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Bigclaw snapping shrimp

Life

Young snapping shrimp鈥檚 tiny claws beat underwater acceleration record

Juvenile bigclaw snapping shrimp can clamp their claws nearly 20 times faster than their parents. The acceleration is similar to a bullet leaving a gun and even faster than mantis shrimp

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Icelandic Physiologus (c.1200) depiction of the Apsido feeding (Reykjav铆k AM 673 a II 4to fol. 3v
Life

Ancient depictions of Norse sea monsters may be feeding whales

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Aye-aye

Life

Aye-aye and possums top list of mammals we should focus on saving

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Sharpshooter insect

Life

Tiny insects excrete vast amounts of urine using an anal catapult

News
sharpshooter insects launch urine droplets from anal catapult
Life

Watch sharpshooter insects launch urine droplets from anal catapult

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The fossilised skull of a Dunkleosteus

Life

Ancient fish thought to be larger than sharks was actually quite short

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Northern lights, aurora borealis, over Fort William, Scotland, on 27 February 2023

Space

Northern lights: The best pictures of the aurora taken across the UK

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Rocket launch

Space

SpaceX launches Starlink V2 satellites to increase internet capacity

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power station

Technology

Artificial intelligence training is powered mostly by fossil fuels

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Ford Puma, a new patent granted to Ford would allow it to build cars that repossess themselves

Technology

Ford patents car that can repossess itself and drive back to showroom

A new patent allows Ford to build cars that take action if the owner falls behind on payments by playing annoying sounds 鈥� or even driving themselves back to the seller

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Environment

Eco-friendly exoskeleton cuts apartment building energy use by 60%

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Life

Stripy wind turbines could prevent fatal seabird collisions

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Health

US agency says covid-19 may have leaked from lab 鈥� here’s what to know

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Environment

We need to test solar geoengineering techniques soon, say researchers

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