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⋅ October 29, 2024
NEWS
CNN

Stunning fossil preserved in fool’s gold reveals newly identified 450 million-year-old species
CNN
The species, which belongs to an extinct group called megacheira, was named after arthropod expert Greg Edgecombe. courtesy Luke Parry/Yu Liu/Ruixin Ran. The fossil, one …
CNN

Critical Antarctica glacier appears to be smoking in rare view from space
CNN
The so-called “sea smoke,” isn’t actually smoke, it’s fog – and appears as cottony white wisps above the dark surface of the ocean water where Pine Island Glacier meets the sea in the satellite image above.
The New York Times

This Toad Is So Tiny That They Call It a Flea
The New York Times
An extremely tiny brown mottled frog stands on a moist dark surface, its mouth wide. Brachycephalus dacnis, the second-smallest species of vertebrate on the planet, was discovered in southeastern Brazil and …
Phys.Org

Researchers find Weddell seals avoid extreme dives at midday
Phys.Org
Researchers outfitted the seals with Conductivity Temperature Depth-Satellite Relay Dive Loggers, which collected 8,913 days of behavioral data from 59 adult seals. The data shed light on the tradeoffs the seals make between the conservation of their …
Space.com

SpaceX launching 20 Starlink internet satellites from California this morning
Space.com
a black-and-white spacex falcon 9 rocket launches into a blue sky. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 22 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida on June 23, 2024 …
Reuters

Astronomers observe black hole that may have formed gently
Reuters
It was observed gravitationally bound to two ordinary stars. Black holes have previously been spotted orbiting with one other star or one other black hole in what are called binary systems. But this is the first known instance of a triple system with a …
Phys.Org

Sols 4345-4347: Contact science is back on the table
Phys.Org
The changes to the plan Wednesday, moving the drive a sol earlier, meant that we started off planning this morning about 18 meters (about 59 feet) farther along the western edge of Gediz Vallis and with all the data we needed for planning.
Smithsonian

New ‘Paleo-Robots’ Could Shed Light on Animal Evolution, Revealing How Some Fish Evolved to ‘Walk’ on Land
Smithsonian
A team of roboticists, paleontologists and biologists are building robots to simulate crucial evolutionary developments that can’t be tested with static fossils. Margherita Bassi. Daily Correspondent. October 29, 2024 12:42 p.m. …
Phys.Org

What animal societies can teach us about aging
Phys.Org
Red deer may become less sociable as they grow old to reduce the risk of picking up diseases, while older house sparrows seem to have fewer social interactions as their peers die off, according to new research showing that humans are not the only …
Spaceflight Now

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
Spaceflight Now
SpaceX is preparing to launch another Falcon 9 rocket in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning The flight will add another 20 Starlink satellites to the megaconstellation. The Starlink 9-9 mission features 13 satellites that include Direct to Cell …