A new study out of the University of Arizona is trying to answer an age-old question
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This carpenter ant says ‘Happy Halloween’
Planet
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The extreme close-up recently won a runners-up prize in the Nikon Small World microphotography competition
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Meet the gamma-ray burst that is the B.O.A.T.
Science and Tech
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That’s “brightest of all time” to you!
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Pan Solo is an out-of-this-world mother-daughter creation
Weird Zone
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This incredible ‘bread sculpture’ recreates the iconic moment from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
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Glittering skin dino mummy is changing how we view fossils
History
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Named Dakota, this Edmontosaurus fossil has skin that wasn’t preserved in the way that paleontologists thought it had to be
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This binary star’s dust halo acts like tree rings
Science and Tech
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Thanks to the new James Webb Space Telescope, we’re seeing this rare phenomenon in great detail