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Jaguar breaks records by swimming at least 1.3 kilometres

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Forensic Expert Explains How 3D Laser Scanning Could Reconstruct the Charlie Kirk Shooting

Charlie Kirk, 31-year-old founder of the conservative nonprofit organization Turning Point USA,…

Recycled glass could help fend off coastal erosion

In the 1960s, saltwater intrusion in a southeast Louisiana swamp killed the…

Hedonistic habits could turn you into a mosquito magnet

Mosquitoes may not bite indiscriminatelyhugh sturrock/Alamy Hedonists who drink beer, don’t wash,…

NASA’s JWST Hunts Dark Matter in Stunning Image of Bullet Cluster

For astronomers studying dark matter, the Bullet Cluster is one of the…

Future Martians will need to breathe. It won’t be easy

Asteroid impacts, microbes, mining: These are a few tactics engineers might one…

A weird cloud forms on Mars each year and now we know why

Unusual clouds form over the Martian volcano Arsia Mons each yearESA/DLR/FU Berlin/J.…

What Is Alpha-Gal Syndrome? Symptoms, Causes and Way to Get Tested

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.Imagine suddenly becoming…

The brain preserves maps of missing hands for years

The brain holds space for a missing limb, even years after it’s…