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05/02/2024 08:56:39 am

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Latte

Why Doesn't Latte Spill as Easily as Plain Coffee?

The foam underneath diffuses the energy of the sloshing motion.

Crater

Siberia Has More Huge Mysterious Craters

Researchers say the craters were likely formed after gas explosions.

Great Barrier Reef

Small Plastics are Big Threat to Corals

A closer look revealed the plastics were deep inside the coral polyps and wrapped in digestive tissue.

Ocean acidification Pacific Oyster

Ocean Acidification Threatens Shellfish, Report Says

The effects on marine biology are most notable among mollusk populations, especially oysters and clams.

Sauna

Sauna Contributes to Better Health

Even compared to people that enjoyed one trip a week, their risk of dying from cardiovascular disease was 50 percent lower.

Carnivorous Bladderwort

Carnivorous Bladderwort has More DNA than Genes

The carnivorous little plant is gaining and throwing away DNA at an unusually rapid pace.

CT Scan Reveals Msyterious Mummy Inside a 1,000 Year-Old Buddha Statue

The research team thinks the mummy was due to "self-mummification".

Unemployment

Long-Term Unemployment May Contribute to Personality Changes

Unemployment can change a person's core personalities.

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Helps Boost an Infant's Immune System

The findings further support the "hygiene hypothesis".

Lake Michigan Ice Cave

Lake Michigan's Ice Caves Appears Again

The caves are formed by wind and waves pushing new ice on top of existing ice.

Soft drinks

Food Coloring in Soft Drinks Can Lead to Risk of Cancer

The ingredient called 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI) is a possible human carcinogen.

Oregon Chub Minnow

Oregon Chub to be the First Fish to Exit Endangered Species List

The fish is endemic only to Oregon and has been federally listed as a threatened species from 1993 to 2014.

Beta Pictoris

Hubble Captures New Images of Young Star Beta Pictoris

The planet orbits Beta Pictorous every 18 to 20 years.

Supermassive black holes

NASA and ESA Calculate Winds from Supermassive Black Holes

If iron is in front of the black hole, it blocks the radiation from the black hole.

Mount Juneau Alaska

Alaska is the Happiest U.S. State, Study Says

This year's Well-Being Index rankings were based on more than 176,000 phone interviews.

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