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Advanced civilizations will overheat their planets within 1,000 years, researchers suggest 3 Jim__ Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 741
Hydrogen Water: Extra Healthy or a Hoax?--A Systematic Review at NIH.gov 5 Caribbeans Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 984
James Webb Telescope Just Detected SUDDEN 250% Increase In Betelgeuse's Brightness! 13 Sancho Sep 2024 Sep 2024 25 3073
Finally, A Flying Car(t) The Palletrone is a robotic hovercart for moving stuff anywhere 3 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 19350
An Esoteric Technical Diagram of How Humanity Might Be Saved from Itself. 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 904
Genetic ghosts suggest Covid's market origins 0 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 751
Cosmology is at a tipping point - we may be on the verge of discovering new physics 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 847
Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests 4 Bayard Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 760
Could we turn the sun into a gigantic telescope? 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 545
2 solar probes are helping researchers understand what phenomenon powers the solar wind 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 402
Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 466
Ultra-processed foods are 'pushing aside' all other food groups to dominate global diets 6 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 935
Are tiny black holes zipping through our solar system? Scientists hope to find out. 7 Zorro Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 932
Cells Across the Tree of Life Exchange 'Text Messages' Using RNA 0 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 697
Breakthrough 'edge state' in atoms could lead to infinite energy sources 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 894
Gigantic Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 71 3086
Scientists Discover Greener and More Efficient Method To Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel 5 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 809
Earth's supervolcanoes are waking up. Here's what that means for the planet 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 20 960
What Are The Sinister "Fingers Of Death" Beneath Antarctic Ice? 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 31 1188
Eiffel Tower-sized asteroid 2024 JV33 resembles a 'peanut', rotates once every 7 hours; NASA shares video 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 16645
Explainer ExplainerSpace 'Puffy head bird leg syndrome': What space travel does to the body 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 556
NASA images: How stars and galaxies look in reality Top 5 images as seen through the Hubble telescope 5 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 16783
Earth to have new mini-moon for two months 6 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 45 1875
'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis could still hit Earth in 2029, study hints -- but we won't know for 3 more years. 3 Cattledog Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 775
Mystery in Space: Chinese Astronomers Discover Black Hole That's Breaking the Rules 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 627
Don't Miss September's Sky Show: The Harvest Moon Eclipse 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 503
The Wolves of Yellowstone 15 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 68 2657
Unlocking the Invisible: An Introduction to Scintillators, Semiconductors, and Gamma Spectroscopy 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 567
Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami 0 cbabe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 14 820
Watch 'spaghetti monster' with dozens of pink-tipped sausage legs swimming near Nazca Ridge 2 WestMichRad Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 665

Science Continued...

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Sun fires off X-class solar flare, increasing aurora viewing chances into weekend 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 570
China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 612
650-Foot High Megatsunami in Greenland Sends Seismic Waves Worldwide 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 23 1175
Some cells can enter a 'third state that lies beyond the traditional boundaries of life and death.' Here's how. 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 734
Biden's got a plan to protect science from Trump (May, 2024) 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 599
"Truly Incredible" - Princeton Researchers Have Discovered a New Method To Reshape the Fabric of Life 7 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 13 1058
Frozen in Time: Scientists Discover 45-Million-Year-Old Ancient Walnuts on Remote Arctic Island 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 29 1220
Northern Lights Alert: States Where Aurora Borealis May Be Visible This Week 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 701
Tiny fish found to have sophisticated self-awareness only ever seen in some humans 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 691
Researchers find live fungi, bacteria and viruses high in the Earth's atmosphere 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 484
The History of the Telescope Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World Full Episode 1 PBS 0 Ptah Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 455
Bright lights detected by NASA telescopes lead to a dancing pair of supermassive black holes 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 521
Remote surgery performed on a pig 9,000 km away using a game controller 5 Diamond_Dog Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 597
Northern Lights: Get Ready For Action As 'Equinox Aurora Season' Is Triggered 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 528
Ask an Astrophysicist (NASA) 1 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 509
Does It Make Sense To Put Data Centers In Space? Can They Really Cost Less To Operate? 10 Ptah Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 930
Is Our Weather Turning Against Us? Scientists Predict Rapid Escalation of Extreme Weather 8 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 954
NASA's Curiosity rover uncovers 'mind-blowing' yellow sulfur crystals on Mars 8 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 38 1736
Has a UC Berkeley chemistry lab discovered the holy grail of plastic recycling? 10 NJCher Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 1133
Discerning Melting and Volatilization Process of Fukushima's Fuel After the Tōhoku Tsunami. 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 576
The Canadian Summer Forest Fires and Toxic Particulate Pollution in NY/NJ 1 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 539
Some black holes have a 'heartbeat' -- and astronomers may finally know why 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 13 768
Thanks to Reddit, a New Diagnosis Is Bubbling Up Across the Nation 12 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 1473
Remember the visible human science kit? 18 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 1312
Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth's surface in a new animation 3 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 58 2154
Winner of the Ed Lyman Award in Selection Bias, "Ph.D. in Physics" says... 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 745
Northern Lights Alert: Solar Activity Surges To Strongest For 23 Years 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 19 1160
New knowledge about a fungus that turns 60-80% of the flies in your home into zombies 3 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 887
Remote isles may solve mystery of 'Snowball Earth' 4 Wicked Blue Aug 2024 Sep 2024 11 881
Quarter Moon and Seven Sisters: APOD Having Run of Relatable Magical Moments 1 SorellaLaBefana Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 649

Science Continued...

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Star-packed Triangulum Galaxy shines in new Hubble Telescope image 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 14 654
Sunlight as You've Not Seen It: Another Truly ☼Amazing☼ APOD 9 SorellaLaBefana Sep 2024 Sep 2024 48 1854
1 month until the annular solar eclipse 2024: Here's what you need to know 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 10 708
Aurora season is here: What to expect from the northern lights in 2024/25 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 447
The nature of a starfish: 'a disembodied head walking about on its lips' 2 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 10 650
Scientists discover way to restore water to Mars using dust 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 639
NASA's Perseverance Rover to Begin Long Climb Up Martian Crater Rim 1 turbinetree Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 553
Huge SpaceX rocket explosion shredded the upper atmosphere 2 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 13 928
Emerging PFAS Pollutants at a Lithium Battery Recycling Plant. 1 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 1052
NASA is developing robots that will swim beneath Antarctic ice and measure how quickly it's melting 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 522
The coinage of a new word in climate science: "natech," as in "natech disasters." 2 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 658
Professor proposes how a black hole in orbit around a planet could be a sign of an advanced civilization 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 753
Professor proposes how a black hole in orbit around a planet could be a sign of an advanced civilization 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 475
This Tiny Backyard Bug Does the Fastest Backflips on Earth 5 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 17 1024
Boeing's uncrewed Starliner set to undock after Sept. 6, NASA says - Reuters 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 624
Oceanographers discover 2-mile-high underwater mountain, new species -- and rare "flying spaghetti monsters" 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 17 977
When maize screams, beans listen: How the Three Sisters crop trio repels pests 1 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 27 839
Mating proximity blinds threat perception 1 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 727
Fuel debris removal attempt halted at Fukushima Daiichi. 11 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 1242
Carl Sagan Christmas Lectures 3 - The History of Mars 2 BootinUp Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 628
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