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Frontiers | Cryptic carnivores: why feline hair makes cats (Felis catus) look vegan
Stable isotope analysis is widely used to study food webs and animal trophic levels. However, δ15N values from domestic cat hair suggest an unexpectedly low ...
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February 3, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Ancient Alaskan site may help explain how the first people arrived in North America
New evidence has emerged that sheds light on the possible first people to populate the Americas. Dating of stone and ivory tools found at an archaeological site in Alaska suggests that these early pio...
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February 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This robot hand detaches and walks by itself
Six-fingered appendage can detach, crawl and manipulate objects
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February 3, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
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February 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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www.space.com/astronomy/ma...
Bleached Martian rocks offer fresh evidence of a wetter and warmer Mars: 'But where did they come from?
"You need so much water that we think these could be evidence of an ancient warmer and wetter climate where there was rain falling for millions of years."
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February 3, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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Traces of ancient seafloor cataclysms turn up in the Himalayas
Vast undersea eruptions may be undercounted source of extinctions through Earth’s history
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February 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo
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February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear
The vision of human-level machine intelligence laid out by Alan Turing in the 1950s is now a reality. Eyes unclouded by dread or hype will help us to prepare for what comes next.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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www.foodsafetynews.com/2026/02/phys...
Physicians' group files petition against new dietary guidelines
New dietary guidelines published by the Trump Administration have been the subject of much discussion in the medical arena, but one group is pursuing legal action. The guidelines put the health and s...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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www.livescience.com/technology/a...
What is Moltbook? A social network for AI threatens a 'total purge' of humanity — but some experts say it's a hoax
A new social networking site exclusively for bots has sparked claims of AI inventing its own religion and plotting humanity's downfall. But experts say its real dangers lie elsewhere.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders. -Walter Bagehot, journalist and businessman (3 Feb 1826-1877)
February 3, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
Who really invented television?
The breakthrough is often credited to Scottish inventor John Logie Baird—but the real history is far more complicated and collaborative.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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In a twist, polar bears are getting fatter in the Norwegian Arctic
With sea ice dwindling, the massive predators are relying more on land-based food sources such as reindeer
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February 2, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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www.livescience.com/space/astron...
'Vampire stars' give up secrets of eternal life in new JWST study
Astronomers have discovered how "forever young" stars stay blue and bright despite being almost as old as the universe.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
More than 43,000 years ago, Neanderthals spent centuries collecting animal skulls in a cave; but archaeologists aren't sure why
Neanderthals repeatedly returned to the cave to store horned animal skulls, revealing this cultural tradition was transmitted over time.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Life may have rebounded 'ridiculously fast' after the dinosaur-killing asteroid impact
After the asteroid smashed into Earth around 66 million years ago, it didn't take life that long to rebound, a new study finds.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Should I stay or should I go with them?
Social forces underpin human foraging
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February 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Early Permian terrestrial apex predator regurgitalite indicates opportunistic feeding behaviour - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Early Permian terrestrial apex predator regurgitalite indicates opportunistic feeding behaviour
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February 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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John Cleese's Favourite Sketch: The Bookshop | At Last The 1948 Show
YouTube video by BritBox
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February 2, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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www.sciencealert.com/250-million-...
250-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Origins of Our Unique Hearing
Modern mammals have unique hearing abilities, able to sense a broad range of volumes and frequencies using middle-ear features, including our eardrums and a few small bones.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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www.earth.com/news/animal-...
Animal swarms are revealing a new kind of intelligence
Animal groups show how simple actions create shared intelligence, shaping technology, health research, and crowd safety.
www.earth.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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February 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM