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  • Physicists Just Learned Something Major About the Proton

    Physicists Just Learned Something Major About the Proton

    Isaac Schultz

    Physics at the smallest scales is a challenge of observation: Particles are often fleeting, and the forces that govern their behaviour are nearly imperceptible. But now, by exploiting decades-old data and a 50-year-old prediction about gravity’s import on subatomic particles, a team of physicists has teased out a measurement for a second mechanical property in…

  • The Massive, Ancient Megalodon Shark Was… Skinny?

    The Massive, Ancient Megalodon Shark Was… Skinny?

    Isaac Schultz

    O. megalodon, my megalodon. The gargantuan shark that prowled the Miocene seas has long captured the imagination because of its stupendous 60-foot length—three times the size of the largest great white sharks. But now, a team of researchers suggests that the extinct apex predator’s body shape was slightly different than expected. The enormous O. megalodon…

  • Near-Invincible Tardigrades Have a Secret Chemical Weapon

    Near-Invincible Tardigrades Have a Secret Chemical Weapon

    Ed Cara

    Scientists may have figured out one of the many mysteries surrounding everyone’s favourite microscopic survivor: the tardigrade. In new research, a team appears to have uncovered a key mechanism that these tiny critters use to withstand harsh conditions that would kill almost any other animal. Tardigrades are a group of eight-legged invertebrates (their closest living…