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Could All Of Math Be Reduced To A Single Operation? This Theoretical Physicist Says Yes, And He's Found It
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Could All Of Math Be Reduced To A Single Operation? This Theoretical Physicist Says Yes, And He's Found It

Plus AND minus too complicated? We might have something for you.

7,500-Year-Old "Neanderthal-Human Hybrid" Skull Turns Out To Be Something Different
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7,500-Year-Old "Neanderthal-Human Hybrid" Skull Turns Out To Be Something Different

Modern humans and Neanderthals did produce hybrid offspring, but it's unclear if a frontal bone from Germany belonged to one of them.

Scientists identify main cause of extreme nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
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Scientists identify main cause of extreme nausea and vomiting in pregnancy

A key gene tied to hyperemesis gravidarum, an extreme form of vomiting in pregnancy, is also linked to a heightened risk of type 2 diabetes, scientists report.

Bruce the parrot is missing his upper beak —‬ but that hasn't stopped him from becoming an undefeated jousting champion
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Bruce the parrot is missing his upper beak —‬ but that hasn't stopped him from becoming an undefeated jousting champion

A kea parrot in New Zealand who lost the top part of his beak when young has developed a new way to fight other males that has made him unbeatable.

NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Just Mapped the Cosmic Ices That Will Someday Build Planets
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NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Just Mapped the Cosmic Ices That Will Someday Build Planets

New missions mean new capabilities - and one particularly interesting new mission is finally up and running. Data is starting to come in from SPHEREx, the medium-class surveyor that is mapping the entire sky every six months. A paper based on some of that early data was recently published in The Astrophysical Journal, mapping ice and compounds called Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) throughout some interesting regions of our Milky Way.