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[:es] A Key Property of Life Has Been Detected From High Altitude For The First Time [:]

[:es]Hold up your hands in front of your face. For most people, they will be mirrored copies of each other: You can hold them palm-to-palm and they will match up, […]
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[:es] Two Previously Unknown Brain Cell Types Have Been Discovered in Mouse Study [:]

[:es]Despite us having mapped and categorized so much of mammal biology already, there are still new surprises lying in wait. Now, scientists have found two new types of glia – […]
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[:es] Humans Are Evolving Faster Than Ever. The Reason Is Not Genetic[:]

[:es]At the mercy of natural selection since the dawn of life, our ancestors adapted, mated and died, passing on tiny genetic mutations that eventually made humans what we are today. […]
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[:es] Humans Can Learn How to ‘Echolocate’ in Just 10 Weeks, Experiment Shows [:]

[:es]With enough training, most humans can learn how to echolocate, using their tongue to make clicking sounds, and interpreting the sounds of the echoes that come back, reflected from the […]
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[:es] China’s Advanced ‘Artificial Sun’ Fusion Reactor Just Broke a New World Record [:]

[:es]China has achieved a new milestone in humanity’s experiments to harness the power of the stars.[:]
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[:es] We’ve Detected the Closest Extragalactic FRB Yet, but It’s From an Unexpected Place [:]

[:es]A newly discovered repeating fast radio burst (FRB) named FRB 20200120E is deepening the mystery of these already deeply mysterious space signals.[:]
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[:es] Climate Change Likely Contributed to One of The Oldest Examples of Human Warfare [:]

[:es]One of the oldest known war cemeteries, discovered in the Nile River Valley, did not necessarily originate from a single epic battle like we once thought. [:]
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[:es] Enigmatic Designs Found in India May Be The Largest Images Ever Made by Human Hands [:]

[:es]Hidden in the vast, arid expanses of India’s Thar Desert lie mysterious old drawings carved into the land.[:]
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[:es] What if The Heart of The Milky Way Isn’t Actually a Black Hole Like We Thought? [:]

[:es]We sort-of take it for granted that there’s a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, but we can’t really go there and check. What if […]