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Submarines Are Designed To Hide – So What Happens When One Goes Missing?
In waters north of Bali, a frantic search is underway for the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala, missing with 53 crew since the boat failed to make a routine signal report on Wednesday morning. How to hunt a submarine There are two key challenges when a submarine goes missing. The first is finding it. A submarine…
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Fat-Footed Tyrannosaur Parents Couldn’t Keep Up With Their Skinnier Offspring, Fossil Footprints Reveal
Tyrannosaurus rex is perhaps the most famous of all dinosaurs. It and its closest kin, a group referred to as “tyrannosaurs”, have been embedded in popular culture as powerful and mobile predators. Consider the below scene from the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park; an adult T. rex chases down a speeding Jeep — much to…
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Why Pfizer, Not AstraZeneca, Is The Best Bet For The Long Haul
Last week, the chief executive of Pfizer said anyone who receives its COVID-19 vaccine will probably need to have a third dose within 6-12 months after being fully immunised, and then likely one dose every year going forward. We’ll need these because it’s likely that, for many of us, immunity will begin to wane within…
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As Scientists Move Closer To Making Part Human, Part Animal Organisms, What Are The Concerns?
The recent announcement that scientists have made human-monkey embryos and cultured them in the lab for two weeks made international headlines. The technology to make animals that contain cells from other species has been available for decades and used extensively in research. These organisms are called “chimeras”. But this latest advance highlights the need…