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    22 August 2024

    Scientists Calculated the Energy Needed to Carry a Baby. Shocker: It’s a Lot.

    In humans, the energetic cost of pregnancy is about 50,000 dietary calories — far higher than previously believed, a new…
    21 August 2024

    The Itsy Bitsy Spider Inspired a Microphone

    If spiders use their webs like a large external eardrum, researchers reasoned, perhaps spider silk could be the basis for…
    17 August 2024

    Why Do People Make Music?

    Music baffled Charles Darwin. Mankind’s ability to produce and enjoy melodies, he wrote in 1874, “must be ranked amongst the…
    16 August 2024

    The Unusual Evolutionary Journey of the Baobab Tree

    New research shows the “upside-down trees” originated in Madagascar and then caught a ride on ocean currents to reach mainland…
    12 August 2024

    Fossil Catches Starfish Cousin in the Act of Cloning Itself

    The brittle star specimen suggests that the sea creatures have been splitting themselves in two to reproduce for more than…

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