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A tiny piece of amber from Myanmar has captured a defensive maneuver that lizards still use today: shedding part of their tail to escape a predator. The post Lizard Dropped Its Tail 99 Million Years Ago, Amber Preserved Evidence appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .
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Researchers have developed and tested a new locking method for gravitational wave detectors that will advance the discovery of distant black holes and neutron stars colliding.
Encountering scepticism about nuclear energy cemented Ian Ang’s decision to pursue a PhD in the field.
For the first time, scientists have achieved strong coupling between light and long-lived acoustic vibrations in an optical fiber.
Learn more about Snake Road, a 2.5-mile stretch in Illinois that is closed to cars twice a year for the safe winter migration of reptiles and amphibians.
The metric might not mean much to laypeople, but leap seconds have been a source of contention in the timekeeping community for years. Now, they’re dead.
