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In 2009, researchers in Japan placed five men individually inside a completely dark room and photographed them with a camera sensitive…
Sep 1, 2026
Biology
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A tiny turtle raised at a Massachusetts zoo was released into the wild in 2011 and disappeared from researchers for 12 years
Aug 31, 2026
Life
Scientists once thought zebra stripes might help confuse predators, but when researchers dressed horses in zebra-striped coats, biting…
By Daniel Moran · Aug 30, 2026
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Humpback whales have been seen helping seals, sea lions and even sunfish escape orca attacks
By Daniel Moran · Aug 30, 2026
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The rule that you should drink eight glasses of water a day has been repeated for decades, but when a physiologist went looking for its…
By Daniel Moran · Aug 29, 2026
Life
Scientists long considered the brain one of the first organs to disappear after death
Aug 28, 2026
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Elephants don't simply walk away when one of their own dies
By Daniel Moran · Aug 27, 2026
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In 1962, French geologist Michel Siffre climbed into a glacier cave in the Alps with no clock and no sunlight and stayed for two months…
Aug 27, 2026
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The Greenland shark may live for nearly four centuries by doing almost everything slowly
By Daniel Moran · Aug 25, 2026
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Dog owners were 31% less likely to die from cardiovascular causes than non-owners in a major analysis, according to the American Heart…
By Daniel Moran · Aug 25, 2026
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A survey of 491 primate species found same-sex sexual behaviour was most likely in long-lived animals facing food scarcity, predation…
Aug 24, 2026
Life
A kangaroo hopping at high speed can use dramatically less energy than a four-legged mammal of the same size running at the same pace
Aug 23, 2026
Life
The textbook reason insects never colonised the deep ocean is that water pressure would crush their airways
By Brendan Brown · Aug 22, 2026
Life
We picture fertilization as millions of sperm racing alone
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 21, 2026