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One Super Predator in Africa Instills More Fear Than Lions Original

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By Tessa Koumoundouros Verified
| ScienceAlert Verified
Lions are built for terror. With their bladed paws, wielded by a rippling mass of pure muscle, sharp eyes, agile reflexes, and crushing fanged jaws, lions are certainly not a predator most animals have any interest in messing with. And yet, across thousands of recordings of wildlife on the African savannah, 95 percent of species respond with far greater fear to something else entirely. This animal isn't even technically an apex predator. It's us: humans.
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Haunting Sounds of The World's Largest Living Thing Recorded

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By Tessa Koumoundouros Verified
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Aerial outline of Pando. (Lance Oditt/Friends of Pando) We can now hear one of the largest and most ancient living organisms on Earth whisper with the tremble of a million leaves echoing through its roots. The forest, made up of a single tree known as Pando ("I spread" in Latin), has 47,000 stems (all with the same DNA) sprouting from a shared root system across 100 acres (40 hectares) in Utah.
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Misophonia Has Genetic Links to Anxiety And Depression, Study Says Original

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By Tessa Koumoundouros Verified
| ScienceAlert Verified
When someone scrapes their nails down a chalkboard, many of us might feel uncomfortable. For those with the condition misophonia, other kinds of sounds – like slurping, snoring, breathing, and chewing – can draw an equally stressful response. A study published in 2023 by researchers in the Netherlands suggests the condition shares genes with mood disorders such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

As an intern: The Conversation. Paid: editorial assistant at Sciencealert.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, but only playing with one as a child. The clickity clacks were very satisfying!

How is social media changing news?

Very chaotically! Incredible in some ways like, connecting researchers directly to the public but has decimated mainstream science journalism