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Our last common ancestor lived 4.2 billion years ago--perhaps hundreds of millions of years earlier than thought. 3 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 801
The Milky Way will be visible without a telescope this summer. Here are the key nights to watch for. 11 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 1077
The geneticist who uses science to free parents wrongly convicted of killing their children 1 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 501
Many plant names are offensive: botanists will vote on whether to change them 2 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 750
Grizzly Bear "Supermom" Spotted In Yellowstone With Five Cubs For First Time 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 27 1020
Musical pitch has a curious effect on our perception of brightness 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 569
NASA's Webb investigates eternal sunrises, sunsets on distant world 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 6448
Recovery of Fluoride From PFAS "Forever Chemicals" Via Thermal Mineralization. 0 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 523
Neutron Star Spotted Shooting A Jet Like A Garden Sprinkler For First Time 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 461
Juice's lunar-Earth flyby: All you need to know 1 Jim__ Jul 2024 Jul 2024 15 592
NGC 3810 Demonstrates Classical Spiral Structure in New Hubble Image 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 434
Water Frost Deposits Spotted on Tropical Martian Volcanoes 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 411
Ancient Mars was Cool and Relatively Wet, New Study Suggests 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 429
Effects on Global Heating on Hydroelectricity and Water Scarcity in China. 1 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 790
The Effect of Brine on the Radiation Driven Near Complete Destruction of "Forever Chemicals" 0 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 14 1028
Astronomers Spot Rare, Mid-Sized Black Hole in Our Galaxy 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 528
What's Hidden Under the Ice of Antarctica? Fairly good video. 1 Eko Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 835
This video will blow your mind : We Live in a Simulation. The evidence is everywhere. All you have to do is look 4 YoshidaYui Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 1346
Ella cleverly told them they wouldn't be able to do an autopsy when he died. They paid up pretty quick after that. 1 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 16 972
60-Million-Year-Old Grape Seeds Found in Colombia 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 618
Serious errors plague DNA tool that's a workhorse of biology 1 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 657
Massive 'eyeball' exoplanet looking like perfect candidate for alien life 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 590
Groundbreaking Study Reveals Oceanic Seabirds Chase Tropical Cyclones 0 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 8105
It is marvelous to live in a world where a protein sequence in Dicaeum eximium's acetylome is known. 3 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 718
Exploding star expected to be visible to the naked eye within months 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 822
Closed Loop Pulse Propulsion: A new Guide with Models, Interactive VPython Scripts, Explanations and stories! 21 mikelewis Jun 2024 Jul 2024 4 13381
Scientists find rare mutated frog - and it's blue! 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 934
Exploding star expected to be visible to the naked eye within months 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 868
JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE IS REVEALING SURPRISING SECRETS ABOUT A MASSIVE AND EXTREMELY REMOTE SPACE OBJECT 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 1196
Life Cycle Economic and Environmental Assessment of Producing Synthetic Jet Fuel Using CO2/Biomass Feedstocks 2 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 659

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Researchers realize time reversal through input-output indefiniteness 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 885
Stench of a gas giant? Nearby exoplanet reeks of rotten eggs. And that's a good thing 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 684
Researchers Claim Ominous New AI System Can Detect Lies 4 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 607
'I've never seen anything like this': Scientists hijack cancer genes to turn tumors against themselves 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 19 911
How Sea Creatures Have Adapted To Life In Sunken World War II Vessels 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 467
High speed video shows hippos get airborne when running 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 837
Fossils show huge salamanderlike predator with sharp fangs existed before the dinosaurs 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 515
On this day, July 7, 1959, Venus occulted Regulus. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 473
Probabilistic Estimation of Airborne Micro- and Nanoplastic Intake in Humans 2 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 558
Subsurface Transport of Plutonium in Organic and Aqueous Acidic Processing Wastes at the Hanford Site, USA 2 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 955
How do you make salty water drinkable? The hunt for fresh solutions to a briny problem 7 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 12 734
Grand Canyon-size 'scar' on Mars revealed like never before in striking new satellite photos 4 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 12 783
Oldest known picture story is a 51,000-year-old Indonesian cave painting 2 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 650
Shark Bay: Home to Earth's largest plant -- an immortal, self-cloning seagrass meadow stretching 112 miles 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 590
These Stunning Butterflies Flew 2,600 Miles Across the Atlantic Ocean Without Stopping 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 14 823
A Nice Review on Sustainable Cellulose Ion Conductive Material. 2 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 619
Einstein Telescope will revolutionize cosmic observations 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 29 1079
Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 477
The Milky Way may be surrounded by 'too many' mini galaxies, new discoveries reveal 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 585
The Multi-Billion Dollar Development Of Nasa's SLS - 50:28 Youtube 1 Ptah Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 478
Ants perform life saving operations -- the only animal other than humans known to do so 5 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 18 1153
Milky Way's black hole 'exhaust vent' discovered in eerie X-ray observations 5 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 822
2024's Disastrous CO2 Increased Readings Continue at the Mauna Loa Observatory. 1 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 708
Would it be possible to reduce the power of a hurricane 6 Backseat Driver Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 884
Evidence of Down Syndrome Found in Neanderthal Remains 0 ffr Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 519
Bionic leg moves like a natural limb -- without conscious thought 1 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 490
Looking up! 1 Onthefly Jun 2024 Jun 2024 10 704
Scientists discover that time is just an illusion [View all] 85 BootinUp Jun 2024 Jun 2024 79 12189
The Milky Way is 'less weird' than we thought 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 19 749
Is there a better head position for sleeping (and clearing out junk)? 17 erronis Jun 2024 Jun 2024 11 1471

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Faces made of living skin make robots smile 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 694
Mountain-size 'planet killer' asteroid will make a close approach to Earth today 4 Cattledog Jun 2024 Jun 2024 11 991
The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes 23 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 69 4079
Stunning photos show 44,000-year-old mummified wolf discovered in Siberian permafrost 0 Cattledog Jun 2024 Jun 2024 18 765
Why do people hate scientists? 4 Warpy Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 865
Webb telescope makes discovery that was previously impossible 5 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 16 1049
Once-In-A-Lifetime Stellar Event Expected To Happen This Summer 5 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 14 987
A Psychologist Reveals The Unexpected Benefits Of Swearing 5 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 10 926
A simple change to save thousands of patients with sepsis 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 27 1188
Why Mount Rainier is the US volcano keeping scientists up at night 0 RandySF Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 695
China's Chang'e 6 probe will soon bring samples of the moon's far side to Earth -- and scientists are getting excited 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 400
This game-changing new gel can convert motion into energy 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 14 527
Gaia space telescope helps astronomers image hidden objects around bright stars 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 393
Deadly 'Flesh-Eating Bacteria' Is Surging in Japan. Here's What You Should Know. 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 579
Solid Wood Surfaces Have Natural Antiviral Properties, Study Shows 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 507
Webb Finds Proto-Globular Clusters in Early Universe 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 366
Texas Abortion Ban Linked to Marked Increase in Infant Deaths, Study Finds 1 Warpy Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 461
A black hole of inexplicable mass: JWST observations reveal a mature quasar at cosmic dawn 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 22 1431
Gigantic oddball aurora seen from Earth for the first time 6 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 15 1114
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