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a long python snake coiled in the grass with its head poking up
Wildlife

Hunting for Burmese pythons is best done in the dark

The invasive species is wreaking havoc on ‘one of the world’s most unique ecosystems.’

Seaweed farmer in Bali, Indonesia on November 23, 2018.
Environment

Kelp farming isn’t as green as it seems

Growing kelp may appear like a simple strategy for removing atmospheric carbon, but the practice has many pitfalls.

Plesiosaur skeleton
Dinosaurs

Paleontologists solve decades’ old mystery about plesiosaur skin texture

Hint: Think ‘turtle.’

Researchers implanted cultivated tooth constructs into the mandibles of six two-year-old mini pigs.
Animals

Human-like teeth successfully grown in a pig’s mouth

Researchers believe lab-grown teeth could one day serve as an alternative to synthetic dental implants.

a close up of a brightly colored mantis shrimp. they have two buldging eyes and greenish-yellow side appendages that they use to punch
Wildlife

How mantis shrimp protect their powerful ‘fists’ of fury

Their dactyl clubs can break aquarium glass.

a black and white dog called a border collie sniffs around green grass
Dogs

Border collies out-sniff some hunting dogs in scientific smell competition

Move over, bloodhounds.

There are differences between the ways U.S. and China regulate AI.
AI

Why regulating AI is so hard—and necessary

Misinformation, market volatility and more: Faced with the need to mitigate risks that artificial intelligence presents, countries, and regions are charting different paths.

Deep envisions several of its 'sentinel' units parking beside each other to from an underwater research center.
Technology

The company spending millions to build an underwater human settlement

Initial participants may spend 28 days in these ‘sentinels’—but the firm envisions much, much longer stays.

Crane installing wind turbine wings
Renewables

New wind turbines will test out the world’s longest wooden blades

Two companies aim to install over 164-foot-long blades as early as next year.

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