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‘It’s safety, it’s warmth. And that really does help with these animals in rehabilitation.’
Police can’t find shoplifter who fled in self-driving Waymo
San Francisco cops remain stumped 6 months after the crime.
The fastest way to board an airplane, according to science
Better, faster boarding methods exist, so why don’t we use them?
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From massive firework displays to grocery store banners.
JWST spots dormant black hole 10 billion light-years from Earth
It’s the farthest object of its kind ever seen by astronomers.
NASA wastewater system will turn human poop into plant food
University of North Dakota grad students will test the system that’s destined for the moon.
The Cold War’s accidental whale observatory
Built to track enemy submarines, the Navy’s underwater listening network inadvertently revealed that whales may be singing across entire oceans.
World’s largest blanket fort built at Las Vegas community center
The 14,103-square-foot engineering marvel and Guinness world record holder filled a basketball court.
Velociraptor’s cousin flew like a flying squirrel
Four ‘wings’ helped the crow-sized avian dinosaur glide.
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