The Abstract
We’ve Got Uranus All Wrong
An anomalous encounter with Uranus, a lost world preserved in Antarctic amber, ChatGPT at the poetry slam, and an exceptional nudibranch.
The Abstract
This Black Hole Is Eating So Much Matter that It Defies Known Science
May I present: a hungry singularity, movie brains, Pompeii bling, and elephant showers.
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Here Come the Giant Crime Sniffing Rats
Lessons about echolocation topography, tadpole gigantism, rat police, and an iconoclastic star.
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Who’s this Medieval Dead Guy at the Bottom of a Castle Well?
This week, we toast to the saga of the Well-man, tip a hat to the tardigrades, catch a contest of eyestalks, and observe gorilla democracy in action.
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Is There Life on Europa?
This week, we travel to the Fava Flow Suburbs, some dusty Martian ice, moonlit tropical forests, and a colony of mole-rats.
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The Future of Earth Hinges on Sea Snot
Plus, time-traveling finches, a breakdancer booboo, man-eating lions, and comb jelly fusion.
The Abstract
Apocalyptic Asteroid Impact Was Great for Ants
Ants farm as Earth burns, back on the Sun beat, and a spirit animal for introverts.
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An Update on the End of the World
Cannibalism, the cheese mummy, and a star-broiled Earth.
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The Lost Isle of Moo-Deng-Sized Hippos
Also in The Abstract this week: world-vaporizing cosmic jets and “assisted sexual recruits” are fortifying coral reefs against heat waves.
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Neanderthals Would Rather Die than Talk to You
Welcome to The Abstract, a new weekly column from 404 Media about new, mind blowing scientific studies.