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Watch a 'robot dog' scramble through a basic parkour course with the help of AI

Scientists used AI neural networks to teach a robot dog new tricks, enabling it to climb wooden crates and hop between them.

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12 surprising facts about pi to chew on this Pi Day

On Pi Day (March 14) we celebrate perhaps the most iconic irrational number on Earth. From its ancient origins to the unanswered questions, here are some of the most surprising facts about pi.

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Why NASA uses only 16 of the 105 trillion digits of pi we know

On Pi Day (March 14), NASA reminded us why we need only a small slice of the irrational number's infinite decimal places to explain most of the known universe.

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Paul Alexander, polio survivor who lived in iron lung for 70 years, dies age 78

Paul Alexander was one of the last people to use an iron lung, having been left unable to breathe on his own after catching polio in the 1950s.

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Why some whales go through menopause

Toothed whales appear to have lengthened their lifespan without lengthening their reproductive life so they can help care for their grandchildren, a new study suggests.

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Watch woodpecker evict starling that stole its nest by yanking it out with its beak

A bird photographer in Michigan has captured dramatic footage of the moment a red-headed woodpecker found a starling in its tree trunk nest and evicted it by yanking it out.

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7,000 humpback whales died in the North Pacific over 10 years — and 'the blob' is to blame

New research using artificial intelligence reveals that a decline in the North Pacific population of humpback whales between 2012 and 2021 coincided with the strongest marine heat wave recorded globally.

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Never-before-seen cells unveiled in detailed map of developing human heart

The most comprehensive cell "atlas" of the developing human heart to date was crafted using cutting-edge technology and includes never-before-seen cell types.

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Opposites attract? Not in new experiment that finds loophole in fundamental rule of physics

Like-charged objects were found to clump together while opposites repelled because of the newly discovered "electrosolvation force."

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Prehistoric fish with giant jaws filled with razor-sharp teeth are the ultimate living fossils

Gars have the slowest rate of evolution of all jawed vertebrates, having barely changed since first appearing at the time of the dinosaurs.

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Chinese scientists build world's fastest humanoid robot — but it's not going to win any sprints just yet

By harnessing a huge amount of torque in its legs, the H1 robot can potentially reach 11 miles per hour at top speed.

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Mysterious 'unparticles' may be pushing the universe apart, new theoretical study suggests

New theoretical research suggests that a mysterious form of matter called "unparticles" could be the driving force behind the expansion of the universe.

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Every 2.4 million years, Mars tugs on Earth so hard it changes the ocean floor

A new geological study suggests that Mars' gravitational field pulls the Earth closer to the sun over cycles lasting millions of years, warming our climate.

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New self-powered throat patch could help people speak without vocal cords

The patch might offer a non-invasive communication tool for people who cannot speak due to vocal cord problems.

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Striking virtual 3D scans reveal animals' innards — including the last meal of a hognose snake

3D reconstructions of over 13,000 specimens have been collected as part of a collaborative project called openVertebrate.

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Technicolor 'living magic carpet' deep-sea worm discovered near methane seep off Costa Rica

The rosy-colored, segmented worms appeared to swim through water like a "living magic carpet," scientists say.

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300 people possibly exposed to measles at California hospital

Officials are trying to contact around 300 people who may have been exposed to measles at the UC Davis Medical Center Emergency Department on March 5, when an infected child was treated there.

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COVID pandemic knocked 1.6 years off global life expectancy, study finds

Global life expectancy had been on the rise since 1950, but this historical trend was reversed between 2019 and 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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35 years after first proposing the World Wide Web, what does its creator Tim Berners-Lee have in mind next?

After seeing the balance of power shift to large corporations and big tech companies, the founder of the World Wide Web is determined to give users control over their data again.

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Courtship cut short for termites trapped in 38 million-year-old amber fossil

Amber containing a pair of termites pulled from a Russian mine reveals their mating behavior hasn't changed for tens of millions of years.

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Why does snow squeak when you walk on it?

The science behind why snow crunches underfoot.

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Parasitic worms found in man's brain after he likely ate undercooked bacon

A middle-aged man in the U.S. developed a parasitic infection in his brain after eating undercooked bacon.

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Mass grave of plague victims may be largest ever found in Europe, archaeologists say

Archaeologists in southern Germany have unearthed the skeletons of 1,000 plague victims from eight pits, forming what could be the largest mass grave ever excavated in Europe.

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India's evolutionary past tied to huge migration 50,000 years ago and to now-extinct human relatives

Modern Indians inherited genes from what is now Tajikistan and a diverse set of DNA from Neanderthals and Denisovans, new research reveals.

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3,300-year-old tablet from mysterious Hittite Empire describes catastrophic invasion of four cities

Researchers think a sacred language inscribed in cuneiform on the tablet suggest the Hittite king visited or lived where the tablet was found in Turkey.

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