A Deep-Sea Fish of Nightmares Strays Into Shallow Waters

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  WATCH: Deep-sea anglerfish in shallower waters near the Canary Islands shocks researchers

  Marine researchers said they were surprised to spot a deep-sea anglerfish in blue waters off the coast of Tenerife. The fish is typically found at depths where little to no light penetrates.
  
  ABC News - Feb. 10

• Video shows Black seadevil fish making rare swim near sea surface

  The marine photographer who captured the footage said it could be the world's first recorded sighting of a black seadevil alive in broad daylight near the ocean surface.
  
  CBS News - Feb. 11

• Rare deep-sea anglerfish spotted on ocean's surface for first time

  Marine researchers were out looking sharks off the Canary Islands when they found something quite unexpected -- a humpback angler fish known as a "black sea monster." It was the only known sighting ...
  
  CBS News - Feb. 11
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  A deep-sea neutrino telescope spots the most energetic ghost particle yet

  A neutrino detector submerged in the Mediterranean Sea has sniffed out the most energetic ghost particle yet
  
  ABC News - Feb. 12
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  Connecticut man pleads guilty in 2022 stray-bullet shooting of Olympian's mother

  A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to murder in the stray-bullet killing of the mother of Puerto Rican Olympic athlete Yarimar Mercado Martinez.
  
  NBC News - 1d
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  Covering the Devastation of Water, and Then Fire

  Isabelle Taft, a reporting fellow for The New York Times, writes of the parallels and differences in covering hurricanes and wildfires.
  
  The New York Times - 6d
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  I’m obsessed with fish that clean other fish: they remember their clients, much like a hairdresser

  I’m campaigning for legal protection for cleaner fish, because no one has done a proper assessment of the impact of removing them from Scottish reefs. I was in my 50s when I first became aware that ...
  
  The Guardian - 2d
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  Stripey-faced fish named after warrior princess San

  The newly discovered fish has stripes on its face like the Studio Ghibli warrior princess.
  
  BBC News - Feb. 11

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  Firings Expand at Interior Department With Purge of Probationary Workers

  More than 2,000 workers at the Interior Department were fired in recent days, according to counts from workers groups and those familiar with the cuts, as probationary workers were targeted across ...
  
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  USAID Climate Programs Fighting Extremism and Unrest Are Closing Down

  Heat, drought and floods are growing security risks, Western defense officials say, feeding instability and violence that could prove costly in the long term.
  
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• Lasers, Waffle Fries and the Secrets in Pterosaurs’ Tails

  Scientists identified new structures in the tail vanes of the prehistoric flying reptiles.
  
  The New York Times - 6d

• Snakeskin Isn’t Just a Fashion Statement for Birds

  A museum curator with a ladder showed that birds that build cavity-style nests are able to protect their eggs with the skin shed by snakes.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 27

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• The Gene That Made Mice Squeak Strangely

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  Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers

  Microsoft’s new “topological qubit” is not based on a solid, liquid or gas. It is another phase of matter that many experts did not think was possible.
  
  The New York Times - 1d

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  In 19th-century France, the young chemist challenged the theory of spontaneous generation and discovered an invisible world of airborne microbes.
  
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