Science

Buzz Aldrin’s first ever space selfie is on sale

[ad_1] The axiom that everything is more beautiful in space (literally!), Means that Buzz Aldrin’s 1966 “space selfie” is, in fact, the most beautiful selfie ever. And while most of us earthbound meat bags won’t have the ability to take our space selfies for some time, one lucky person can …

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These masked singers are bats

[ad_1] IMAGE: The wrinkled-faced Centurio senex bat males display a hairy crease that can be pulled up to cover the lower half of the face like a mask. View More Credit: Marco Tschapka Wrinkled-faced bats not only have the most twisted faces of any bat species, the males also have …

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Taurid meteor shower to light up the skies

[ad_1] The Taurid meteor shower is caused by the passage of the Earth through a stream of debris created by Comet Encke. The comet, first seen in 1786, orbits the sun about every 3.3 years, according to NASA. In 1800, Johann Franz Encke calculated its orbit to first recognize it …

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Noise, light pollution alter the reproduction of birds: study

[ad_1] CHICAGO, Nov.11 (Xinhua) – A University of Michigan (UM) study has suggested that human-caused noise and light pollution can harm individual species of bird populations. Researchers looked at a large collection of datasets to assess how artificial light and human-caused noise affected the reproductive success of 58,506 nests from …

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Elusive deep-sea squid first found in Australian waters

[ad_1] Australia is home to all sorts of weird and wonderful creatures, and scientists have found another peculiar resident. Key points: Five bigfin squid have been spotted in the Great Australian Bight off the west coast of South Australia The squid can live more than 4,500m below the ocean surface …

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