Becky Ferreira

Becky Ferreira

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Scientists Discovered Bats Group Hugging and It’s Adorable
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Scientists Discovered Bats Group Hugging and It’s Adorable

Scientists filmed a bat family in their roost for months, capturing never-before-seen (and very cute) behaviors.
A ‘Warp’ In Our Solar System Might Be an Undiscovered World: Planet Y
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A ‘Warp’ In Our Solar System Might Be an Undiscovered World: Planet Y

In addition to Planet Nine, the solar system may also contain a closer, smaller world that could be spotted soon, according to a new preprint study.
A Strand of Hair Just Changed What We Know About the Inka Empire
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A Strand of Hair Just Changed What We Know About the Inka Empire

A 500-year-old human hair in a rare khipu challenges the long-held idea that only elite men created these knotted records in the Inka empire.
A New Discovery Might Have Just Rewritten Human History
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A New Discovery Might Have Just Rewritten Human History

Long before modern supply chains, ancient hominins were moving stone across long distances, potentially reshaping what we know about our evolutionary roots.
Billions of Sea Stars Mysteriously Turned to Goo. Now We Know Why.
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Billions of Sea Stars Mysteriously Turned to Goo. Now We Know Why.

Scientists have discovered the culprit behind sea star wasting disease, the most devastating marine epidemic on record.
Million-Year-Old Evidence of Epic Journey Near ‘Hobbit’ Island Discovered by Scientists
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Million-Year-Old Evidence of Epic Journey Near ‘Hobbit’ Island Discovered by Scientists

Stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi reveal a long-lost population of human relatives; their identity, and how they crossed the sea, is a mystery.
Scientists Detect Unprecedented Energy ‘Tidal Wave’ from the Sun
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Scientists Detect Unprecedented Energy ‘Tidal Wave’ from the Sun

The afterlife of Puerto Rico’s Arecibo telescope continues with the detection of a powerful “tidal wave” from the Sun.
New Deep Sea Creatures ‘Challenge Current Models of Life,’ Scientists Say
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New Deep Sea Creatures ‘Challenge Current Models of Life,’ Scientists Say

Scientists have discovered chemosynthetic animals, which don’t rely on the Sun to live, nearly six miles under the ocean surface—deeper than any found to date.
Scientists Report Surreal Scenes In the World’s Most Northern Town
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Scientists Report Surreal Scenes In the World’s Most Northern Town

Researchers witnessing warming in Svalbard worry that “we have been too cautious” with climate warnings.
Humans Have Shifted Earth's Rotation, Scientists Discover. Here's How.
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Humans Have Shifted Earth's Rotation, Scientists Discover. Here's How.

Over the past few centuries, dams have pulled the poles a few feet off of Earth’s rotational axis.
Scientists Discover New World In Our Solar System: ‘Ammonite’
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Scientists Discover New World In Our Solar System: ‘Ammonite’

Meet Ammonite, a tiny weird iceball that casts doubt on the Planet Nine hypothesis.
The 800-Year-Old Mystery of a Lost Medieval Legend Is Solved, Researchers Say
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The 800-Year-Old Mystery of a Lost Medieval Legend Is Solved, Researchers Say

The Song of Wade was a popular legend that survives in only one enigmatic text. Now, researchers think they have solved a longstanding puzzle about its meaning.