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Science The real scoop on the biggest shark that ever lived Maggie Koerth

conservation Scientists clone endangered horse from genetic material frozen 40 years ago David Pescovitz
conservation Diego and other giant tortoises head to home island after saving their species Andrea James
Science Swiss scientists grew mini Neanderthal brains in petri dishes Thom Dunn
dinosaurs Largest known soft-shell reptile egg discovered in Antarctica Thom Dunn
australia The first known baby koala since the Australian wildfires has been born in a zoo Thom Dunn
Tom the Dancing Bug Executive extortion goes domestic in "The Don, Part II" Ruben Bolling
science fiction Kim Stanley Robinson on how the coronavirus is rewiring our imaginations Gareth Branwyn
Science Enormous and “potentially hazardous" asteroid will fly by Earth tomorrow David Pescovitz
discoveries 41,000+ year old string may have been made by Neanderthals Gareth Branwyn
Science Scientists: Drug hippos are… good? Seamus Bellamy
Science Grad student proves one of Darwin's theories almost 140 years after his death David Pescovitz
animals Newly discovered c.1933 footage of the extinct Tasmanian Tiger (thylacine) David Pescovitz
NSFW Collecting semen from an elephant (NSFW) Rob Beschizza
Environment "The current [insect] extinction crisis is deeply worrisome," say experts Mark Frauenfelder
News NASA reports a "potentially hazardous" asteroid will come close to Earth on February 15, 2020 Mark Frauenfelder
climate crisis 150,000 nature illustrations from around the world enter the public domain thanks to the the Biodiversity Heritage Library Gareth Branwyn
climate change Bumblebee population is declining so fast they could become extinct Mark Frauenfelder
privacy "Edge AI": encapsulating machine learning classifiers in lightweight, energy-efficient, airgapped chips Cory Doctorow
dinosaurs The largest insect that ever lived, the Dragonfly-like Meganeuropsis, had a wingspan of 28" Gareth Branwyn