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This is not a dinosaur
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This is a baby kangaroo and, no, scientists have not cloned a dinosaur! April Fools came early this year, with some people falling for a hoax over the weekend that claimed this image of a baby kangaroo is actually a cloned Apatosaurus. Australian animals don't look that weird, do they?
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Justice for whales
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The International Court of Justice has just ruled Japan's whaling program illegal and not for scientific purposes. The ruling of this case, which was brought against Japan by Australia, means Japan must cease all special permits and refrain from issuing any more.
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World's first x-ray image of a human body part
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Wilhelm Conrad Röentgen, a physics professor at the University of Wurburg in Germany, was experimenting with electric current flow in a partially evacuated glass tube in 1895 and one night he noticed a glow caused by an unknown radiation. He named the phenomenon x-radiation and few months later he took the first x-ray photograph of a body part: the bones in his wife’s hand – and one can even see her wedding band. The first even x-ray image was of a key.
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A carefree seal
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Meet the ribbon seal, native to the icy waters off the southern coast of Russia. With no confirmed predators (except humans who occasionally hunt them), these seals are known for being super relaxed, and will let you walk right up to them on the ice floes.
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Indonesia is taking one large step forward in protecting its wildlife
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In recognition of the manta ray and the crucial role it plays in the world's oceans, Indonesia has declared the world's biggest manta ray sanctuary. For the first time, manta ray hunting and export is banned within the entire 3 million square kilometre area of Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone.
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The amazing intelligence of crows
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Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human.
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This tiny camera takes 3D images of your innards
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This tiny camera invented by scientists F. Levent Degertekin can provide high-definition 3D images of your arteries. The camera, which is the size of an uncooked quinoa grain, uses ultrasound imaging techniques to capture what going on inside the body. The images produced can be used in the surgical theatre, giving doctors a direct view of obstructions in a blood vessel.
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A butterfly in the sea
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Bearded fireworms are the caterpillars of the sea. At home in parts of the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, their bristles can pierce the skin of an unsuspecting swimmer and deliver a powerful venom that will burn for hours.
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On Venus it snows metal
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At the very top of Venus’s mountains, below a thick layer of clouds, is snow. But not snow as we know it - with some surfaces reaching 480°C, Venus is way too hot for that. So what is this stuff? Researchers have figured out that Venus's heat is vaporising minerals called galena and bismuthinite, causing them to enter the atmosphere as a metallic mist before condensing into a shiny, metallic frost that rains down on the mountaintops.
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Shock-absorbing goo found within bones
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A viscous fluid made out of citrate and water is what gives our bones flexibility. The gooey fluid is trapped between the tiny crystals of calcium phosphate that form our bones, absorbing shocks and allowing movement. Without this fluid the crystals fuse together and become less flexible and brittle.
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Tiny octopus hatchling
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This tiny octopus hatchling looks like it wants to pick a fight with the eraser! This is a baby Caribbean pygmy octopus that was born at the Mote Marine Laboratory Aquarium in Florida in March. As you can see, it was extremely tiny at only a day old when this image was taken, but even when fully grown it will only be the size of a dollar coin.
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How far can you dive?
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The elusive Cuvier's beaked whale has set a new world record for the deepest and longest dive performed by any mammal. A new study has shown they can dive to nearly three kilometres below the surface, and can stay down there for more than two hours.
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Snake versus crocodile, see who wins
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A 10-ft long snake, most probably a python, won a battle with a crocodile in northern Queensland. Local residents captured all the action on camera and managed to get some pretty interesting footage of the fight. The snake wrestled, constricted and finally ate the crocodile after a few hours of gruesome battle.
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Scaly viper
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The bush viper lives up in the trees of the tropical forests of Africa, and does most of its hunting at night. They are highly venomous and are found only in tropical sub-Saharan Africa.
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A promising initiative for bees and hotel owners
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Luxury hotels in Sydney are now producing their own honey by setting up bee colonies on their rooftops. The Shangri-La already has five rooftop beehives that have produced 14 kilograms of honey since late last year for use in the hotel’s restaurants and kitchens. Considering the amount of honey used in these big hotels, this is a pretty promising initiative!
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