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Within the first few months of life, every bottlenose dolphin invents a unique whistle that becomes its name for the rest of its life — and other dolphins learn that whistle, remember it, and use it to call out to that specific individual, making bottlenose dolphins the first non-human species ever discovered to use personal names
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China’s satellite engine smashes record, leaves US rival far behind
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First new open-ocean subsea research habitat in 40 years launched
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How astrophysicist Arthur McDonald’s summer job at a power plant came full circle
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