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Aviation

The fastest way to board an airplane, according to science

Better, faster boarding methods exist, so why don’t we use them? 

By Mack DeGeurin

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Whales

The Cold War’s accidental whale observatory

Built to track enemy submarines, the Navy’s underwater listening network inadvertently revealed that whales may be singing across entire oceans.

By David Rothenberg / MIT Press Reader

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Engineering

World’s largest blanket fort built at Las Vegas community center

The 14,103-square-foot engineering marvel and Guinness world record holder filled a basketball court.

By Andrew Paul

The new microraptor dinosaur Jian changmaensis (left) attacks the early bird Gansus yumenensis (right) in what is now the Changma Basin of northwestern China approximately 120 million years ago. Credits: illustration by Lewis LaRosa, colorized by Jão Canola.
Evolution

Velociraptor’s cousin flew like a flying squirrel

Four ‘wings’ helped the crow-sized avian dinosaur glide.

By Andrew Paul

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Birds

Eaglets Sandy and Luna spend their first night alone on the nest

But don’t worry, mama Jackie slept not too far away.

By Laura Baisas

Drone view of Stonehenge and Wiltshire Countryside in England, UK. The stone circle dates to 3000 BC and is one of the best known ancient wonders of the world and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Archaeology

Humans really did move Stonehenge’s six-ton centerpiece

Melting ice age glaciers could’t have moved Altar Stone alone.

By Andrew Paul

an illustration of a large scorpion standing on a marsh
Wildlife

World’s biggest scorpions were the size of baseball bats

‘Praearcturus gigas’ stalked present-day England and Wales 415 million years ago.

By Laura Baisas

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Dogs

Why your dog eats grass

It’s not because they’re sick—probably.

By Niranjana Rajalakshmi

Pancreatic cancer cells. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of pancreatic cancer cells. The cells are joined by a cytoplasmic bridge. The irregular shape of the cells, the cellular projections and blebs (nodules) are typical of cancer cells. Pancreatic cancer often causes no symptoms until it is well established and untreatable.
Cancer

Breakthrough drug nearly doubles survival with advanced pancreatic cancer

An oncologist explains how daraxonrasib overcame an ‘undruggable’ disease.

By Christopher Lieu / The Conversation

At the start and after three days: the top images show the uninjured spinal cord of a zebrafish; those in the middle show the injured spinal cord; and those at the bottom illustrate how the nerve cells grow thanks to the microrobots. (Image: ETH Zurich)
Stem Cells

Injectable nanorobots may help heal spinal injuries

The tiny devices are fused with stem cells and respond to electromagnetic signals.

By Andrew Paul

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