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2,551 results for: Cats
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Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Paleontologists probe the majestic reptiles’ origin and rise.
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Past SN Quantum coverage
Science News has been covering quantum entanglement since the 1920s. Read past stories.
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Quantum Whirls
How turbulence plays out in exotic materials.
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Young’uns adrift on the sea
Scientists try to identify and track elusive larvae in a boundless ocean.
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Food for Mars
Astronauts may have to survive in orbit for months dining on a really limited menu of processed foods and reconstituted beverages served from oh-so-glamorous plastic pouches. Luckily, even the International Space Station can restock its pantry several times a year because these foods are relatively perishable. Which explains the problem NASA faces in planning for really long missions — like a trip to Mars.
- Materials Science
Physicists observe quantum properties in the world of objects
A demonstration marries the world of the very small with the everyday, opening new realms for quantum computing and other applications.
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All Patterns Great and Small
Researchers uncover the origins of creatures’ stripes and spots.
- Life
A more fearsome saber-toothed cat
Analyses of fossils reveal that a third, newly recognized type of saber-toothed cat — one that killed by biting large chunks of flesh from its victim instead of biting its neck and slashing the major blood vessels there —roamed the Americas about a million years ago.
- Anthropology
Partial skeletons may represent new hominid
Partial skeletons may represent a new hominid species with implications for Homo origins, one researcher claims. But many of his peers disagree.
- Chemistry
Mothballs deserve respect
I don’t use mothballs — except sometimes to sprinkle down the burrows of animals excavating tunnels beneath the deck floor of my pergola. It’s the most effective stop-work order for wildlife that I’ve found. But I won’t use these stinky crystals inside my home because they scare me. And those fears appear justified, according to Linda Hall of the California Environmental Protection Agency.
