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May 13, 2026
Gravitational lens shows a galaxy just 800 million years post-Big Bang
Early galaxy has elements produced by the Universe's first supernovae.
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May 10, 2026
Huge landslide created a 500-meter-high tsunami in a major tourist area
Fortunately, it happened early in the morning, so nobody was around.
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May 1, 2026
Scorpions go terminator mode and reinforce their weapons with metal
Different hunting patterns seem to dictate different distributions of metal.
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April 26, 2026
New robotic control software avoids jamming their joints
Software lets robots learn from each other even if they have different hardware.
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April 24, 2026
Meet the 19-meter Cretaceous kraken that swam with mosasaurs
Layer by layer, researchers revealed the jaws of an ancient predator.
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April 10, 2026
Oldest octopus fossil found to not be an octopus
Supposed “first octopus” was something else entirely.
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April 2, 2026
Male octopuses guided through mating by female hormones
A receptor that's used to find prey is also activated by progesterone.
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March 28, 2026
Explanation for why we don't see two-foot-long dragonflies anymore fails
Breathing capacity could have compensated for lower atmospheric oxygen.
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March 20, 2026
Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars
There may be a river delta hidden under the obvious delta in a Martian crater.
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March 13, 2026
Magnetars drag spacetime to power superluminous supernovae
Frame-dragging may explain an odd pattern seen in the brightest supernovae.
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March 8, 2026
Tiny, long-armed dinosaur leads to rethink of dinosaur miniaturization
Small size seems to have come before a change in diet for a tiny dinosaur lineage.
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March 7, 2026
A unicorn-like Spinosaurus found in the Sahara
A unique head spike and fish-eating jaws help make sense of these dinosaurs.
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March 6, 2026
Asteroid defense mission shifted the orbit of more than its target
The binary asteroid's orbit around the Sun was affected by the impact.
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