Genetic Study Reveals the American “Cheetah” Was Actually a Close Relative of the Mountain Lion
A long-vanished beast, styled a cheetah, proves instead a cousin of a stealthy mountain cat, its northern kindred sustained upon fish.
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Category: Science
Research, space, climate and the natural world.
Arctic Warming Fuels Two Distinct Climate Regimes in Siberia That Could Wake a Methane ‘Sleeping Giant’
A vast, sleeping giant of frozen carbon beneath Siberia stirs as two distinct climes arise, each a herald of gas unbound.
New Computational Method Pushes Cryo-EM Past Its Traditional Resolution Limit
A novel computation doth push the microscope's eye beyond its ancient bound, granting man a vision of the minutest atom.
Rattlesnake Blood Holds a Protein That Blocks Venom From Many Dangerous Snakes
Within a serpent's own blood lies a remedy for its poison, tenfold stronger than the old cure, promising rescue for the venom-stricken.
Study: Australia is the safest place on Earth if global catastrophe hits
A study reveals which nation on Earth might best endure a vast catastrophe, famine, or fire, should such an evil hour arrive.