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Hairy new fish species discovered in the Great Barrier Reef (phys.org)

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'Learning recession' in US schools predates pandemic: Report (phys.org)

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A new analysis of student test scores reveals that American schools were in a "learning recession" for seven years before the COVID-19 pandemic, with student test scores in math and reading on a steady decline since 2013. This reversal ended two decades of progress, according to Sean Reardon, the Professor of Poverty and Inequality at Stanford Graduate School of Education, whose data forms the backbone of the new research.

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Rice plants observed trapping and killing fall armyworm caterpillars (phys.org)

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Rice plants and Venus flytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop.

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Genetics link Angola's 'ghost elephants' to populations hundreds of miles away (phys.org)

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Don't blame daddy! Uwu by ZeroCool in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

[-] ZeroCool@piefed.ca 16 points 1 week ago

I don't think I've ever loved anything as much as those delusional MAGA dorks love getting screwed over by Trump.

Beware of lemmychan.org: it’s exactly what you’d expect. by ZeroCool in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[-] ZeroCool@piefed.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Looks like it's still federated on piefed.ca. Don't forget about us!

Who’s a celebrity you think truly deserves their fame? by ZeroCool in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] ZeroCool@piefed.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Danny DeVito and his ex-wife Rhea Perlman.

While filming Matilda (1996), he and Rhea Perlman basically took in their 8-year-old co-star, Mara Wilson, after her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer early into production. Sadly, her mom died before the movie was released, but Danny visited her in the hospital to screen a near-complete cut of the film. According to Mara, Danny and Rhea are delightful people that bent over backwards to help her family. And that's just one of many stories of their kindness.

Yacht-wrecking Orcas whales are ‘teenagers not afraid of anything’ after being abandoned by relatives by ZeroCool in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

[-] ZeroCool@piefed.ca 2 points 1 week ago

So they're basically ocean punks? Hell yeah, we need to give a couple of them guitars and teach them to play three chords with their fins. The world needs an orca punk band right now.