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A team of researchers from Jilin University, NYU Abu Dhabi’s Smart Materials Lab, and the Center for Smart Engineering ...

Numbers of Patagonian mara—rodents with rabbit-like ears, long legs and the body of a hoofed mammal—are now living in the Al ...

A desert oasis hidden away in the dunes in the far reaches of skyscraper-studded Dubai has drawn a surprising new set of ...