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The lighter side of science.

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Adorable, Rare Andean "Ghost" Cat Captured On Camera Trap Proves #Conservation Measures Can Work | By Eleanor Higgs for @IFLScience “Every discovery...confirms that the #Andeancat is still present in the area and that conservation efforts are yielding concrete results." —María José Bolgeri iflscience.com/adorable-enda…
Adorable, Rare Andean "Ghost" Cat Captured On Camera Trap Proves Conservation Measures Can Work

Adorable, Rare Andean "Ghost" Cat Captured On Camera Trap Proves Conservation Measures Can Work

By working with local farmers measures can be implemented to protect both livestock and the cats.

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Josh Milburn@JoshLMilburnOct 7
You can now read a version of my interview in @IFLScience below! 'turning cats into recording devices ... makes cats (all cats) into legitimate military targets ... All cats are thus put at risk by this programme.' iflscience.com/in-1964-the-c…
In 1964, The CIA Attached Microphones To Cats And Tried To Train Them To Eavesdrop On Their...

In 1964, The CIA Attached Microphones To Cats And Tried To Train Them To Eavesdrop On Their...

Can you train an animal to be a spy, and more to the point, should you? Holly Large investigates

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I'm in the latest issue of Curiosity magazine (@IFLScience) discussing animal spies. '...turning cats into recording devices potentially makes cats (all cats) into legitimate military targets ... All cats are thus put at risk by this programme.' iflscience.com/do-other-anim…
Do Other Animals Have Pets? Find Out More In Issue 46 Of CURIOUS – Out Now

Do Other Animals Have Pets? Find Out More In Issue 46 Of CURIOUS – Out Now

Can you train animals to be spies? What is a fossil? All this and more exclusively in the latest issue of our e-magazine.

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How close are we to talking to animals? Listen to CETI CEO & Founder David Gruber on @IFLScience's The Big Questions Podcast. bit.ly/3UAV7T3
How Close Are We To Talking To Animals? | IFLScience The Big Questions

How Close Are We To Talking To Animals? | IFLScience The Big Questions

If we learned the language of another species, could we one day talk to aliens?

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The San Andreas Fault Is Under More Stress Than Ever Before iflscience.com/the-san-andre… via @IFLScience #UCRscience #SanAndreas #earthquakes #CajonPass #geology #ucr #ucriverside
The San Andreas Fault Is Under More Stress Than Ever Before

The San Andreas Fault Is Under More Stress Than Ever Before

Is The Big One round the corner? It all comes down to Cajon Pass.

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🎥 @DrCarpineti @RussMoul Eleanor Higgs & Dominic Grose, @IFLScience "IFLScience Investigates The Loch Ness Monster: The Science, Story, And Power Of Belief" 🔗 zurl.co/ukYfz 👉zurl.co/LpXEu 2/2
The Loch Ness Monster: The Science, Story, And Power Of Belief

The Loch Ness Monster: The Science, Story, And Power Of Belief

Although it’s been nearly 100 years since Nessie was first brought ...

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T. Rex Had "Human-Sized Arms On A Bus-Sized Animal" – Now We Have The Best Explanation Yet For Why iflscience.com/t-rex-had-hum…
T. Rex Had "Human-Sized Arms On A Bus-Sized Animal" – Now We Have The Best Explanation Yet For Why

T. Rex Had "Human-Sized Arms On A Bus-Sized Animal" – Now We Have The Best Explanation Yet For Why

The idea that T. rex's tiny arms were a consequence of its large, powerful skull isn't new – but a study of 85 theropod species pulls together some convincing numbers to back up the claim.

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My interview about the Trachenko-Zaccone equation and its description of 12,000 years of global population growth @IFLScience: iflscience.com/seen-reports-…
Seen Reports That The Global Population Is Set To Halve By 2064? Here's The Real Story

Seen Reports That The Global Population Is Set To Halve By 2064? Here's The Real Story

“Typically, it is very difficult to ‘go back’ and rewind.”

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IFL Science: What Causes All The Symptoms Of Long COVID And ME/CFS? The Brainstem Could Be The Key A new theory has been put forward, suggesting that damage to this vital part of the brain could explain why these conditions affect so many bodily systems' iflscience.com/what-causes-a…
What Causes All The Symptoms Of Long COVID And ME/CFS? The Brainstem Could Be The Key

What Causes All The Symptoms Of Long COVID And ME/CFS? The Brainstem Could Be The Key

A new theory has been put forward, suggesting that damage to this vital part of the brain could explain why these conditions affect so many bodily systems.

