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Cantor's giant softshell turtle: The frog-faced predator...
These leathery turtles spend most of their lives buried motionless in river mud, but burst into action to catch their unsuspecting...
Neuroscientists taught rats to drive tiny cars. They took...
Scientists taught rats to drive to a certain destination, but the rodents took a detour, suggesting they enjoy both the journey and...
Large language models not fit for real-world use, scientists...
Large language model AIs might seem smart on a surface level but they struggle to actually understand the real world and model it...
Where did the 1st seeds come from?
From delicate dandelions to mighty oak trees, millions of plants use seeds to reproduce. But where did the first seeds come from?
Meet FRED: The world's 1st-ever, nearly complete fossil...
The near-complete database reflects a spirit of trust and collaboration among the country’s scientific community — but will it last?
'Tour de force' study may explain why trauma can lead to...
Stress can shape how memories are formed, a study in mice suggests. The findings could point the way to future treatments for PTSD...
Meteorite found in a drawer at university contains 700-million-year-old...
The Lafayette meteorite was discovered in a drawer at Purdue University in 1931, with no clear indication of how it got there. A new...
World's biggest coral — so big it can be seen from space...
The world's biggest coral — an organism made up of about a billion polyps — is about three times bigger than the previous record-holder...
