Humans have a knack for sharing intimate moments in unlikely places, as membership of the mile-high club demonstrates. So there is a significant chance that the launch of the space tourism sector may be...
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Watch as a Gray Whale Seeks Out an Unlikely Source of Help For Its Lice Problem : ScienceAlert
A remarkable video shows the moment a gray whale sought help from a whale-watching captain in Mexico to have parasites picked off its head. The footage, posted to Facebook in March, was taken by...
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Dolphins Are Spreading Behaviors, Too, And It’s a Real Problem : ScienceAlert
The news that orcas are attacking and sinking ships off Europe’s Iberian coast has the world captivated by the strange workings of the creatures’ culture. But these aren’t the only sleek ocean swimmers that...
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Earth’s Jet Streams Look as Chaotic as a Van Gogh Right Now, And That’s a Big Problem : ScienceAlert
The currents of air that wrap around our planet are becoming unrecognizable to climate scientists. Some have even compared the chaotic pattern of the jet streams to a Van Gogh painting. The southern part...
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Lab-Grown Meat Has a Big Problem Very Few People Know About : ScienceAlert
In spite of advances in making laboratory-cultured meat products taste like the real deal, we’re yet to see a single factory pumping chicken nuggets out of a vat. That might not be such a...
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New ‘Cosmic Ladder’ Measurement Leaves Us With a Major Physics Problem : ScienceAlert
Some mysteries in science vanish with more accurate measurements, resolving gaps with a puff of new data. And sometimes, a second look simply reinforces the fact you have a mystery on your hands. It’s...
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This Surprisingly Simple Shape Solves a Longstanding Mathematical Problem : ScienceAlert
A group of mathematicians has unveiled a brand new 13-sided shape they’ve simply called ‘the hat’. Don’t let the rather mundane description fool you though. This hat (which looks a bit like a fedora)...
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This Asteroid Has Survived For 4 Billion Years. That Could Be a Huge Problem : ScienceAlert
A vast amount of rocks and other material are hurtling around our Solar System as asteroids and comets. If one of these came towards us, could we successfully prevent the collision between an asteroid...
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Technology Is Saving You From Profound Levels of Boredom And It’s a Problem : ScienceAlert
The constant distraction of social media could be preventing our minds from settling into a deeper, more complete feeling of boredom, according to a new study. Which is a shame, given complete boredom can...
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Small Lakes Keep Growing Across The Planet, And It’s a Serious Problem : ScienceAlert
A new study has revealed that small lakes on Earth have expanded considerably over the last four decades – a worrying development, considering the amount of greenhouse gases freshwater reservoirs emit. Between 1984 and...
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