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RoboTurtle Swims at CES 2026 After 2-Month Sea-Turtle Study
> At a Glance
> - Beatbot's RoboTurtle is swimming at CES 2026 after engineers spent two months filming live sea turtles
> - The bot mimics...
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Light-Powered Microrobots Shrink Robotics 10,000×
> At a Glance
> - University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan teams unveil autonomous microrobots smaller than a grain of salt
> - Devices...
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Rare Gorilla Twins Born in Virunga Boost Conservation Hopes
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> - Mountain gorilla Mafuko delivered healthy twin males on January 3, 2026
> - Only her second set of twins; the first died within a...
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World Models Promise AI That Understands Our Physical Reality
AI is pivoting from chatbots to systems that grasp gravity, motion, and space. Meet the "world models" tech giants say will power surgical robots,...
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Northern Lights May Glow Over 15 States This Week
A G1-level geomagnetic storm is brewing, and it could push the aurora borealis far enough south for millions of Americans to witness the...
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Dead Fin Whale Found on Ship Near Philly Sparks Federal Probe
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> - An endangered fin whale was discovered dead on a container ship docked at Gloucester Marine Terminal, NJ
> - The U.S. Coast Guard...
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Smithsonian’s Sloth Bear Cubs Born-DNA to Reveal Dad
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> - Two sloth bear cubs were born at Smithsonian's National Zoo on December 7
> - Mother Molly arrived from Kansas in April; father...
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Rare Orca ‘Beach Rubbing’ Thrills B.C. Coast
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> - A pod of Northern Resident killer whales has been seen rubbing their bellies on coastal rocks near Gibsons, B.C.
> - The behavior,...
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Rescue Pup Chilli Joins Elite UK Team Sniffing Out CF Infections
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> - Yellow Lab Chilli cleared final assessments in December 2025.
> - He will train to detect Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a drug-resistant...
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First-Ever Underwater Photos of Rare Ross Seal Surface
> At a Glance
> - Justin Hofman captured the first known underwater images of a Ross seal
> - After 15 Antarctic seasons, he has only seen two of...