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How a group of chimpanzees started a ‘civil war’ in a once-close-knit community | CNN

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In 2015, Ngogo chimpanzees wince when they hear the voices of other chimpanzees, reassuring each other.

Aaron Sandel can pinpoint exactly when it all started. On June 24, 2015, the co-director of the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project was observing a herd of great apes in Uganda’s Kibale National Park, where the project is based, when he suddenly noticed that the chimpanzees were silent. Some of the people started frowning, their expressions showing … Read more

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered 11,000 new asteroids, and we’re just getting started.

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A rendering of the interior of the solar system showing the asteroids discovered by Rubin in bright turquoise. Known asteroids are dark blue. Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NSF NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/R/NASA/Goddard/ESA/Gaia/DPAC

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory was built with an ambitious purpose in mind. As part of the 10-year Space-Time Heritage Study (LSST), Rubin Observatory will collect approximately 30 petabytes of data. This includes cataloging the solar system, ephemeral objects (such as supernovae and variable stars), and mapping the Milky Way galaxy. Using preliminary data collected … Read more