflscience.com/worlds-oldest-rna-recovered-from-mammoth-beautifully-preserved-in-permafrost-for-40000-years-81565
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We Jinxed It – Golden Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) Has Now Broken Into Pieces
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We Jinxed It – Golden Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) Has Now Broken Into Pieces
We spoke too soon, and now the other ATLAS comet is in pieces.
https://www.iflscience.com/we-jinxed-it-golden-comet-c2055-k1-atlas-has-now-broken-into-pieces-81563
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“The Fall Of Icarus”: You Have Never Seen An Astrophotography Picture Like This!
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“The Fall Of Icarus”: You Have Never Seen An Astrophotography Picture Like This!
This is not photoshopped. That’s really a person falling in front of the Sun.
https://www.iflscience.com/the-fall-of-icarus-you-have-never-seen-an-astrophotography-picture-like-this-81570
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For the first time, researchers have confirmed a human death caused by “meat allergy”
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Blue Origin Sends NASA Mission To Mars, Followed By First-Ever Successful Landing Of New Glenn's Booster
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Blue Origin Sends NASA Mission To Mars, Followed By First-Ever Successful Landing Of New Glenn's Booster
The huge rocket took flight, and its booster came down successfully.
https://www.iflscience.com/blue-origin-sends-nasa-mission-to-mars-followed-by-first-ever-successful-landing-of-new-glenns-booster-81566
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Filter-Feeding Pterosaur Becomes The First Extinct Species Discovered In Fossil Vomit
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This Filter Feeding Pterosaur Is The First Extinct Species We’ve Described… From Fossilized Vomit
Mixed among fish remains, the pterosaur appears to have upset a spinosaurid's stomach.
https://www.iflscience.com/filter-feeding-pterosaur-becomes-the-first-extinct-species-discovered-in-fossil-vomit-81562
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“Sudden Unexplained Death” In US Turns Out To Be World's First Confirmed Death From Tick-Spread “Meat Allergy”
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“Sudden Unexplained Death” In US Turns Out To Be World's First Confirmed Death From Tick-Spread “Meat Allergy”
The otherwise healthy man was unaware that he had developed the condition.
https://www.iflscience.com/sudden-unexplained-death-in-us-turns-out-to-be-worlds-first-confirmed-death-from-tick-spread-meat-allergy-81561
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At 900 Meters Across, Earth's Largest Modern Impact Crater Has Just Been Found By Scientists
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At 900 Meters Across, Earth's Largest Modern Impact Crater Has Just Been Found By Scientists
Where's it been hiding?
https://www.iflscience.com/at-900-meters-across-earths-largest-modern-impact-crater-has-just-been-found-by-scientists-81557
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This Whale’s Meal Plan? Over 70,000 Squid A Year, And It’ll Dive Incredible Depths To Get Them
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This Whale’s Meal Plan? Over 70,000 Squid A Year, And It’ll Dive Incredible Depths To Get Them
That adds up to around 88,000 tonnes of squid per year for the entire Hawaiian short-finned pilot whale population.
https://www.iflscience.com/this-whales-meal-plan-over-70000-squid-a-year-and-itll-dive-incredible-depths-to-get-them-81550
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Did NASA's Viking Mission Find Evidence Of Extant Life On Mars? It's Not As Out There As It Sounds
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Did NASA's Viking Mission Find Evidence Of Extant Life On Mars? It's Not As Out There As It Sounds
The Viking Lander took the first images of Mars from the surface. It's possible it may also have found – and killed – extant life on the Red Planet.
https://www.iflscience.com/did-nasas-viking-mission-find-evidence-of-extant-life-on-mars-50-years-ago-its-not-as-out-there-as-it-sounds-81556
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When Did Dogs Become Dogs? Familiar Forms Started To Arise Over 10,000 Years Ago
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When Did Dogs Become Dogs? Familiar Forms Started To Arise Over 10,000 Years Ago
This is the journey from wolf-like wild beast to cuddly companion.
https://www.iflscience.com/when-did-dogs-become-dogs-familiar-forms-started-to-arise-over-10000-years-ago-81553
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Good news! 🙃 "The Universe Will Just Get Colder And Deader From Now On" Major Euclid Survey Of The Cosmos Shows
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"The Universe Will Just Get Colder And Deader From Now On" Major Euclid Survey Of The Cosmos Shows
Sit down, universe, we have some bad news.
https://www.iflscience.com/the-universe-will-just-get-colder-and-deader-from-now-on-major-euclid-survey-of-the-cosmos-shows-81551
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Antiperspirant Before Bed, Or In The Morning? There Is A Right Answer
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You’re Probably Using Antiperspirant Wrong
Poorly timed antiperspirant application? It’s the pits.
https://www.iflscience.com/antiperspirant-before-bed-or-in-the-morning-there-is-a-right-answer-81554
3 days ago
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"Non-Gravitational Acceleration" Of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Explained In New Study
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"Non-Gravitational Acceleration" Of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Explained In New Study
The comet has been observed to undergo non-gravitational acceleration. A new paper proposes a plausible explanation.
