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These sea slugs can 'eat' sunlight—but they're no astrophage. Here's how the 'Project Hail Mary' antagonist has a real-life analogue in Earth's oceans
The sea slug is bright green, shaped like a leaf and doing something very few animals can: harnessing the power of the sun.
Ryan Dieter, 40, is charged with grand theft, resisting arrest, operating a vessel while impaired and burglary involving ...
Deep down in the sea, where no light penetrates and where the availability of food is very low, life somehow exists in ways that can be considered str.
A new study, led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Columbia University, identifies a diverse set of ...
Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an ...
High pressure in the deep ocean may squeeze nutrients from sinking “marine snow,” feeding deep-sea microbes and altering how ...
The song is that of a humpback whale and was recorded by scientists in March 1949 in Bermuda, researchers said.
You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to ...
As climate change pushes heat deeper into the ocean, scientists have been concerned about disruptions to marine life’s delicate balance. But new research suggests that a key microbe, Nitrosopumilus ...
Seawalls are great at protecting property and people. A new nature-inspired seawall add-on is trying to make them better at ...
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