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Jul 26

Robots made from the dead bodies of spiders? Frankenstein himself would be proud. Engineers from Rice University have recently been toying around with the idea of “necrobots,” a novel area of research that’s turning spider corpses into grabby machine claws🧵

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We're just a few years away from the first woman stepping foot on the Moon, NASA, maybe update the system?

“How Do You Handle Menstruation In Space?”: An Astronaut Explains

We're just a few years away from the first woman stepping foot on the Moon, NASA, maybe update the system?

Klinefelter syndrome affects around one in every 1,000 genetic males.

Oldest Case Of Rare Genetic Condition That Sees Males With Extra X Chromosome Discovered

Klinefelter syndrome affects around one in every 1,000 genetic males.

Our planet looked very different when this piece of crust was around.

A 4-Billion-Year-Old Chunk Of Earth's Crust Lies Beneath Western Australia

Our planet looked very different when this piece of crust was around.

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“It’s just unbelievable that we’ve got this far.”

“Synthetic” Mouse Embryo Develops Brain And Beating Heart For First Time Ever

“It’s just unbelievable that we’ve got this far.”

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The Man of the Hole resisted all attempts at contact after his tribe was wiped out in a series of attacks dating back 50 years.

“Man Of The Hole”: Last Known Member Of Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Has Died

The Man of the Hole resisted all attempts at contact after his tribe was wiped out in a series of attacks dating back 50 years.

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Even if the world stopped warming tomorrow seas will rise almost a foot worldwide from Greenland alone.

Greenland's Melting Ice Has Locked In 27 Centimeters Of Sea Level Rise Already

Even if the world stopped warming tomorrow seas will rise almost a foot worldwide from Greenland alone.

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Bones of the extinct Dromornis stirtoni, probably the largest bird that ever lived, have revealed the fatal weakness that destroyed their descendants 7 million years later – they took too long to breed.

We May Know What Killed Off Australia’s Giant Extinct “Demon Ducks Of Doom”

Despite being possibly the largest birds of all time, the time it took them to reach maturity made them ill-equipped to handle human arrival.

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This year, Helsingborg hosted the H22 City Expo, an initiative to solve the pressures of city living. One of the main partners of this event was IKEA.

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The basin revealed several specimens with their skin remarkably intact.

Flattened Mummies Of Mammal Ancestors Found 250 Million Years After They Limped Through Extinction...

The basin revealed several specimens with their skin remarkably intact.

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Murderous AI Robots' Lab Rampage Conspiracy Theory Has Been Dredged Up Again iflscience.com/murderous-ai-r

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Seahorse fathers have a unique way of giving birth to their young

Seahorse Fathers Give Birth In A Unique Way, New Research Shows

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There are a few reasons why these ants might host this sort of "bee funeral" (but mostly they're not very nice).

What's Going On In This Video Of Ants Making Strange Petal Circles Around Dead Bees?

There are a few reasons why these ants might host this sort of "bee funeral" (but mostly they're not very nice).

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For the first time in 50 years, photos from the Apollo Moon missions have been restored, pixel by pixel, to reveal these iconic images as we’ve never seen them before.

Incredible Remastered Apollo Moon Photos Reveal Details Like We’ve Never Seen

Relive the wonder of the first humans on the Moon now gloriously remastered.

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How were their vast "building blocks" hauled to the construction site? It turns out, we can thank a long-lost branch of the River Nile.

Nile Riverbed Clues Help Explain The Mystery Of Egypt's Pyramid Construction

No, it wasn't aliens.

The newly processed image looks out of a sci-fi movie but it is very real.

Stunning New JWST Image Show The Intricate Shells Of An Aged Star

The newly processed image looks out of a sci-fi movie but it is very real

A team of Japanese and US physicists has pushed thousands of Ytterbium atoms to just within a billionth of a degree above absolute zero to understand how matter behaves at these extreme temperatures.

Quantum Matter Is Being Studied At A Temperature 3 Billion Times Colder Than Deep Space

Physicists have used these ultra-cold atoms to understand the properties of quantum magnetism.

iflscience.comCan Supplements Or Diet Reduce Symptoms Of Arthritis? Here’s What The Evidence SaysArthritis causes pain and disability and commonly reduces the quality of life.

