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Mysterious explosions are creating craters in Siberia. Here's why 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 21 1058
The Northern Lights Are Coming Back: How to See the Aurora Borealis This Week 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 706
Ok blew my mind. How do bacteria move? Little electric boat motors! lol. Cray Cray stuff here 6 Cheezoholic Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 1231
An Ancient Maya Practice Could Be the Key to Growing Vegetables on Mars 4 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 851
New study shows 'dancing molecules' can regenerate cartilage in 3 days 14 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 76 3209
New 'Butter' Made From Carbon Dioxide Tastes Like the Real Dairy Product, Startup Says 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 830
Type of mouth bacteria 'melts' some cancers, study finds 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 15 829
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 385
Complex life on Earth may be much older than thought - BBC 0 Wicked Blue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 828
The Biden Administration and China Work to Address the Superpollutant N2O. 2 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 1035
Burned-up satellites are polluting the atmosphere 2 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 884
A Flash Like No Other: NASA's Fermi Detects Unique Energy Peak in Unprecedented Gamma-Ray Burst 4 erronis Jul 2024 Jul 2024 12 1013
U.S. back in race to forge unknown, superheavy elements 5 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 1037
China dominates renewable energy and coal power forecasts 2 Eko Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 764
China Quadrupled Its Nuclear Power Production in 10 Years; Is Predicted to Pass the US In 2030. 7 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 1315
Sun bear: The little carnivores that look so similar to humans they've been mistaken for people wearing costumes News 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 14 1120
The Atomic Intelligence of Liquid Metals. 0 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 961
Exoplanet caught in 'hairpin turn' signals how high-mass gas giants form 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 654
'Super-Jupiter': Giant gas planet discovered by space telescope 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 791
See 25 Stunning Images of the Cosmos From the Chandra X-Ray Observatory as It Celebrates 25 Years in Space 8 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 1158
Mercury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds 4 usonian Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 1074
Japanese honeybees slap ants to defend their hive 8 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 1418
Space is becoming an 'unsustainable environment in the long term,' ESA says 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 809
MIT researchers make hydrogen fuel from soda cans, seawater, caffeine 4 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 785
Silkworms, shrimps can help repair damaged skin and bones: EU researchers 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 696
NASA says no return date yet for astronauts and troubled Boeing capsule at space station 0 Eugene Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 650
A swinging showerhead leads to discovery of a new mode of vibration in nature 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 946
AI models fed AI-generated data quickly spew nonsense 4 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 1264
Geology hub: yesterday's hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone 4 Warpy Jul 2024 Jul 2024 18 1381
Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch youngest woman above the Krmn line 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 541

Science Continued...

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Florida startup Star Catcher snags $12 million to help develop 1st off-Earth energy grid 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 561
Memory for music doesn't diminish with age 3 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 914
Exclusive: the Trump administration demoted this climate scientist -- now she wants reform 0 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 735
Chimpanzees Take Turns in Fast-Paced Conversations, Just Like Humans Do 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 875
This glowing speck is a freezing exoplanet six times the size of Jupiter 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 764
Nasa's science mission spacecraft are at risk from hackers, but a new law could help protect them 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 575
Exclusive: the Trump administration demoted this climate scientist -- now she wants reform 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 776
Milky Way's black hole 'exhaust vent' discovered in eerie X-ray observations 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 693
The best meteor showers of 2024 are yet to come. Here are the key nights to watch for. 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 755
Jaguarundi: The little wildcat that looks like an otter and has 13 ways of 'talking' 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 21 1166
Nature: Harris Candidacy Stirs Optimism Among Scientists. 1 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 834
Update on the Disastrous 2024 CO2 Data Recorded at Mauna Loa 6 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 11 1211
Male elephants use deep rumbles to signal when it is time to go 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 670
Dual action antibiotic could make bacterial resistance nearly impossible 2 Jim__ Jul 2024 Jul 2024 19 833
Astronomers are scrambling to save the world's most powerful X-ray space telescope 2 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 817
Metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor split water to generate 'dark oxygen,' new study finds 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 963
It's not just humans--bacteria also have memory, study suggests 6 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 982
A 12-Mile Marvel Has Stunningly Turned Gravity Into Light 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 12 1041
Extremely Rare Black Hole Found At The Center Of Our Galaxy 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 685
Low-cost, smartphone-based spectrometer could tell you whether something is good to eat or not 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 804
See How the Brain Responds to Psychedelic 'Magic Mushrooms' 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 838
Socioeconomic factors linked to persistently active rheumatoid arthritis 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 503
Chimpanzees gesture back and forth quickly like in human conversations, researchers find 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 782
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 291
This Enormous New Telescope Will Be Powered By The World's Largest Mirror 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 651
The Milky Way's enormous, star-studded 'Radcliffe Wave' is literally waving 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 684
NASA cancels $450-million mission to drill for ice on the Moon -- surprising researchers 13 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 1549
Antarctic Worms Have an Amazing Secret For Surviving Deadly Icy Water 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 634
Scientists Found an Alarming Pattern in The Brains of Sleep-Deprived Kids 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 11 852
New Detection Of Phosphine Deeper In Venus's Atmosphere - And Possibly Ammonia Too 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 503

Science Continued...

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Gaia spacecraft almost doomed by back-to-back meteor strike and solar storm -- but ESA says they've found a solution 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 748
Discover The Bizarre Life In Movile Cave: A World Sealed Off For 5 Million Years 4 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 16 905
NASA's Curiosity rover accidentally reveals ultra-rare sulfur crystals after crushing a rock on Mars 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 653
Underground cave found on moon could be ideal base for explorers 8 Jilly_in_VA Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 1285
9 miles of solid diamonds may lurk beneath Mercury's surface, new study finds 4 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 970
Nantucket beaches shut down to swimming after debris from Vineyard Wind turbine washes ashore 2 Eko Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 741
Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain 2 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 906
SpaceX Falcon 9. How many launches so far? (Poll) 1 Ptah Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 656
Secret of why Greenland sharks live so incredibly long finally revealed 5 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 23 1283
Lithium Pollution and Its Associated Health Risks in the Largest Lithium Extraction Industrial Area in China 2 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 804
What is it like to attend a predatory conference? 0 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 639
New burrowing dinosaur discovered in Utah 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 681
Study finds language affects how quickly we perceive shades of color 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 704
Scientists Revise Famous Drake Equation 12 BootinUp Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 1537
New low-mass galaxy discovered 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 558
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 8 995
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 1417
The geneticist who uses science to free parents wrongly convicted of killing their children 1 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 630
Many plant names are offensive: botanists will vote on whether to change them 2 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 943
Grizzly Bear "Supermom" Spotted In Yellowstone With Five Cubs For First Time 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 27 1191
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