https://www.iflscience.com/non-gravitational-acceleration-of-interstellar-object-3iatlas-explained-in-new-study-81545
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Lupus Linked To Virus That Over 95 Percent Of Us Carry – And Now We Finally Know How
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Lupus Linked To Virus That Over 95 Percent Of Us Carry – And Now We Finally Know How
"We think it applies to 100% of lupus cases."
https://www.iflscience.com/lupus-linked-to-virus-that-over-95-percent-of-us-carry-and-now-we-finally-know-how-81548
3 days ago
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How To Win At Rock-Paper-Scissors: A Deep Dive Into Manual Warfare
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How To Win At Rock-Paper-Scissors: A Deep Dive Into Manual Warfare
A game of stones and stationery.
https://www.iflscience.com/how-to-win-at-rock-paper-scissors-a-deep-dive-into-manual-warfare-81544
3 days ago
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Spiders Make “Scarecrows” Of Bigger Spiders Out Of Silk And Debris To Ward Off Predators
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Ever Seen One Of These Spider “Scarecrows”? Spiders Make Them To Keep Predators At Bay
Clever girl.
https://www.iflscience.com/spiders-make-scarecrows-of-bigger-spiders-out-of-silk-and-debris-to-ward-off-predators-81552
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People Are Blown Away Learning That You Can “Smell” Snow
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People Are Blown Away Learning That You Can “Smell” Snow
What do you think snow smells of?
https://www.iflscience.com/people-are-blown-away-learning-that-you-can-smell-snow-81534
4 days ago
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Bizarre Creature With "All-Body Brain" Challenges What We Know About Evolution of Nervous Systems
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Bizarre Creature With "All-Body Brain" Challenges What We Know About Evolution of Nervous Systems
What other animals have we underestimated?
https://www.iflscience.com/bizarre-creature-with-all-body-brain-challenges-what-we-know-about-evolution-of-nervous-systems-81541
4 days ago
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For First Time, Astronomers Record A Coronal Mass Ejection From A Star That's Not Our Sun
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For First Time, Astronomers Record A Coronal Mass Ejection From A Star That's Not Our Sun
This is exciting news for our capacity to investigate nearby stars, but further reduces the chances of life around the most common type of star.
https://www.iflscience.com/for-first-time-astronomers-record-a-coronal-mass-ejection-from-a-star-thats-not-our-sun-81542
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The World’s Smallest Bear Isn’t Just A Guy In A Bear Suit, We Promise
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The World’s Smallest Bear Isn’t Just A Guy In A Bear Suit, We Promise
Sounds like something a guy in a bear suit would say, but it’s true, I swear.
https://www.iflscience.com/the-worlds-smallest-bear-isnt-just-a-guy-in-a-bear-suit-we-promise-81535
4 days ago
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In 2032, Earth May Be Treated To A Meteor Shower Like No Other, Courtesy Of "City-Killer" Asteroid 2024 YR4
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In 2032, Earth May Be Treated To A Meteor Shower Like No Other, Courtesy Of "City-Killer" Asteroid 2024 YR4
A new study sized the asteroid at around 60 meters. Chances of it hitting the Moon may soon increase.
https://www.iflscience.com/in-2032-the-earth-may-be-treated-to-a-meteor-shower-like-no-other-courtesy-of-city-killer-asteroid-2024-yr4-81539
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Vowel Sounds "Thought To Be Unique To Humans" Discovered In Sperm Whales For The First Time
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Eavesdropping On Sperm Whales Just Revealed They Use Vowel Sounds "Thought To Be Unique To Humans"
Sperm whales can alter the frequency of their clicks to make “a” and “i” sounds.
https://www.iflscience.com/vowel-sounds-thought-to-be-unique-to-humans-discovered-in-sperm-whales-for-the-first-time-81532
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“A Wave Of Poo": People Reversed The Direction Of The Chicago River's Flow In 1900
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“A Wave Of Poo": People Reversed The Direction Of The Chicago River's Flow In 1900
It took monumental work to transform this dirty old river.
https://www.iflscience.com/a-wave-of-poo-people-reversed-the-direction-of-the-chicago-rivers-flow-in-1900-81538
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Watch Out For Aurorae Tonight – The Strongest Solar Flare Of 2025 So Far Just Erupted From The Sun
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Watch Out For Aurorae Tonight – The Strongest Solar Flare Of 2025 So Far Just Erupted From The Sun
The show may even be visible in California.
https://www.iflscience.com/watch-out-for-aurorae-tonight-the-strongest-solar-flare-of-2025-so-far-just-erupted-from-the-sun-81536
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Watch First-Ever Video Footage Of A Humpback Whale Calf Nursing Underwater
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Watch First-Ever Video Footage Of A Humpback Whale Calf Nursing Underwater
Look at the little (giant) baby.
