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Biology
Baby killer whale born in Washington’s L pod
Linda V. Marps, The Seattle Times Killer whales jump out of the water when they swim, a behavior called porpoising. Credit: Minette Layne/Wikipedia/CC A Southern Resident killer whale has been born: L128, the first calf to 31-year-old mother L90 to give birth. The baby is small and the placenta is clearly visible, meaning it’s probably about three days old. The…
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Space & Cosmos
As a result of a cosmic upheaval, a new star is about to be born in the sky
Anthony R. Wood, The Philadelphia Inquirer Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Astrophysicists say that any moment now, a new star as bright as Polaris will appear in the night sky — the result of a cosmic explosion that happened thousands of years ago in a distant constellation. NASA scientist Rebecca Hounsell calls it a “once-in-a-lifetime event that will spawn many new…
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