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  • Thats Using Your Head: How Spiders Avoid Getting Tangled in Webs

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    Thats Using Your Head: How Spiders Avoid Getting Tangled in Webs #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #spider silk #orb weavers #spinnerets #dragline silk #dewdrop spider You’d think spiders would get stuck in their sticky webs, but they’ve evolved ways around it. Their legs have slippery hairs and chemical coatings. They use different silks…

  • Möbius Strips: The Theory of Shapes

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    Möbius Strips: The Theory of Shapes #shorts #strip #paper #Möbius strips #side This paper explains how scientists finally have found the answer to a decades-old question: What is the minimal ratio between the width of a strip and its length? It turns out there’s no such thing, but scientists had previously suggested that it should…

  • Mona Lisa: The Paintings of Leonardo da Vinci

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    Mona Lisa: The Paintings of Leonardo da Vinci #shorts #Leonardo da Vincis painting #lead #oil paints #team Over 500 years after it was painted, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the noblewoman is still revealing secrets. A new study reveals that he used a technique a century ahead of its time. Credit: Sorbonne University/AFP/Getty Images A…

  • Impossible Quartzite Rocks Found on Volcanic Island

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    Impossible Quartzite Rocks Found on Volcanic Island #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #geology #quartzite #volcanic island #Anjouan #mystery Geologists discovered abundant quartzite rock on the volcanic island Anjouan, which should be geologically impossible. The sedimentary quartzite may be a continental chunk deposited before Anjouan formed, but its origins remain a mystery. 👋 Feeling…

  • Tobacco Mosaic Virus – The First Virus Discovered

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    Tobacco Mosaic Virus – The First Virus Discovered #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #viruses #history #tobacco mosaic virus #microbiology The first virus identified was the tobacco mosaic virus in the 1890s. Its ability to pass through bacteria-blocking filters proved a new contagious agent. Modern electron microscopy in the 1930s finally revealed the structure…

  • AI Detects and Classifies Supernova for First Time

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    AI Detects and Classifies Supernova for First Time #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #astronomy #supernova #AI #robotic telescopes #discovery For the first time, AI systems autonomously detected a supernova in survey data, confirmed it using a robotic telescope, classified its type from its spectrum, and shared the discovery. This demonstration could free up…

  • New Space Tourism Capsule Has Luxury Space Spa Toilet

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    New Space Tourism Capsule Has Luxury Space Spa Toilet #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #space tourism #toilet #spaceship #balloon #weightlessness Space tourism company Space Perspective designed a luxury ‘Space Spa’ toilet in their Spaceship Neptune capsules. The balloon-carried capsules avoid zero gravity issues, letting tourists enjoy Earth views during bathroom breaks in comfort.…

  • Adult Cicadas Proven to Snack on Tree Sap

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    Adult Cicadas Proven to Snack on Tree Sap #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #cicadas #diet #sap #entomology #insects Scientists solved the mystery of whether adult cicadas eat, finding they do nibble plant sap despite their brief above-ground lifespan. Analyzing cicada gut DNA revealed woody plant and apple sap DNA, proving the insects enjoy…

  • Barnard 68: The Great Nebula

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    Barnard 68: The Great Nebula #shorts #empty void #fewer galaxies #space #area Meet Barnard 68, which sounds super-bizarre. It’s an empty void in space so big that if you traveled across it you wouldn’t bump into anything for 752,536,988 years. But wait: there’s more. What you’re seeing above is a real image of the dark…

  • Ancient Sahara Civilization Fell When Groundwater Ran Out

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    Ancient Sahara Civilization Fell When Groundwater Ran Out #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #Garamantes #Sahara #groundwater #aquifer #climate change The Garamantes civilization in the Sahara thrived for centuries by tapping groundwater, but eventually overused the finite supply. As the aquifer emptied, it could no longer support agriculture and human settlement, leading to societal…