https://www.iflscience.com/watch-first-ever-video-footage-of-a-humpback-whale-calf-nursing-underwater-81537
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"Drop Crocs": Australia Once Had Ancient Crocs That Climbed Trees To Jump On Their Prey
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What’s Scarier Than Drop Bears? Drop Crocs, And Australia Had Them Once
If you think Australia’s animal life is wacky today, you should have seen it more than 4 million years ago.
https://www.iflscience.com/drop-crocs-australia-once-had-ancient-crocs-that-climbed-trees-to-jump-on-their-prey-81533
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How We Know Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Is Not An Alien Mothership
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How We Know Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Is Not An Alien Mothership
The media may be rife with suggestions our interstellar visitor is an alien spacecraft. This is how we know it isn't.
https://www.iflscience.com/how-we-know-interstellar-object-3iatlas-is-not-an-alien-mothership-81524
5 days ago
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If You Shine A Light In Your Garden And See Lots Of Dots Reflected Back, We’ve Got Bad News
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If You Shine A Light In Your Garden And See Lots Of Dots Reflected Back, We’ve Got Bad News
They're watching you.
https://www.iflscience.com/if-you-shine-a-light-in-your-garden-and-see-lots-of-dots-reflected-back-weve-got-bad-news-81494
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A team of researchers studying the pyramids of Giza using non-invasive techniques believes they have identified two new "anomalies" in the Menkaure Pyramid.
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Two "Anomalies" Detected In Egypt's Menkaure Pyramid Using Electrical Resistance Tomography
The voids appear to be pretty sizeable, and could be signs of a long-lost passageway.
https://www.iflscience.com/two-anomalies-detected-in-egypts-menkaure-pyramid-using-electrical-resistance-tomography-81513
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1972 Was The Longest Year In Modern History – Here's Why
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1972 Was The Longest Year In Modern History – Here's Why
It was an achingly long 31,622,402 seconds.
https://www.iflscience.com/1972-was-the-longest-year-in-modern-history-heres-why-81526
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Which animal would make the best spy? First-of-its-kind evidence shows bees can (sort of) learn "Morse Code"
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First-Of-Its-Kind Evidence Shows Bees Can Learn "Morse Code" – Well, Kinda
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https://www.iflscience.com/first-of-its-kind-evidence-shows-bees-can-learn-morse-code-well-kinda-81527
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Why Did "Magic Mushrooms" Evolve To Be Hallucinogenic – What's In It For The Mushrooms?
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Why Did "Magic Mushrooms" Evolve To Be Hallucinogenic – What's In It For The Mushrooms?
Psilocybin must be useful in some way to the fungi. In fact, it may be so useful that it has evolved this mind-altering compound several times.
https://www.iflscience.com/why-did-magic-mushrooms-evolve-to-be-hallucinogenic-whats-in-it-for-the-mushrooms-81518
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Why Can't You Domesticate All Wild Animals? The Process Relies On 6 Characteristics Few Mammals Possess
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Can Any Animal Be Domesticated? A 1959 Experiment Achieved Remarkable Results With “Wild” Foxes
TL;DR – Don’t make wild animals your pet unless you want to end up covered in bites and urine.
https://www.iflscience.com/why-cant-you-domesticate-all-wild-animals-the-process-relies-on-6-characteristics-few-mammals-possess-81520
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This “Ant-Mimicking” Spider Produces Its Own Kind Of Milk And Nurses Its Babies
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This Momma Spider Produces Milk For Her Babies To Feed On Until They’re Ready To Go Out On Their Own
Raising the question: How does one milk a spider?
https://www.iflscience.com/this-ant-mimicking-spider-produces-its-own-kind-of-milk-and-nurses-its-babies-81525
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Why Does Africa Have So Many Of The World's Largest Land Animals?
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Why Does Africa Have So Many Of The World's Largest Land Animals?
Elephants and hippos and giraffes, oh my!
https://www.iflscience.com/why-does-africa-have-so-many-of-the-worlds-largest-land-animals-81522
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Why Did "Magic Mushrooms" Evolve To Be Hallucinogenic – What's In It For The Mushrooms?
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Why Did "Magic Mushrooms" Evolve To Be Hallucinogenic – What's In It For The Mushrooms?
Psilocybin must be useful in some way to the fungi. In fact, it may be so useful that it has evolved this mind-altering compound several times.
https://www.iflscience.com/why-did-magic-mushrooms-evolve-to-be-hallucinogenic-whats-in-it-for-the-mushrooms-81518
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Meet Some Of Earth's Mightiest Predators
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Meet Some Of Earth's Mightiest Predators
Apex predators are animals that sit at the top of their food chain – so by land, sea, or air, let’s meet some of Earth’s apex predators.
https://www.iflscience.com/meet-some-of-earths-mightiest-predators-81487
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