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Animals
Do elephants have names? A landmark study of wild African elephants suggests that their calls can contain individual labels—offering a remarkable glimpse into how these highly…
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On January 15, 1919, a giant storage tank burst in Boston, releasing millions of gallons of molasses. Discover the real story, the investigation, and the lessons…
In 2016, an AI made a move that shocked professional Go players. Then its successor learned the game from scratch. This is the story of AlphaGo—and…
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, a river runs so hot it can reach 94°C. For generations, locals knew it was real. When a geoscientist heard the…
A peaceful volcanic lake in Cameroon became the center of one of nature's strangest disasters when an invisible cloud of carbon dioxide swept through nearby communities…
Imagine standing on a planet where every storm hurls razor-sharp shards of glass through the air faster than the speed of sound. Welcome to HD 189733…
Nature doesn’t need special effects. Long before any film studio figured out how to fake a river on fire or a lake the color of candy,…
Ninety-five percent of the ocean floor has never been mapped, observed, or photographed at depth. Everything we think we know about the planet we live on comes from the thinnest skin of water above it.
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