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Snake Species Believed to Be the World's Smallest 'Rediscovered' After Being 'Lost to Science' for 20 Years
The Barbados threadsnake, thought to be the world's smallest snake species, was 'rediscovered' in Barbados in March 2025, ...
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Scientists in Barbados overturn hundreds of rocks to rediscover world’s smallest-known snake
For nearly two decades, no one had spotted the world’s smallest-known snake. Some scientists worried that maybe the Barbados ...
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Imaging the impossible: USF researcher pushing boundaries of what we can see
With support from NSF and DARPA, USF researcher John Murray-Bruce is developing new mathematical tools to improve how machines "see" in challenging conditions. The research will lay the foundation for ...
The eye-opening science of close encounters with polar bears
It's a pretty risky business trying to take a blood sample from a polar bear—one of the most dangerous predators on the ...
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Astronomers crack 1,000-year-old Betelgeuse mystery with 1st-ever sighting of secret companion (photo, video)
The fact that Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the sky over Earth, visible with the naked eye, has made it one of ...
A century ago, there was a race to make the first color photos. Now there’s a race to save them.
The revolutionary invention of autochromes changed photography. As those pictures decay, they're revealing a new kind of ...
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No electrons needed: This optical microscope sees atoms at one-nanometer resolution
Atomic-scale detail is now possible with photons, thanks to a cooled-down silver tip and a clever use of plasmonics.
Vision problems emerge as astronauts spend months in orbit
When astronauts began spending six months and more aboard the International Space Station, they started to notice changes in ...