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Jan 10, 2025 | 
scientificamerican.com | Sophie Hartley
Aaron Skarlupka, a hunter in northeast Wisconsin, was recently thrilled when he got his first harvest of the season: an eight-point white-tailed buck. Skarlupka’s son, who was along for the chilly morning hunt in the woods, convinced his dad to have the prominent head mounted so he could put it on his bedroom wall.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
snexplores.org | Sophie Hartley
arsenic: A highly poisonous metallic element. It occurs in three chemically different forms, which also vary by color (yellow, black and gray). The brittle, crystalline (gray) form is the most common. Some manufacturers tap its toxicity by adding it to insecticides. attention: The phenomenon of focusing mental resources on a specific object or event.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
snexplores.org | Sophie Hartley
acronym: A word made by combining some of the starting letter or groups of letters from a number of words. For instance, STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Radar is an acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging. Even laser is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. anxiety: A nervous reaction to events causing excessive uneasiness and apprehension. People with anxiety may even develop panic attacks.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
bristolworld.com | Sophie Hartley
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowStudents from Clifton High School worked hard to raise funds to buy presents for children and young people facing cancer this Christmas. This festive season, Clifton High School students used their creativity and talents to bring Christmas cheer to children and young people facing cancer in Bristol.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
sciencenews.org | Sophie Hartley
Each year, scientists break new ground in their quest to understand life and the mysteries of the cosmos. Here are eight milestones in 2024 that caught our attentionThe first complete map of a fruit fly’s brain details all 139,255 nerve cells and the 54.5 million connections between them. It’s the largest brain map made of any animal, even though the fruit fly’s brain is poppy seed–sized (SN: 11/2/24, p. 32). The map could lead to a deeper understanding of how information flows in the brain.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
sciencenews.org | Sophie Hartley
Camera collar footage is unveiling the secret lives of Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus), South America’s only surviving ursid. A wild Andean bear in Peru was caught eating soil or clay, courting females and even cannibalizing a dead bear cub. “It’s so hard to see an Andean bear,” says Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, a wildlife biologist at Amazon Conservation, a nongovernmental organization in Cusco, Peru. Scientists estimate there are fewer than 20,000 left in the wild.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
snexplores.org | Sophie Hartley |Nsikan Akpan |Stephen Ornes |Sharon Oosthoek
agent: A person or thing (it can be a chemical or even a form of energy) that plays some role in getting something done. agile: Able to move quickly (and pivot as needed) with skill and little apparent effort. Sometimes the term is applied to thinking and project management as well as to athletic pursuits. behavioral ecologist: A scientist who studies how animal behavior relates to where animals live.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
sciencenews.org | Sophie Hartley
For the first time, scientists have captured a zoomed-in photo of a star outside of our Milky Way galaxy. The image revealed surprising details about WOH G64, a giant star that is probably dying, researchers report November 21 in Astronomy & Astrophysics. The star, which is about 1,500 times the size of our sun, sits 160,000 light-years away from Earth. It lives inside the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that orbits the Milky Way.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
sciencenews.org | Sophie Hartley
A new kind of border patrol agent could soon start work in African ports, sniffing out illegal goods that are smuggled across country lines. They’re rats. And they wear tiny red vests. African giant pouched rats have been trained to identify pangolin scales, elephant ivory and other items from at-risk species, researchers report October 30 in Frontiers in Conservation Science. The animals could soon play a part in deterring the international wildlife trade.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
sciencenews.org | Sophie Hartley
Synthetic food dyes — and their links to neurobehavioral issues in children — are having a moment. Last month, California governor Gavin Newsom signed the California School Food Safety Act into law, banning the state’s public schools from serving or selling foods containing six synthetic food dyes starting in 2028.
