A new technique reveals human evolution was rife with interbreeding

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The fungal puppet master has been living a secret life

The post The Bizarre Life Cycle of “Zombie-Ant” Fungus Gets a New Twist appeared first on Nautilus.

The features of fish that have passed through the Suez Canal provide clues

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For women of every race, age, and size

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requiring service members to screen for low testosterone levels. Ironically, the military lifestyle itself is more likely to lower T levels.

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It marked the city's first smog incident. Here’s what it looked like—back then and over the years that followed.

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Almost all of these tiny organisms vanished way back in the early Cretaceous period

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Black holes sometimes make a break for it

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It’s not the first time the robot has found interesting patterns on the red planet

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New research points to a seafaring people who ranged far and wide

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Hallucination may have more to do with our shared brain chemistry with snails, insects, and sea urchins

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Hidden genetic diversity may have given it an advantage

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A dark history that is in danger of returning as support for people with disabilities withers

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Sand ripples preserved for billions of years

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The previously unpublished short story reveals the playful and erotic side of the father of modern computing

The post A Forgotten Literary Window Into the Personal Life of Alan Turing appeared first on Nautilus.

The ocean giants deploy tiny solutions to counteract their own buoyancy

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Viking 1 landed on Mars 50 years ago

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The volatile compound they emit induces temporary infertility in other females

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Generations of parents have a new piece of scientific evidence to combat couchpotatoism

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Our tales of AI developing the will to survive, commandeer resources, and manipulate people say more about us than they do about language models.

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