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The Science of Everything. Issue #103 out now.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Apr 1

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 16

The physics of clapping your hands, explained smpl.is/a3wl8

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 21

This is what you need to know about the science of xenotransplantation, as the field rapidly approaches its first ever clinical trials smpl.is/a456j

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. Xenotransplantation, taking the organs, tissues or cells from one species and transplanting them into another, is rapidly approaching clinical trials.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 20

Analysis of new dark energy results from DES and DESI challenge standard model of the universe smpl.is/a4395

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. This week both the Dark Energy Survey and DESI released massive datasets which are challenging cosmologists’ best theories of the universe.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 19

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) opens access to largest 3D map of universe smpl.is/a41kc

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. The DESI collaboration has created the largest 3D map of the universe.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 19

New genetic analysis suggests the origins of human language are more than 100,000 years old smpl.is/a41je

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. Complex language is something that sets humans apart from other animals. But when did this unique capacity for intricate communication emerge?

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 17

Fluoride study results “ludicrous” says expert smpl.is/a3wlg

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. A study on fluoride in drinking water in Bangladesh, suggests link between the chemical and lower cognitive abilities in kids, but experts disagree.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 17

Watch a microrobot fling itself through the air like a bug smpl.is/a3wle

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. Taking inspiration from nature, engineers have created a palm-sized robot that can walk, climb, strike, scoop up objects, and even jump like a bug.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 17

‘Life-changing’ finding for those with young-onset Parkinson’s smpl.is/a3wlc

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. A new study has finally determined the structure of a protein linked to an early-onset form of Parkinson's, which could help develop new treatments.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 17

New clue towards prevention and detection of ovarian cancer smpl.is/a3wla

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. A subset of cells in the fallopian tubes drive high-grade serious carcinoma, one of the most aggressive and common forms of ovarian cancer.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 15

Dozens of dinosaur footprints found on boulder displayed at Queensland school smpl.is/a3q7z

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. Dozens of 3-toed dinosaur footprints from nearly 200 million years ago could illuminate a mysterious period in the Australia’s ancient past.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 14

What’s a blazar? This type of galaxy is more diverse than we thought smpl.is/a3rum

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. A blazar galaxy sitting in the background of the Lizard constellation is emitting a narrow jet of ionised matter near the speed of light.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 14

Mammal ancestors that lived with dinosaurs all had dark brown or grey fur smpl.is/a3q8d

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. A new study looking at fossilised structures inside cells hints at our mammal ancestors’ nocturnal past when they lurked in the shadows of dinosaurs.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 13

Oldest human face found in Europe adds complexity to question of path out of Africa smpl.is/a3q98

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. A fossil found in Spain and dating to 1.4 to 1.1 million years ago is the oldest human face ever found in Europe.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 12

Chinese palaeontologists discover “life oasis” during worst ever mass extinction at end of Permian period smpl.is/a3o56

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. Fossils found in China reveal a refuge, or “life oasis”, for plants and animals during the Permian extinction – the worst mass extinction in history.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 12

The water droplets on your car window are building electrical charge smpl.is/a3o2h

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. The water droplets are building up an electrical charge, and physicists say it is 10 times greater than previously thought.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 12

Physicist maintains interstellar meteorite, possibly “alien” material found on seafloor smpl.is/a3o2g

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. Physicist Avi Loeb responded doubt over his claim that spherules retrieved from the seafloor are from an interstellar, possible alien meteorite.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 11

Mysterious phenomenon at heart of Milky Way galaxy linked to new type of dark matter smpl.is/a3lzf

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. Unexplained chemical reactions at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy could be caused by a type of dark matter not accounted for in current physics.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 6

Ice on the Moon more common than previously thought based on India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander data smpl.is/a3dhf

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. Direct measurements taken by India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander may have confirmed that ice exists just a few cm beneath the Moon’s surface.

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Cosmos@CosmosMagazine · Mar 6

Superb lyrebirds have an unexpected new skill smpl.is/a3dh8

CosmosMagazine's tweet card. The superb lyre bird is known for its extraordinary ability to mimic sounds. New research has found it has another, unexpected talent: farming.

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