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250-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Origins of Our Unique Hearing - ScienceAlert
science 2026/02/01 18:04:33

250-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Origins of Our Unique Hearing - ScienceAlert

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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New Data Points to Massive Underground Structures Beneath Venus - Indian Defence Review
science 2026/02/01 17:57:51

New Data Points to Massive Underground Structures Beneath Venus - Indian Defence Review

Beneath Venus’s scorched surface, scientists may have found something massive—and it could rewrite planetary history.

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Bright Light Streaks Across New Zealand Skyline: What Could It Be? - The Daily Galaxy
science 2026/02/01 17:16:00

Bright Light Streaks Across New Zealand Skyline: What Could It Be? - The Daily Galaxy

A mysterious streak of light appeared over Wellington, New Zealand, on January 30, 2026.

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Two rare 5th millennium BC fetal burials in Iran reveal variable prehistoric practices - Phys.org
science 2026/02/01 16:10:03

Two rare 5th millennium BC fetal burials in Iran reveal variable prehistoric practices - Phys.org

In a study conducted by Dr. Mahdi Alirezazadeh and Dr. Hanan Bahranipoor, published in Archaeological Research in Asia, two exceptionally well-preserved fetal burials from Chaparabad, Iran, dating to the mid-5th millennium BC, were analyzed including burial L…

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Plastic pollution promotes hazardous water conditions, new study finds - Phys.org
science 2026/02/01 16:10:01

Plastic pollution promotes hazardous water conditions, new study finds - Phys.org

Dangerous concentrations of algae such as “red tides” have been consistently emerging in locations around the world. A region in Southern Australia is experiencing a nine-month toxic algae bloom that spans thousands of miles and has caused thousands of deaths…

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Imaging the Wigner crystal state in a new type of quantum material - Phys.org
science 2026/02/01 15:50:01

Imaging the Wigner crystal state in a new type of quantum material - Phys.org

In some solid materials under specific conditions, mutual Coulomb interactions shape electrons into many-body correlated states, such as Wigner crystals, which are essentially solids made of electrons. So far, the Wigner crystal state remains sensitive to var…

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