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2024-03-01 19:05:30 Fish That Shouts Louder Than a Gunshot

German ichthyologists have made a fascinating discovery involving the Danionella cerebrum species of fish. Remarkably, these fish can produce sounds exceeding 140 decibels, louder than the noise of a gunshot. What makes this even more astonishing is the size of these creatures; they are tiny, semi-transparent fish with body lengths not exceeding 12 millimeters.

The Danionella species are equipped with a unique sound-producing apparatus comprising a drumming cartilage, a specialized rib, and a fatigue-resistant muscle. This mechanism accelerates the drumming cartilage with a force of over 2000 g, striking the swim bladder to create a rapid and loud pulse. These pulses amalgamate to generate loud signals.

Scientists believe that this deafening noise serves a vital communication function for the fish in the murky rivers of Southeast Asia, where they reside. This discovery not only adds to our understanding of aquatic life but also highlights the extraordinary adaptations of even the smallest creatures in nature.

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2024-02-29 19:09:12 Exciting Update from the Moon: Japan’s SLIM Mission

In an astonishing turn of events, the Japanese spacecraft SLIM, which had capsized upon landing, has “awoken” nearly a month later in hibernation mode. Despite the harrowing cold of the lunar night, reaching temperatures as low as -130°C, the resilient explorer has not only survived but has also managed to send back new images and is even collecting some scientific data.

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2024-02-29 09:15:24 Ideogram, a cutting-edge image generation model developed by former Google engineers, has officially exited its beta phase! Renowned for its exceptional ability to understand prompts and generate images with text, Ideogram sets a new standard in accuracy, rarely producing any errors in the text it includes.
Users can enjoy 25 free generations per day, providing ample opportunity to experiment with various fonts. While there is a moderation system in place, it is minimally intrusive, filtering out only the most explicit of requests.
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2024-02-28 19:27:03 If you recognize who is here, put a lightning bolt
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2024-02-25 07:02:48 Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, one of two STS-41B mission specialists participating in a historic spacewalk, is a few meters away from the cabin of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Challenger in this 70mm frame on Feb. 7, 1984. This @science spacewalk represented the first use of a nitrogen-propelled, hand-controlled device called the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), which allows for much greater mobility than that afforded previous spacewalkers who had to use restrictive tethers. Robert L. Stewart later tried out the MMU McCandless is using here, and the two of them tested another similar unit two days later. Inside the spacecraft were astronauts Vance D. Brand, commander; Robert L. Gibson, pilot; and Ronald E. McNair, mission specialist.
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2024-02-24 15:04:16 What does the largest snake in the world look like?

She was discovered by biologist and TV presenter Professor Frick Vonk in the Amazon forests. The snake, almost 8 meters long and weighing 200 kg, has a head the size of a human. This is a new species of green anaconda that was recently isolated by an international team of scientists - the northern green anaconda.

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2024-02-23 14:52:43 That’s a proper book shop ! Open / Comment

2024-02-22 13:21:20 The slime mold Physarum polycephalum, a unicellular mixomyceate typically found on decaying wood, displays a form of species-specific genius. Renowned for its remarkable ability, colonies of this organism can find the shortest path between two points in a maze, a skill reminiscent of rats known for their superior maze-navigation abilities compared to humans. However, the slime mold's talent diverges in its capacity to form optimal distribution networks and solve complex computational problems related to spatial organization. Despite its unicellular nature, which might imply limited capabilities, its species-specific genius has been employed in various fields, from logistic models to modeling the large-scale structure of the cosmic web of the universe.
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2024-02-20 14:37:17 Elon Musk announced that the first person to be implanted with a Neuralink brain chip has made a full recovery. The patient can control the mouse using only his thoughts. @science Open / Comment

2024-02-11 13:25:30 The connection between two neurons

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