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Tom Gauld on a missing prototype

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Twisteddoodles on a mysterious scientific delivery

Portrait of young woman and shadow Description Portrait of young woman and shadow. U.S.A

Mind

What characterises a dark empath? The science behind the buzzword

Exposures of clocks, watches, Time-Pieces of various kinds and periods. Photograph ?? Santosh Verma

Why are there 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour?

2XH91PX Common redshank (Tringa totanus) in breeding plumage perched on one leg on wooden fence pole along meadow in summer

Why do so many birds like standing on one leg?

MKC0KM white cat climbing on a tree

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Encounter Within One Second ? Zhang Yanguang This image captures the International Space Station (ISS) transiting across the solar disc. The solar background was captured separately with double-stacked etalon[an optical filter that isolates specific wavelengths, used to observe solar details], and reveals high-contrast chromospheric details. The imaging sequences were strategically combined during post-processing to preserve both the spacecraft?s crisp silhouette and the Sun?s intricate surface features. Taken with a Takahashi Teegul 60 telescope, Coronado SolarMax 60 double stacked, Vixen polaris mount, Player One Astronomy Neptune-M camera, 500 mm f/8.3, 0.3-millisecond exposure Location: Xiamen, Fujian, China, 24 January 2025

Space

Otherworldly space images from a major photography competition

Comment

Pink Floppy Disc and The Bitles: Embracing the future of AI music

My Octopus Mother by Kat Zhou

Life

Stunningly intimate octopus image wins aquatic photography prize

Tom Gauld on the lifecycle of scientific papers

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Twisteddoodles: Twenty generations of selective breeding later…

Given Earth rotates, can I travel by going straight up and waiting?

Does a full moon reflect enough sunlight to drive photosynthesis?

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