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These Frogs Have Dazzling Golden Eyes That Are So Unique, They Can Be Used To Identify Them Like Fingerprints
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These Frogs Have Dazzling Golden Eyes That Are So Unique, They Can Be Used To Identify Them Like Fingerprints

Want to ID a treefrog without disturbing it? Just gaze into its eyes.

Earth’s “Impenetrable” Space Radiation Shield Was Just Breached From Within
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Earth’s “Impenetrable” Space Radiation Shield Was Just Breached From Within

Remember the big solar storm back in May 2024? The one that caused auroras as far south as Florida and Mexico? Scientists are still parsing out the impacts that storm had on the local environment, and a new paper published in Geophysical Research Letters by Yoshizumi Miyoshi of Nagoya University and his co-authors shows it might have allowed some nearby electrons to accelerate to relativistic speeds using something called a chorus wave.

Two Different Kinds of Gamma-Ray Bursts Erupted 4 Minutes Apart. Astronomers Have Never Seen This Before.
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Two Different Kinds of Gamma-Ray Bursts Erupted 4 Minutes Apart. Astronomers Have Never Seen This Before.

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For 89 Years, People Have Reported Seeing Phantom Lighthouses That Don’t Exist. We Finally Know Why
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For 89 Years, People Have Reported Seeing Phantom Lighthouses That Don’t Exist. We Finally Know Why

The optical illusion is reported wherever lighthouses exist, but one Australian Island proved a perfect place to study it.

Two Crows Took a Classic Psychology Test. Their Decision-Making Skills Left Ours in The Dust.
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Two Crows Took a Classic Psychology Test. Their Decision-Making Skills Left Ours in The Dust.

So much for 'birdbrains'...ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.