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Name: Babirusa (Babyrousa)Where it lives: Sulawesi and neighboring islands in IndonesiaWhat it eats: Leaves, fruit, mushrooms, tree bark, insects, fish and small mammalsWhy it’s awesome: When we think of pigs,…
Earth is constantly getting pummeled by meteorites. We are unaware of most of them, as they burn up in our atmosphere before they hit the ground. Every now and again,…
NASA and its Russian counterpart have identified 50 “areas of concern” related to a long-running leak aboard the space station, a media report states.The leak has been ongoing since 2019…
On July 16, 1945, the U.S. conducted the world’s first nuclear bomb test in the New Mexico desert as part of the Manhattan Project, which led to the detonations of…
A new scientific examination of 800-year-old human remains in Norway corroborates a royal history claiming that a dead body was thrown there to poison its water.The skeletal remains of the…
Astronomers have accidentally discovered the first-known “black hole triple” system, containing a dark void orbited by two stars. The unique configuration of this triad hints that the black hole was…
Trouble is brewing in the North Atlantic. Beneath the waves, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which includes the Gulf Stream, acts as a planetary conveyor belt bringing nutrients, oxygen…
Miniature livers will fly aboard the International Space Station in an upcoming study on whether microgravity can encourage the growth of healthy tissue with an ample blood supply.It’s an effort…
Adults 65 and older and people with weakened immune systems should get two doses of the newly updated COVID-19 vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends.People in…
Polar bears are developing horrific wounds on their paws due to changing ice conditions in the Arctic, a new study reports.In the most severe cases, researchers describe two bears with…