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04/11/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
How the moon landing showed our world that aliens are more than just science fiction
When Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins returned to Earth after their manned mission to the moon, the triumphant astronauts were put into a 21-day period of isolation. Per NASA safety protocols, this was to make sure that the Earth’s first visitors to the moon wouldn’t spread any potentially hazardous lunar microbes. Before the […]
04/10/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Ancient reptilian vegetarians: Scientists discover fossilized teeth of extinct crocs that dined on plants
Modern crocodiles are known as apex predators – and rightly so. While these fearsome reptiles don’t primarily hunt people, estimates indicate that crocodiles kill about 1,000 humans per year. They kill more people per year than other fearsome animals like sharks and hippopotamuses. However, recent research shows that the crocodile’s ancient relatives, which lived around […]
04/10/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Brazil dig unearths evidence of a new desert-dwelling dinosaur species
Paleontologists working in southern Brazil have unearthed a new species of dinosaur. This particular species was carnivorous and used its claws to capture small prey over 90 million years ago. The new dinosaur, called the Vespersaurus paranaensis, was a theropod, or a bipedal carnivorous dinosaur. Popular theropods include the T-rex and the Velociraptor. Paleontologists have been […]
04/08/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Birth of the “ploonet”: Scientists want to coin new term for cosmic objects that are a cross between a moon and a planet
Astronomers have coined a term for cosmic objects that are sort of a cross between a planet and a moon: a ploonet. According to researchers, ploonets can form when moons that have distant orbits with their planets suddenly break free from their orbits due to gravitational interactions. This causes the new ploonets to end up […]
03/14/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
New study shows coronavirus can live in patients for up to 37 DAYS after they’re diagnosed
Researchers from China have discovered that coronavirus patients can be infectious for up to five weeks after they first develop symptoms. Their study found that COVID-19 can live in people’s respiratory tracts for as long as 37 days after they were diagnosed. Most healthcare experts around the globe have been recommending an isolation period of just […]
03/13/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
It’s all in the call: Goats can distinguish emotional states from other goats based on their vocal calls
Humans can identify and express emotions through the sound and tone of their voice – and it turns out that some animals are capable of this, too. A recent research suggests that goats can detect emotional changes in other goats simply by listening to their vocal calls. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) […]
03/12/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Scientists trace mysterious, short-lived radio bursts to a galaxy located 3.6 billion light years away from Earth
Scientists have been able to confirm the source of a short-lived “radio outburst.” Apparently, it comes from a galaxy located 3.6 billion light years away from Earth. This short-lived radio outburst is known as a fast radio burst (FRB) and scientists have been perplexed by them for years. They appear as fleeting signals from distant universes that nobody can […]
03/07/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Prehistoric site described as “real-life Atlantis” – experts in a race against time to retrieve treasures before it disappears again
In the site known as Ala-Tei in the Tuva Republic, in Russia, scientists are racing against time to retrieve dozens of treasures from over 110 burial sites — all of which are thousands of years old. The Tuva Republic, one of the federal subjects of the Russian Federation, sits in the so-called Sayan Sea, an artificial reservoir created when the Sayano-Shushenskaya […]
03/06/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Couple finds massive mammoth tooth beside a broken pot in the garden of their new cottage in the UK
A retired couple in the British county of Devon, located in southwestern England, have accidentally discovered an enormous mammoth tooth right next to a broken plant pot in their garden. The tooth, which was identified as a molar, weighed 12 lbs and was 15 inches long. It was found by Stephen and Stella Huyshe-Shires in November of 2018 when […]
03/01/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Researchers discover huge freshwater pocket off the East Coast, beneath the sea coast
Off the northeastern coast of the United States, researchers have found a gigantic freshwater aquifer hiding underneath the Atlantic ocean. An aquifer is an underground layer of water. This particular aquifer’s exact size is still unclear, but the researchers believe it has the potential to be the largest known aquifer to date. For comparison, the largest currently known […]
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