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Common Octopus

Life

Octopuses prompt rethink of why animals evolve big brains

A popular idea suggests a link between big brains and a rich social life, but octopuses don't fit the pattern, which suggests something else is going on

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Life

Bubble feeding trick spreads through humpback whale social groups

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Health

Cross-training may be the key to a long life

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Environment

51动漫s investigate 鈥榙ark oxygen鈥� in deep-sea mining zone

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The receding waters of Latyan Dam near Tehran, Iran

Environment

World is entering an era of ‘water bankruptcy’

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Physics

Chernobyl cooling systems have lost power but meltdown risk is low

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artist's impression of satellite in space

Space

Satellites could use magnetic fields to avoid collisions

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Mars

Space

Mars once had a vast sea the size of the Arctic Ocean

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Health

Sunscreens made from ground-up wood reach an SPF of over 180

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Life

Why a tool-using cow could change how we see farm animals

A pet cow has learned to scratch herself with a broom, showing creative problem-solving skills that make it harder to ignore the fact that these animals have minds, says Marta Halina

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Health

Barnacle gloop could improve inflammatory bowel disease treatments

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Society

Should Europe boycott US tech over Greenland, and is it even possible?

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Space

Star appears to have vanished in a failed supernova

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Life

Giving astronauts tardigrade toughness will be harder than we hoped

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