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Ten years ago, Tanshi found something incredible in a cave in Nigeria: a colony of short-tailed roundleaf bats, a species that hadn’t been seen there in almost 50 years.
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A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested. -
Researchers used a Japanese poet's diary to track solar events that took place over 800 years ago.
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Atmospheric scientist Perry Samson recounts his terrifying story of how he ended up inside a tornado and survived.
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NPR's Short Wave team talks about the surprising benefits of small talk, more humane ways to kill lobsters, and an ancient flood that may have helped create the Grand Canyon.
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Microplastics are everywhere, but scientists could be overstating the numbers.
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Their sensitive facial hair may be the harbor seals superpower for tracking fish, scientists are learning. -
A new type of glass frog has been discovered in Ecuador, and researchers have named it after weightlifter Neisi Dajomes, the first Ecuadorian woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
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New evidence finds that sight and imagination rely on the same neurons and use the same neural code. -
Artemis II safely splashed down off the San Diego coast on Friday. -
A long-term study of the world's largest known community of chimpanzees has documented a rare event: what the researchers describe as the primate equivalent of a "civil war."
