Dog boops. Cat boops. Sea lion boops? You bet. A young South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) approaches divers off the coast of the West Falkland Islands, curious about the the human visitors. He playfully pokes and boops the divers, one of whom is photographer Patrick Webster of the US. During an hour of observing […]
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If there’s one thing baseball fans are averse to, it’s change. Over the MLB’s 149-year history, alterations to the game’s rules, like lowering the pitcher’s mound (1968) or introducing instant replay challenges (2014) came only after years of heated debate between reformers and purists. Maybe the most contentious issue ever to divide these two camps
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You don’t need to spend thousands of dollars upgrading your TV’s audio (though it is fun to do so if you have the cash). Right now, you can get a Bose Solo soundbar for just $99 as part of the Bose refurbished program. Bose refurbishes these devices in-house and offers a warranty as well as
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The Great Wall of China wasn’t a single construction project, but rather a series of defensive and border fortifications linked over hundreds of years under the direction of multiple royal dynasties. Recent archeological discoveries in the nation’s Shandong Province, however, have pushed back the engineering marvel’s start date by around 300 years. The excavation project
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The Atacama Desert in northern Chile sits in the rain shadow of the Andes Mountains. Though it borders the Pacific Ocean, a persistent cold flow known as the Humboldt Current keeps moisture levels in the air relatively low. Clouds form, but quickly dissipate. As a result, rain comes rarely and in small amounts– a few
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Over the weekend, Facebook owner Meta announced “Project Waterworth,” an ambitious plan to build out a globe-spanning, 31,000-mile subsea internet cable. That’s longer from end to end than the circumference of the Earth. When completed, the massive cable is expected to connect the US, Brazil, South Africa, India, and other regions along the route. The
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Modern Australia is known for its array of wildlife: poisonous snakes and spiders, saltwater crocodiles, koalas, kangaroos, and more. The continent was also once home to dinosaurs, including the giant Australotitan and flying pterosaur Haliskia petersensi. Now, paleontologists have found remains of the world’s oldest known megaraptorid–aka the ‘mega raptor’–and the first evidence of a
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Compared to his royal relatives, King Thutmose II doesn’t get much attention. Depending on the documentation, the monarch only ruled over ancient Egypt for 13 years (1493-1479 BCE) at most, and possibly as little as three (1482-1479 BCE). Egyptologists tend to focus more on his father, Thutmose III; half-sister and wife, Queen Hatshepsut; and son,
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In some orchids, photosynthesis is out and parasitism is in. Instead of making food from sunlight, some of these plants have become parasitic and primarily suck nutrients out of the fungi in their roots. Whether these orchids change their feeding method when they can’t get enough nutrients through photosynthesis alone or if they actually get
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