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In 1979, a pair of magicians infiltrated a study into the paranormal, using tricks to test the scientific rigor of the experiments in a hoax that lasted three years. iflscience.com/project-alpha…
Project Alpha: In 1979, Magicians Infiltrated A Washington Laboratory To Test Scientific Rigor In...

Project Alpha: In 1979, Magicians Infiltrated A Washington Laboratory To Test Scientific Rigor In...

From ghosts appearing in photographs to a lot of bent spoons, things got pretty weird when the “Alpha Kids” crashed a study.

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Thank you @IFLScience and @The_RHF for featuring our research! By: @begusgasper, Ronald Sprouse, @anleb1, Miles Silva and @sgero.
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Vowel Sounds "Thought To Be Unique To Humans" Discovered In Sperm Whales For The First Time iflscience.com/vowel-sounds-…

Vowel Sounds "Thought To Be Unique To Humans" Discovered In Sperm Whales For The First Time

Sperm whales can alter the frequency of their clicks to make “a” and “i” sounds.

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“Behold The GARLIATH!”: Enormous “Living Fossil” Hauled From Mississippi Floodplains Stuns Scientists iflscience.com/behold-the-ga… big Alligator Gar story by @The_RHF @IFLScience #GarWeek @OKWildlifeDept @ms_nature
“Behold The GARLIATH!”: Enormous “Living Fossil” Hauled From Mississippi Floodplains Stuns Scient...

“Behold The GARLIATH!”: Enormous “Living Fossil” Hauled From Mississippi Floodplains Stuns Scient...

Alligator gars: putting the “gar” in gargantuan for 100 million years.

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Comet 3I/ATLAS - Here's what you need to know. youtu.be/r3t_d41BPIg
Amazing Facts All About Comet 3I/ATLAS

Amazing Facts All About Comet 3I/ATLAS

The third interstellar object known to humanity is a fascinating sp...

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From @IFLScience: What's So Weird About The Methuselah Star, The Oldest We've Found In The Universe? iflscience.com/whats-so-weir… #spacenews #perthnews #wanews #communitynews #astronomynews #astronomy
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From @IFLScience: "We Were Onto Something": Highest Resolution Radio Arc Shows The Lowest Mass Dark Object Yet iflscience.com/we-were-onto-… #spacenews #perthnews #wanews #communitynews #astronomynews #astronomy
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#Ad Axis Communication’s engineers teamed up with a veteran music producer, Jonas Quant, to recreate the iconic music featured in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey using everyday objects. Read more: ifls.online/axis-orchestra
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Is De-Extinction Really Possible? Discover the questions we should all be asking ourselves as this curious new branch of science takes off. From the dire wolf to the woolly mammoth, what can actually be achieved? iflscience.com/iflscience-th…
IFLScience The Big Questions: Is De-Extinction Really Possible?

IFLScience The Big Questions: Is De-Extinction Really Possible?

Discover the questions we should all be asking ourselves as this curious new branch of science takes off.

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Do you know where your cat is? It's like that 60s PSA, but seriously, a free-roaming Mr Crumbles could be cooking up some wildcat hybrids - and that's a big problem. @IFLScience iflscience.com/domestic-cats…
Domestic Cats Keep Making Hybrids. That’s A Problem, And Yes – That Includes Some Pets

Domestic Cats Keep Making Hybrids. That’s A Problem, And Yes – That Includes Some Pets

Not again, Mr Crumbles.

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🐚🎨Mollusks are artists too, writes @holly_v_large for @IFLScience, sharing the story of A. picasso, one of 46 new microsnail species recently described in Zookeys! iflscience.com/teeny-tiny-ne…

Teeny Tiny New Snail Species Named After Picasso, Because Mollusks Are Artists Too

This miniature work of art is so small you could fit six of its shells across a penny.

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What Happened To The Planet That Earth "Ate"? @IFLScience iflscience.com/what-happened… @sebacampanario @GabrielBurin @fedelowe

What Happened To The Planet That Earth "Ate"?

Maybe the real Theia is the Moon we made along the way.

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From @IFLScience: New Planet In Strange Perpendicular Orbit Around Binary Stars Is Straight Out Of Science Fiction ow.ly/WVQS50VC573 #spacenews #perthnews #wanews #communitynews #astronomynews #space
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