Arthritis causes pain and disability and commonly reduces the quality of life.

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His tomb stone reads “In Memory of William Mead, M.D. who departed this Life on the 28th of October 1652 aged 148 years, and 9 moths, 3 weeks and 4 days.”

The Longevity Elixir Doctor Who Died "Aged 148 Years, 9 Months, 3 Weeks, And 4 Days"

If the tombstone is to be believed, "Dr Mead's patent medicines" apparently worked very well.

Happy weekend! Time to celebrate like this gorgeous black bear, by rolling around in some sawdust 🐻 Video Credit:

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Everything eventually ends up as crabs – and the next thing to get crabby might just be your e-vehicle.

Batteries Made From Crabs And Lobsters Could Be The Future Of Renewable Energy

It's very good news, assuming you're not a crustacean.

A hormone injection therapy could help people with Down syndrome, as a new study found it to improve cognitive function and brain connectivity of a small group of people with the condition.

Hormone Therapy Could Boost Cognitive Function In People With Down Syndrome

GnRH could hold the keys to improved cognitive function in people with Down syndrome, as well as neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, a pilot study suggests.

Scientists have made a surprising discovery, and it might help explain how brain cells communicate long-term changes to each other.

Scientists Uncover New Kind Of Synapse Between The “Tiny Hairs” On Brain Cells

“Everything we learn about biology may be useful for people to lead better lives, if you can figure out how biology works, you can fix things.”

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“If President Bolsonaro and his agribusiness allies get their way, this story will be repeated over and over again until all the country’s Indigenous peoples are wiped out,” Watson said. #StopBrazilsGenocide

“Man Of The Hole”: Last Known Member Of Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Has Died

The Man of the Hole resisted all attempts at contact after his tribe was wiped out in a series of attacks dating back 50 years.

Scientists have used ultra-fine lasers to reveal an Ireland-sized chunk of Earth’s crust that could be up to 4 billion years old. Where did they find it, you ask? Deep down under.

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A 4-Billion-Year-Old Chunk Of Earth's Crust Lies Beneath Western Australia

Our planet looked very different when this piece of crust was around.

The highest-quality footage of the Titanic has been released, showing the infamous sunken wreck in an “astonishing level of detail” like never seen before ow.ly/HorC50Kymfv Via

New Titanic Footage Reveals Wreck In Incredible Never-Before-Seen Detail

"God himself could not sink this ship."

“We often think of evolution as branches on a tree… But ... it’s more like a series of streams that converge and diverge at multiple points,” professor Steven Churchill of

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about his research on Neanderthals

Fossil Skulls May Reveal When And Where Neanderthals And Modern Humans Mated

We might finally know when and where Pleistocene shenanigans between humans and Neanderthals occurred thanks to a new analysis of skull shapes.

Dr. Anubhav Pratap-Singh (

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) and PhD candidate Yigong Guo discussed their work on developing oral insulin tablets that can replace daily insulin injections. 💊 via

Major Breakthrough In Development Of Oral Insulin Tablet Made In Rat Study

Say goodbye to daily injections (if you're a rat).

So, what about death in the final frontier?

Death In Space: Here’s What Would Happen To Our Bodies

So, what about death in the final frontier?

NASA's Artemis I Will Make History This Weekend – Here’s How To Watch Live iflscience.com/nasas-artemis-

This Is What Wearing Sunscreen On Your Face But Not Neck For 40 Years Does To Your Skin iflscience.com/this-is-what-w

This Week In Science: A Bizarre Exoplanet Was Snapped By JWST, An Enormous Windfarm Is Now Open For Business, And Much More This Week Learn more here: ifls.online/3B9TW0w

For almost three years, scientists have raced to understand the immune responses in patients who develop severe COVID-19, with an enormous effort aimed at defining where healthy immunity ends and destructive immunity begins.

Long COVID: How Researchers Are Zeroing In On The Self-Targeted Immune Attacks That May Lurk Behind...

Are long COVID-19 patients at increased risk for the development of true, chronic autoimmune diseases in the future?