Scientists attached a camera to the biggest fish on Earth. Here’s what they found
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Brown bullhead catfish melanoma represents a novel transmissible cancer
Blazer, V. S., Shaw, C. H., Smith, C. R., Emerson, P. & Jones, T. Malignant melanoma of brown…
Underwater drones discover coral reefs off Benin, long presumed dead, teeming with life
A picture of the reef by Gérard Zinzindohoué Scientists in search of coral reef barriers which had been…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is awake and healthy after its one-year nap at the edge of the solar system
There’s nothing more disorienting than falling asleep in transit only to wake up and find you’ve somehow drifted…
Monkeys Understand Shapes in Almost the Same Way as Humans
You (probably) won’t find a monkey in a geometry class, but it looks like our fellow primates can…
7 space missions that came far closer to disaster than anyone was told
Spaceflight history often compresses a mission into two facts: it launched and the crew returned. That leaves little…
Québec’s Bill 9 doesn’t just ban symbols — it bans obligations
As of Sept. 1, Muslim students at Québec’s post-secondary colleges, known as CEGEPs, will have no place to…
China discloses rare metal that powers its unique spy satellite the US cannot build
A new study in China’s Journal of Microwaves has disclosed the technology behind the world’s only geosynchronous radar…
How shark-monitoring drones are making tourist beaches safer
Scientists in California, US, are using AI-powered drones to spot great white sharks and warn beachgoers when the…
Space Weather May Warp Martian Weather during Dust Storms, Planetary Scientists Suggest
Planetary researchers have found the first evidence that bursts of energetic particles from the Sun could warm the…
Spain and France continue to battle wildfires as intense heat grips southern Europe – The Irish Times
Firefighters battling wildfires in Spain and France on Wednesday said the risk of more blazes over the coming…
What did astronomers find when they aimed a telescope at a patch of sky that looked completely empty and left it there for ten days?
The short answer is: galaxies. Not one or two, and not a scattering of nearby stars, but thousands…