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The Best Tail For Balance | Bindi Irwin Wants Kids To Become ‘Wildlife Warriors’

The bone and joint structures in mammal tails help them keep their balance. Could those benefits be adapted for robots? And, in her first children’s book, conservationist Bindi Irwin takes little readers on a journey through Australia Zoo.

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  The Lack Of Science In Road Design Is Deadly

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  Possible Signature Of Life Detected On Exoplanet—Maybe | A Colossal Squid …

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  How ‘Science Interpreters’ Make Hidden Science Visible

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  The Navajo Researcher Reviving A Desert Peach | A New Dino With Blade-Like…

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  How Interjections Regulate Conversation | Saccharin For Antibiotic Resista…

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  Trump’s Nominee For NASA Administrator Meets Congress

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  How Real Doctors Brought ‘The Pitt’ To Life

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  What Will Replace The International Space Station?

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  What Artificial General Intelligence Could Mean For Our Future

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  Climate Change Has Made Allergy Season Worse. How Do We Cope?

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  Microdosing Peanut Butter Could Alleviate Some Peanut Allergies

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  The Department Of Health And Human Services Cuts 10,000 Jobs

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  Forecasting Cuts Spark Worries About Hurricane Season | Soothing Babies Wi…

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  Massive Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica, Revealing Wonders Below

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  TikTok Is Shaping How We Think About ADHD

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  Engineering Lessons One Year After The Baltimore Bridge Collapse