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The World’s Deadliest Cat Is a 2-pound Furball That Lives in Abandoned Holes Dug by Strange, Kangaroo-like Rodents in Africa
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (750+ words) Researchers used laser technology to track the secret underground lives of Africa's smallest cats. Survival in this harsh, semiarid landscape depends not just on stealth and hunting skill, but also on these hidden interdependencies. Famously'more efficient hunters'than lions or leopards,…...
Toxic Wastelands and Former War Zones Are Accidentally Becoming Some of the World’s Most Successful Wildlife Sanctuaries
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1242+ words) Few locations on Earth are as haunting or deeply ironic as so-called involuntary parks " places too toxic, dangerous, or otherwise made off-limits for human habitation, but which have paradoxically and unintentionally become sanctuaries for wildlife in our absence. As the…...
A Radical New Camera Focuses on Everything and Everywhere — All at Once
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (886+ words) Researchers built a lens that keeps everything sharp, near and far, at the same time. Now a team at Carnegie Mellon University has built a camera that simply opts out of that trade-off. Every part of the scene snaps into…...
Incredible Close-Up of Spider Silk, a South Pole Sunrise, and Frog Mass Reproduction: Stunning Entries at Royal Society Photography Competition
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (541+ words) Home " Other " Great Pics Science has a reputation problem. For many people, it's something that lives in dusty journals, spreadsheets, and dry conferences where people speak in acronyms. But real science is vibrant. It's messy, colorful, uncertain, and often breathtaking....
Nikon’s Small World Turns a Rice-Eating Pest Into a Microscopic Masterpiece
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (164+ words) Home " Other " Art For over half a century, Nikon's Small World competition has been a celebration of the hidden dimensions of life. Each year, scientists and artists from around the world submit images that transform the invisible into the extraordinary....
This Long-Lost Sleek Forest Predator Is Making a Comeback in a British National Park After 100 Years
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (853+ words) Nineteen pine martens released into Exmoor mark a milestone in the UK's rewilding movement For the first time in over a century, a shadow from Britain's lost wilderness has returned to the forests of Exmoor. This autumn, conservationists released nineteen…...
Selfies are wrong; and also not right
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (1313+ words) Home " Features " Pieces Your left cheek could be the secret to getting more likes on social media. Life is a performance, as William Shakespeare observed. "All the world's a stage. And all the men and women merely players," he wrote…...
NASA Astronaut Snaps Rare Sprite Flash From Space and It’s Blowing Minds
7+ mon, 1+ hour ago (627+ words) A sudden burst of red light flickered above a thunderstorm, and for a brief moment, Earth's upper atmosphere revealed one of its most elusive secrets. From 250 miles above the surface, aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Nichole "Vapor" Ayers looked…...
NASA Captured a Supersonic Jet Breaking the Sound Barrier and the Image Is Unreal
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (452+ words) [NASA Captured a Supersonic Jet Breaking the Sound Barrier and the Image Is Unreal]The coolest thing about this flight is that there was no sonic boom. The coolest thing about this flight is that there was no sonic boom....
An Astronaut Just Captured a Jaw-Dropping Photo of Earth and the Milky Way from Space
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (391+ words) [An Astronaut Just Captured a Jaw-Dropping Photo of Earth and the Milky Way from Space]Yes, that's Earth. In another shot shared on February 24, Pettit captured the aurora lighting up Earth's horizon, with the Milky Way glowing faintly in the…...