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The bdelloid rotifer is a tiny freshwater creature that can be found around the world. It is about the thickness of a piece of paper or just a hair larger. (Soil Cryology Laboratory)

24,000-Year-Old Animal Found Alive, Well And Ready To Reproduce

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For the past 24,000 years, the multicellular microorganism had been snoozing in Siberian permafrost.
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European researchers discovered that pigs' barks, grunts and other vocalizations reveal emotions that can be monitored by farmers to improve production. (Elodie Briefer)

Pig Grunts, Barks And Squeals Reveal A Range Of Emotions

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Researchers have developed an algorithm that “decodes” pigs’ vocalizations.
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Two men chase away a swarm of desert locusts early in the morning, on May 21, 2020, in Samburu County, Kenya. Trillions of locusts swarmed across parts of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, following an earlier infestation in February. (Fredrik Lerneryd/Getty Images)

Why Locusts Form Destructive Swarms

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Researchers discover what causes solitary, harmless insects to radically change their behavior and form huge, migrating swarms.
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Fish make sounds to communicate with each other on everything from food and sex to territory. Researchers are creating a database of these sounds, which may be able to identify the fishes making them. (Kieran Cox)

Sounds Fishy: New Website Offers Repository Of Fish Sounds From Around The World

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In the future, scientists and fishers may use underwater microphones to identify the fish they are looking for.
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A scanned image of key device 41, a lesser-known successor to the Enigma machine that was used by a small number of people working for Germany's intelligence services toward the end of World War II. (Fraunhofer IIS/Zenger)

VIDEO: WWII Enigma Machine, Other Encryption Devices Dating Back To 1870 Scanned And Modeled

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The Deutsches Museum in Germany is working to unveil the secrets of the encryption devices.
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Noble false widow spiders (Steatoda nobilis) originated in the Madeira and Canary archipelagos but have spread to the British Isles and North America. Using a powerful neurotoxin, they paralyze their prey to feed on them. Their bite can be harmful to humans and spreads antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (NUI Galway)

Come Into My Parlor: Noble False Widow Spider Observed Preying On Bats

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An invasive species of spider is targeting protected native species in the British Isles.
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The first shared public electric road system in the United States will be built in the heart of Detroit by ElectReon (Courtesy of ElectReon)

In-Road Electric Vehicle Charging Is Coming To Michigan

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ElectReon is setting up an inductive vehicle charging pilot in Detroit, the first shared public electric road system in the U.S.
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Arapouco 1962. Skeleton 3A is visible on the left of the photograph, lying on the right side of skeleton 2A. These burials illustrate several traits common to the Sado Valley burials during the Mesolithic period. (Peyroteo-Stjerna et al., 2022/European Journal of Archaeology)

Mummification In Europe May Be The Oldest In The World

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While the Chinchorro mummies of Chile date back to 7000 B.C., a new study shows Portugal has much older preserved bodies.
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Researchers have found that the rate of generation of the HbS mutation, which protects against malaria, is higher in people from Africa, where malaria is endemic. (Warren Umoh/Unsplash)

Human Genetic Mutation Is Not Random, Study Suggests

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Researchers find that a mutation that protects against malaria is more common in people from areas where malaria is endemic.
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The SS Bloody Marsh, which completed construction in 1943, was recently found when the NOAA was mapping the ocean floor off the coast of South Carolina. (NOAA Ocean Exploration)

Researchers Make Startling Find While Mapping Ocean Floor

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Scientists came across a historic discovery while mapping the ocean floor — an oil tanker that dates back to World War II.
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