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Scientific breakthrough when researchers accidentally turn lead into gold while trying to recreate the Big Bang

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The Alchemist

Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider accidentally turned lead into gold while trying to recreate the Big Bang. Researchers working on the “Alice” experiment at Cern, Switzerland, have produced a rare precious metal as they try to recreate conditions from shortly after the universe began. Medieval alchemists had tried to turn lead into gold for … Read more

Scientific studies have revealed that some female frogs play dead to avoid mating. We spoke to the researcher

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Yahoo news home

Over the years, various posts on social media have claimed that some female frogs play dead to avoid giving birth. Although the behavior can be closely related to the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), commonly called a possum in North America, there are other animals that, well, “play possum.” Biologists call behavior “tonic immobility,” or sometimes … Read more