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marine life

The Taurus molecular cloud

Space

Complex form of carbon spotted outside solar system for first time

Complex carbon-based molecules crucial to life on Earth originated somewhere in space, but we didn't know where. Now, huge amounts of them have been spotted in a huge, cold cloud of gas

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The free-energy principle: Can one idea explain why everything exists?

Mind

The free-energy principle: Can one idea explain why everything exists?

Features

Life

Two injured comb jellies can merge to form one individual

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Illustration of asteroids with geysers

Space

Freeze-thaw cycle helps asteroids ferry molecules of life to planets

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A shark survived being stabbed through the head by a swordfish

Life

A shark survived being stabbed through the head by a swordfish

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Coral bleaching

Environment

Here's how coral reefs might survive hotter, more acidic oceans

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Space

Search for alien transmissions in promising star system draws a blank

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Knausgaard

Society

¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ recommends Karl Ove Knausgaard's novel The Third Realm

Culture

Manta ray {Manta birostris} from below, Sulu-sulawesi seas, Indo-Pacific

Life

Richard Powers's new novel is a beautiful love letter to our oceans

Culture

A day octopus hunting with a blue goatfish

Life

Octopuses and fish hunt as a team to catch more prey

An octopus will work with several different species of fish to find and catch prey - and punch those that aren't helping

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Technology

‘Shazam for whales’ uses AI to track sounds heard in Mariana Trench

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Life

Sharks leap out of the water more often than you might think

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Space

Two new books explore how UFOs captured the world’s imagination

Culture

Life

Pregnant shark that disappeared may have been eaten by another shark

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