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Great white sharks don’t always flee after orca attacks
Popular Science 22 Feb 2026
Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are often unfairly the stuff of marine nightmares ... This predator relationship was particularly emphasized in 2015, when passengers on a cage-diving boat at Australia’s Neptune Islands witnessed a ... ....
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Blue-faced, puffy-lipped monkey scores a rare conservation win
Popular Science 21 Feb 2026
For once, there’s good news in animal conservation. A population of Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus avunculus)—critically endangered primates with colorful faces and big lips—is stable ... They also tested a new survey approach ... ....
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The parrots having human-like conversations
Popular Science 20 Feb 2026
If you’ve ever looked at an animal and wondered, what’s going on in their head, You’re far from being the only one (though it’s pretty clear what this little raccoon was thinking when he shoved his head into a peanut butter jar) ... ....
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Inside the Colosseum’s Passage of Commodus, where emperors once walked
Popular Science 17 Feb 2026
They say all roads lead to Rome ... Well, the Roman emperors brought the world to Rome for them to see.” ... Image ... an emperor ... The Passage of Commodus ... Image. Margherita Bassi/Popular Science ... Margherita Bassi/Popular Science ... Margherita Bassi/Popular Science ... .
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How hibernating hamsters could help astronauts
Popular Science 16 Feb 2026
With the freezing temperatures that have recently pummeled parts of the northeastern United States, the idea of curling up for the winter and snoozing until spring sounds very appealing ... Muscle repairing can recommence when they are warm again ... ....
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Yosemite’s glowing, golden waterfall is flowing again
Popular Science 13 Feb 2026
As if California’s Yosemite National Park wasn’t magical enough, its famous El Capitan rock formation is graced with an exhilarating phenomenon every February ... If that sounds like a wonderful sight, you’re in luck. It’s that time of year again ... Image ... .
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Hubble Zooms in on the Mysterious Egg Nebula, and It’s More Spectacular Than Ever
Gizmodo 11 Feb 2026
The stunning image captures a star's dying moments wrapped in dust, light, and a cosmic conundrum still waiting to be solved ....
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Scientists Spot First Known Lava Tube on Venus
Gizmodo 10 Feb 2026
Until now, lava tubes on the second planet were purely theoretical ....
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New Deep-Sea Mollusk Has an Iron Tongue and Hitchhiking Worms That Eat Its Poo
Gizmodo 10 Feb 2026
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The world’s smallest sea turtle lives in a noisy ocean
Popular Science 08 Feb 2026
For the world’s smallest sea turtles, life in the ocean is getting pretty noisy ... We say might because even though these sea turtles share waters with extremely busy shipping lanes, scientists know very little about their underwater hearing ... ....
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