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Why US Once Exploded A Large Nuclear Bomb In Space
The US carried out the Starfish Prime test by detonating a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear bomb about 400 kilometres above Earth.
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A Hormone Makes Starfish Lose Limb To Survive Predators. Humans Have It Too
Researchers have identified the hormone that triggers a starfish to shed its limbs to survive predators, describing it as being similar to the one controlling appetite in humans.
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Scientists Find 155 Million-Year-old Starfish-Like Creature That Cloned Itself
The clonal fragmentation allowed the organism to produce genetically identical offspring by breaking off parts of its own body and re-growing them - the process is called fissiparity.
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"Bizarre But Beautiful": Video Of Starfish Crawling On Glass Stuns Internet
The short video, posted on Twitter by a user named Fascinating, showed a starfish crawling against a glass. The clip was shared on Twitter on Monday and since then it accumulated a whopping 8.6 million views and over 158,000 likes.
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Robot Gives Rare Glimpse Under Antarctic Sea Ice
An underwater robot has captured a rare glimpse beneath the Antarctic sea ice, revealing a colourful world filled with coconut-shaped sponges, dandelion-like worms, pink algae and spidery starfish.
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Why US Once Exploded A Large Nuclear Bomb In Space
The US carried out the Starfish Prime test by detonating a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear bomb about 400 kilometres above Earth.
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A Hormone Makes Starfish Lose Limb To Survive Predators. Humans Have It Too
Researchers have identified the hormone that triggers a starfish to shed its limbs to survive predators, describing it as being similar to the one controlling appetite in humans.
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Scientists Find 155 Million-Year-old Starfish-Like Creature That Cloned Itself
The clonal fragmentation allowed the organism to produce genetically identical offspring by breaking off parts of its own body and re-growing them - the process is called fissiparity.
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"Bizarre But Beautiful": Video Of Starfish Crawling On Glass Stuns Internet
The short video, posted on Twitter by a user named Fascinating, showed a starfish crawling against a glass. The clip was shared on Twitter on Monday and since then it accumulated a whopping 8.6 million views and over 158,000 likes.
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Robot Gives Rare Glimpse Under Antarctic Sea Ice
An underwater robot has captured a rare glimpse beneath the Antarctic sea ice, revealing a colourful world filled with coconut-shaped sponges, dandelion-like worms, pink algae and spidery starfish.
