Category: Medley
A medley of stories – features, oddities and a mix of everything beyond the day’s headlines.
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Saved in pixels: the world’s rarest porpoise gets a digital afterlife
With the vaquita on the brink of extinction, scientists have built a free, open-access 3D archive of its skeleton — a digital lifeline for the world’s most endangered marine mammal.
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A mother’s first flight: Cape Verde keeper Vozinha gets his World Cup wish
After a heroic seven-save World Cup debut against Spain, Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha was reunited with his mother — who made her first-ever trip abroad to watch him play.
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The butterfly that barely ages: a tropical insect may hold clues to longevity
A study published in Nature Communications finds some Heliconius butterflies live up to 25 times longer than close relatives — and one species shows almost no sign of ageing.
