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Newly identified electric eel is the most powerful ever found, say scientists
Publicado em 11 setembro 2019
(CNN) - A newly-identified eel living in the Amazon basin can deliver record-breaking electric jolts, according to a study published Tuesday.
Researchers at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have identified two new species of electric eel in the Amazon rainforest, tripling the known number of electric eel species.
One of the new species -- Electrophorus voltai -- can discharge up to 860 volts of electricity, significantly more than the 650 volts generated by the known [...]
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Capturing a black hole, living in space and a new human relative: this week in space and science
Publicado em 13 abril 2019(CNN) This week, scientists shared the very first photo of a supermassive black hole, and the much-anticipated final results of NASA's Twins Study researching longterm spaceflight's effect on the human body were released. And that's not all. The fossils of a previously unknown human relative were discovered in a cave. Scientists found an exoplanet and considered how life might thrive on other exoplanets. Declassified U2 spy plane images revealed archeological features lost to time. And [...]ver notícia