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  • The world’s leggiest animal has been discovered in Australia

    The world’s leggiest animal has been discovered in Australia

    Bruno Alves Buzatto, The Conversation
    · Dec 23, 2021 · 11:30 pm
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    Darwin was wrong (and right) about sexual selection, suggests new research

    Tamas Szekely, The Conversation
    · Jun 27, 2021 · 09:30 pm
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    Straight out of science fiction: Scientists have discovered a planet in a triple-star system

    Samantha Lawler, The Conversation
    · Mar 31, 2021 · 11:30 pm
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    Increased human actions on the Indian side of the Pangong lake are making its water cloudy

    Sahana Ghosh
    · Dec 01, 2020 · 07:30 pm
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    We observed chimps copying humans at the zoo – and won an Ig Nobel

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