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Scientists have caught a once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event in progress, as two lifeforms have merged into one. (newatlas.com)

Global Sperm Counts Have Declined 52% since 1970 with the Majority of Decline in Western Countries (medium.com)

The decline in sperm counts is a growing concern worldwide, with rates plummeting by as much as 52% since the 1970s. This alarming trend has far-reaching implications for human health and reproduction, raising questions about the future of fertility and the potential consequences for individuals, families, and society as a...

The oldest human remains discovered in Poland are over 100,000 years old. They are hand bones of a Neanderthal child digested by a large bird. (scienceinpoland.pl)

Bonobos not the peace-loving primates once thought, study reveals: Male-on-male aggression more frequent among bonobos than chimps, but aggression between males and females less common. (www.theguardian.com)

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New Study: Microplastics found in the Arteries of Human Beings for the First Time Ever (hexbear.net)

In a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli in Italy, a surprising discovery was made: microplastics were found within arterial plaques. These tiny plastic particles, measuring less than 5 millimeters in length, were present in approximately 60% of the plaques removed from patients...

Some parasitic wasps have evolved mutualistic relationships with viruses. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Sperm whales drop giant poop bombs to save themselves from orca attack (www.livescience.com)

Hehehe

For Some Mammals, Large Adult Daughters, Not Sons, Are the Norm - The New York Times | Ghostarchive (ghostarchive.org)

I’m a little perturbed by the meme phrasing in the title and how quickly I recognized it. But I guess they saw the opportunity and took it, even at the risk of looking unserious, in my view.

UC Irvine study: vehicle brakes produce charged particles that may harm public health (news.uci.edu)

On the trail of the Denisovans. DNA has shown that the extinct humans thrived around the world, from chilly Siberia to high-altitude Tibet — perhaps even in the Pacific islands. (hexbear.net)

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Say the line, Bart (hexbear.net)

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Freeze on Russian collaboration disrupts urgently needed permafrost data flow (news.mongabay.com)

Accelerating Arctic warming threatens to thaw more and more carbon-rich permafrost and release vast amounts of greenhouse gases into the Earth’s atmosphere, but scientists don’t know when such a tipping point event might occur....

The only class that can lead the green transition is our own (www.cpusa.org)

Things seem dire…...

I pooped my pants a little (hexbear.net)

'Miraculous birth' expected at NC lab from stingray with no mate, possibly impregnated by shark (www.wral.com)

i never knew sharks and stingrays were closely related enough to cross breed. neat!

“Old Smoker” and the “Squalling Newborns”: Strange new star type discovered hiding in the Milky Way (www.salon.com)

Jupters ever changing storms (external-content.duckduckgo.com)

That red spot is getting smaller

The Sound of Two Black Holes Colliding (m.youtube.com)

What if a BLACK HOLE were inside the Sun? (www.youtube.com)

soypoint-1 chonky-bear soypoint-2...

The world’s first IVF rhino pregnancy could save a species (www.aljazeera.com)

Data fabrication at Harvard's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (forbetterscience.com)

New trans research out of China: Gender identity differences in the experiences of family stressors and violence among transgender and non-binary individuals in China. Quick facts in description (archive.ph)

CW: Discussion of transphobia, family violence...

Uranus is actually a really interesting planet (hexbear.net)

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter, which in astronomy is called ‘ice’ or volatiles. The planet’s atmosphere has a complex layered cloud structure and has the lowest minimum...