5 Mathematical Formulas from Ancient Times - Discover Magazine
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A Giant Short-Faced Bear Once Stood 11 Feet Tall During the Ice …
5 days ago · Being a giant predator during the Pleistocene — from around 2.6 million years to about 11,000 years ago — was no easy feat. From short-faced bears to Ice Age coyotes, American cheetahs, dire wolves, saber-toothed cats, and American lions, competition was a plenty, and staying alive was a daily battle. But yet, this mega-bear was still the apex predator …
Watch Out for Those Cute Animal Smiles, They May Not Be What …
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Social Media Could be Influencing This Form of Body Dysmorphic …
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How Vera C. Rubin Revolutionized Dark Matter - Discover Magazine
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Why Controlled Burns Sometimes Mutate into Runaway Wildfires
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Why Flat Cell Imaging Is Set to Revolutionize Microscopy
5 days ago · Why flat cell imaging is set to revolutionize microscopy Microscopes traditionally resolve only the thin layer of cellular activity within a narrow focal plane. Now scientists have worked out how to squeeze an entire cell and all its molecular machinery into this space.