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The Kinsey Scale Test and 3 other ways to find where you fall on the sexuality spectrum
Sep 17, 2021 3:00 PM
This high-tech gunsight could allow soldiers to shoot around corners, Matrix-style
Sep 17, 2021 10:59 AM
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Sep 17, 2021
First Martian rock samples from Perseverance edge closer to settling water question
Returned Martian rock cores will aid the search for habitable environments and could finally nail down the ages of Martian features.
Sep 17, 2021
This 120-million-year-old bird may have been one of the first to shake its tail feathers
The magpie-sized Yuanchuavis probably wasn’t a strong flyer, but it did dress to impress.
Sep 16, 2021
Blindingly bright black holes could help cosmologists see deeper into the universe’s past
Most humongous black holes, astronomers suggest, have acted the same way throughout the eons.
Sep 16, 2021
Schoolkids in New Zealand discovered a new species of giant penguin
The new fossil is one of the most intact specimens of giant penguins we have.
Sep 16, 2021
Cyclones can be fatal for seabirds, but not in the way you think
An analysis of puffins and other birds could explain mysterious mass die-offs.
Sep 15, 2021
A rare humpback whale ‘megapod’ was spotted snacking off the Australian coast
The gobble gathering may also be a foreboding sign of climate change.
Sep 13, 2021
Vaccines for kids ages 5 to 11 could be available by Halloween
All the COVID-19 news you need to know this week.
Sep 13, 2021
Nicholas marks the 14th named storm of 2021—a number we usually hit in November
The storm could bring serious flooding to the Texas and Louisiana coasts in the next 48 hours.
