WorldPingNarwhals have nature's only straight tusk, a single tooth up to three meters (10 feet) long, so strange they were sold as magical unicorn horns during the Middle Ages.
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WorldPingHas El Niño reached the West Coast? You might think it has. After all, the ocean off Southern and Central California is unusually warm. But that warmth is from a recent marine heat wave that predates the current El Niño.
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WorldPingDuring the most recent Ice Age, researchers believe there was a "lost land bridge" between Wales and Ireland.
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Researchers at UC San Diego have demonstrated that a key cellular enzyme can accurately read an eight-letter genetic alphabet, doubling the four letters used by all known life on Earth.
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WorldPingThe research could do more than help unlock the mystery of caterpillar hearing. It could also help make microphones better.
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