
Science
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How an Octopus Squeezes Through a Hole Smaller Than Its Eyes
Filmed in acrylic tanks, common octopuses probed, threaded three to five arms through, then pulled themselves along. When the gap was narrower than the distance between their eyes, they added…
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A 1.5-Kilometre Coral Ribbon in the Indian Ocean, and a Question Only DNA Can Answer
A rose coral that usually grows to about two metres across has been mapped along 1.5 km of deep slope near the Cocos Islands. It may be a single clonal…
