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Since the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, the park's ecosystem has become a deeply complex and heterogeneous system, aided by a strategy of minimal human intervention. The new study is a synthesis of 40 years of research on large mammals in Yellowstone National Park.

2.84k points 109 comments

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11h

NVIDIA faked the moon landing by rebuilding the entire lunar landing using NVIDIA RTX real-time ray tracing to prove it was real.

35.7k points 2.18k comments

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11h

What form does the released energy take in fission and fusion reactions?

1.67k points 216 comments

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9h

Why does superfluidity only occur in helium?

1.16k points 95 comments

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12h

Where do texts go when the recipient is in Airplane Mode?

1.08k points 173 comments

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15h

People with psychopathic tendencies are slightly more likely to be a company boss, but a new study finds that psychopathic traits in men help them emerge as leaders and be seen as effective, but these same tendencies are seen as a negative in women.

25.9k points 1.15k comments

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Early life forms on Earth may have been able to generate metabolic energy from sunlight using a purple-pigmented molecule called retinal that possibly predates the evolution of chlorophyll and photosynthesis. As a consequence, early Earth may have looked purple

5.3k points 169 comments

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A formula used to calculate basic wood density has recently been corrected. Basic density is widely used to compute carbon storage by trees. Researchers estimate that the error in the initial formula resulted in an overestimation of forest carbon stocks, to the tune of almost 5%.

688 points 24 comments

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10h

Letting your dog sleep with you is good for chronic pain sufferers, new study shows — “A sense of relaxation and caring are emotions that release positive hormones in our bodies that will help us sleep better.”

1.46k points 83 comments

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14h

Search for Alien Life Should Be a Fundamental Part of NASA, New Report Urges - A blue-ribbon committee finds the science of astrobiology is worthy of deep integration into the space agency’s exploration efforts

2.07k points 117 comments

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Countries that ban the smacking of children appear to be safer for young people to grow up in, according to research revealing that fighting between youths – particularly females – is less common where corporal punishment has been outlawed.

2.96k points 329 comments

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17h

National bans on slapping children linked to less youth violence. In countries with full bans at home and school, rates of physical fighting are 42 percent --69 percent lower

3.97k points 524 comments

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18h

What makes an object sharp? How does it cut or pierce through other objects?

801 points 87 comments

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4h

Genetics plays outsized role in autism, large study shows. At 64 percent, its heritability is similar to that of schizophrenia, ADHD and bipolar disorder, the new study shows.

222 points 21 comments

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16h

Why do small stars live much longer than big stars?

325 points 67 comments

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4h

Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede has 9 strike-slip faults scattered across its surface. On Earth, these faults (such as the San Andreas fault in California) are typically found at the boundaries between oceans and continental plates.

118 points 6 comments

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5h

Is there anyone else here who has a deep fascination with space but knows nothing about maths or physics?

109 points 41 comments

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1d

Prosthetics: Can someone born without a limb (rather than losing it after birth) use advanced prosthetics controlled by nerves and neural pathways?

8.74k points 215 comments

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1d

New brain imaging study suggests that dogs have at least a rudimentary neural representation of meaning for words they have been taught, differentiating words they have heard before from those they have not.

16.6k points 498 comments

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A father's exposure to nicotine may cause cognitive deficits in his children and even grandchildren, according to a new study. The effect, which was not caused by direct secondhand exposure, may be due to epigenetic changes in key genes in the father's sperm.

96 points 11 comments

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2h

US is likely to fall to 64th country in life expectancy by 2040. Spain predicted to be first.

60 points 5 comments

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1d

Researchers have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets in orbit around it, the first time that so many massive planets have been detected in such a young system. The system has also set a new record for the most extreme range of orbits yet observed

21.7k points 267 comments

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3h

Paul Allen almost single-handedly saved SETI and the most profound search in human history. Thank you Paul!

41 points 4 comments

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1d

Mammals cannot evolve fast enough to escape current extinction crisis

17.2k points 1.17k comments

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Males have greater reproductive success if they spend more time taking care of kids, finds a new study based on mountain gorillas by anthropologists.

4.14k points 143 comments