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NASA's newly unfurled solar sail has started 'tumbling'...
A NASA spacecraft erected a large, foil solar sail in orbit around Earth last week, after a failed attempt days earlier. However,...
Why are some people's mosquito bites itchier than others'?...
A previously unrecognized type of immune cell may be responsible for the itchy feeling brought on by bug bites and other allergic...
Massive helium reservoir in Minnesota could solve US shortage
A helium reservoir with the highest concentrations ever seen could hold enough of the gas to address critical shortages in the U.S....
Over 40% of pet cats play fetch — but scientists aren't...
About 40% of cats play fetch with their owners, but it's not clear why.
Boat-ramming orcas may be using yachts as target practice...
Orcas off the coasts of Spain and Portugal may be using boats as targets to practice hunting their favorite food, Atlantic bluefin...
Specialist 'carbon nanotube' AI chip built by Chinese scientists...
Scientists in China have developed a tensor processing unit (TPU) that uses carbon-based transistors instead of silicon – and they...
Mysterious 'mustached' burial mounds in Kazakhstan date...
Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered 10 kurgans, or burial mounds, dating to the Middle Ages, and some have "mustaches."
We now know why tarantulas are hairy — to stop army ants...
Tarantulas' hairy bodies protect against the scavenging, spider-eating army ants that clean their nests, scientists say.
