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Fat Bear Week Day 1: It’s a battle of the moms and single females
Bear 132 found her lost cub while Bear 909 lost both her cubs, one in an attack by another bear competing today.
Gardener finds 40 pounds of Viking silver in his backyard
The 10th century cache is the largest discovery of its kind in Denmark.
China’s new supersonic plane could travel twice as fast as sound
The TMS-10 is on track to complete a test flight by the end of the year.
Opera singers and shrieking lemurs share vocalization strategies
The world’s only known signing lemur needs to make calls that can travel through the thick rainforest.
Fragment of oldest known peace treaty discovered in Turkey
The Kadesh Peace Treaty was signed by Pharaoh Ramesses II and Hittite King Ḫattušili III around 1259 BCE.
3 myths about working from home, debunked
Turns out we’re not more productive and happy in the office.
Mama Bear #132 has one of Fat Bear Week’s most compelling stories
Mother, protector, survivor, and a big-bellied girl.
Neurosurgeon recounts a ‘miracle of biology’
‘He had no business surviving. His survival was a triumph.’
Your robotic vacuum is a witness: What home robots mean for evidence, privacy and the law
Devices in homes now generate evidence continuously.
Tiny ‘chaos potatoes’ show off parkour moves
The rabbit-looking rock hyrax is actually related to elephants.
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