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3 weeks ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Gayoung Lee
Often likened to mermaids in media reports and popular culture, South Korea’s famed Haenyeo (“sea women”) spend much of the day underwater, diving without scuba gear to collect abalone, octopus, kelp and other prized seafood.
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3 weeks ago | 
aol.com | Gayoung Lee
Often likened to mermaids in media reports and popular culture, South Korea’s famed Haenyeo (“sea women”) spend much of the day underwater, diving without scuba gear to collect abalone, octopus, kelp and other prized seafood.
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1 month ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Gayoung Lee
In its ninth test flight, SpaceX’s launch vehicle Starship once again reached space, surpassing problems that prematurely ended its two previous test launches. But as with those ill-fated preceding flights, in this one, Starship still failed to reach the ground intact. Instead the vehicle spun out of control and disintegrated during atmospheric reentry.
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1 month ago | 
aol.com | Gayoung Lee
In its ninth test flight, SpaceX’s launch vehicle Starship once again reached space, surpassing problems that prematurely ended its two previous test launches. But as with those ill-fated preceding flights, in this one, Starship still failed to reach the ground intact. Instead the vehicle spun out of control and disintegrated during atmospheric reentry.
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1 month ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Gayoung Lee
What do humans have in common with the dinosaurs that trampled through ancient forests? It turns out that both may have a surprising impact on the size of seeds in the fruits growing around them. When researchers mapped the evolution of seed sizes onto that of land animals, they observed that when land animals got bigger, so did fruit seeds—with a few outsize exceptions.
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1 month ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Gayoung Lee
Cats are arguably perfect. At least, evidence suggests that felines, which have evolved with minimal variation and maximal efficiency, have reached the “perfect” genetic form. “Everything you need to know about genetics, you can learn from your cat,” says Leslie Lyons, a veterinary scientist specializing in cat genetics at the University of Missouri. Studying cats’ coat colors, for instance, has informed various aspects of modern genetics, she says.
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1 month ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Gayoung Lee
What do we really know about the deep ocean? Whether Earth’s ocean is an ecological paradise teeming with wildlife or a mysterious, stormy underworld hiding mythological sea monsters, it goes without saying that our ignorance of the aqueous abyss has shaped our perception of what could exist there. But in terms of actually tallying up what we do know about the deep seafloor, establishing certainty has been elusive.
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1 month ago | 
lescienze.it | Gayoung Lee
Il teorema spettrale In edicola con «Le Scienze» di maggio il nuovo volume della collanaRivoluzioni matematiche. I grandi Teoremi da Pitagora a Nash Alla ricerca di vita su altri mondi Siamo soli nel cosmo?
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2 months ago | 
lescienze.it | Gayoung Lee
Il teorema spettrale In edicola con «Le Scienze» di maggio il nuovo volume della collanaRivoluzioni matematiche. I grandi Teoremi da Pitagora a Nash Alla ricerca di vita su altri mondi Siamo soli nel cosmo?
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2 months ago | 
spektrum.de | Gayoung Lee
Maschinelle Übersetzung Lesedauer ca. 3 Minuten DruckenTeilen Menschenmengen: Wann Chaos ausbrichtChaos entsteht nicht nur durch Autos auf der Straße: Auch Menschenmengen bewegen sich manchmal so chaotisch, dass einzelne aufgehalten werden – wenn zu viele in zu viele unterschiedliche Richtungen wollen. Dies ist eine maschinell erzeugte Übersetzung eines Artikels der internationalen Partner von Spektrum.de. Er wurde von uns überprüft, jedoch nicht redaktionell bearbeitet.
