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Antarctica is covered in volcanoes, could they erupt? 4 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 23 1676
Elusive prickly sharks spotted gathering at underwater mountain off Panama -- but why remains a mystery 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 14 1034
Blue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beaches 9 cbabe Apr 2024 Apr 2024 11 1971
White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Announces Year of Open Science Recognition Challenge Winners 0 usonian Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 917
See what the solar eclipse will look like in your city WaPo link (PayWall sorry) 5 TeamProg Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 1467
Eclipse conspiracies. Nothing specific. 2 SarahD Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 780
A New Record Concentration for CO2, 426.35 ppm Has Been Set at the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory. 1 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1180
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 807
Geoengineering Test Quietly Launches Salt Crystals into Atmosphere - Scientific American 6 Caribbeans Apr 2024 Apr 2024 12 1525
mealy-mouthed creationists 7 Lionel Mandrake Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1375
Deep Learning Basics: Introduction and Overview (AI Neural Networks) 1 BootinUp Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1453
Solar eclipse will create Purkinje effect -- and red, green clothes will help you see it 7 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 13 12511
Group of 60 ultra-faint stars orbiting the Milky Way could be new type of galaxy never seen before 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 12 1159
Ambitious new dark matter-hunting experiment delivers 1st results 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 897
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an ocean scientists never believed could exist 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 914
Some stars may be 'infected' with black holes that destroy them from within, new study hints 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 932
First Results from DESI Make the Most Precise Measurement of Our Expanding Universe 0 BootinUp Apr 2024 Apr 2024 9 1067
Is the atmosphere momentarily too unstable to measure? 1 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 10 1299
Moon Standard Time? Nasa to create lunar-centric time reference system 3 cbabe Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 1004
Vincent van Gecko: Colorful new lizard species named after the famous painter 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 12 1144
Black-Capped Chickadees Are Masters of Memory--and Scientists Are Finding Out Why 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 12 1378
NASA Announces We May Have a Chance to See a Star Explosion With the Naked Eye This Year 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1093
NASA is Planning to Shut Down One of the Great Observatories to Save Money 7 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 22 1689
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona 2 Ptah Apr 2024 Apr 2024 15 1312
Teaching to support religious ignorance in public schools legalized in West Virginia. 0 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 7 1147
Underwater Robot Discovers More Than 100 New Species in Chile 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 859
Why NASA is launching 3 rockets into the solar eclipse next week 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 1043
Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals 1 Eugene Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 1324
Meanwhile, in *Other* News: Critical Ocean Current Likely in Collapse from Our Warming Planet 14 SorellaLaBefana Mar 2024 Apr 2024 61 4091
William Shatner has questions for Neil Degrasse Tyson 1 YoshidaYui Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 1389

Science Continued...

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Astrophysicist explains science behind once-in-a-lifetime nova outburst that will light up the sky this year 8 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 26 1830
A cosmic 'speed camera' just revealed the staggering speed of neutron star jets in a world first 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 926
A cosmic 'speed camera' just revealed the staggering speed of neutron star jets in a world first 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 826
Amidst misinformation, critical thinking needs a 21st century upgrade 6 BootinUp Mar 2024 Mar 2024 27 1611
'Gold nuggets in night sky': Astronomers find 49 new galaxies in 3 hrs 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 10 1469
The surprising key to magpie intelligence: it's not genetic 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 15 1359
Ancient Ocean Water Discovered in Himalayan Mineral Deposits Unlocks Earth's Past Secrets 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 969
How are extreme "blue supergiant" stars born? Astronomers may finally know 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 902
Physicists make record-breaking 'quantum vortex' to study the mysteries of black holes 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 922
Enormous explosions may be visible on the sun during the April 8 solar eclipse 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 974
Giant Terror Birds Were Apex Predators of Eocene-Period Antarctica 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 976
Canada Is Bizarrely Shaking--and It Might Be Creating a New Ocean Crust 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 17 1227
AI's Future is Similar to that of Star Trek's Borg, Scientists Say 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 991
Gaia Space Telescope Discovers Ancient Stellar Streams 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 820
MIT scientists have just figured out how to make the most popular AI image generators 30 times faster 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 866
Drilling for water ice on Mars: How close are we to making it happen? 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 873
Scientists Ignited a Thermonuclear Explosion Inside a Supercomputer 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 1183
UArizona's Biosphere 2: A look at three decades of climate research 3 Ptah Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 1144
UPDATE -- Severe solar storm will generate auroras as far south as Alabama 5 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 21 1878
Eclipse seasons: Why the lunar eclipse on March 25 occurs 2 weeks before the total solar eclipse on April 8 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 999
Gale Crater on Mars seems to have recently had a lot of water 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 1029
The holographic secret of black holes 7 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 29 2358
The holographic secret of black holes 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 1018
Nova Documentary on Domestic Cats 4 YoshidaYui Mar 2024 Mar 2024 15 2182
Amazing photos of 'horned' comet 12P/Pons-Brooks from around the world 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 1074
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 YoshidaYui Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 675
Scientists Spotted 'Massless' Electrons Moving in 4 Dimensions 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 1026
Physicists Reveal a Strange Form of Crystal Where Electrons Can't Move 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 987
Astronomers call for radio silence on the far side of the moon 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 13 1019
Russian Soyuz rocket suffers rare last-minute abort during launch of 3 astronauts to ISS 2 WestMichRad Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 987

Science Continued...

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NASA's DART mission hammered its target asteroid into a new shape. Here's how 2 WestMichRad Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 985
DARPA picks Northrop Grumman to develop 'lunar raiload' concept 16 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 1819
On this day, March 21, 1768, Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 816
Scientists find galaxy supercluster as massive as 26 quadrillion suns 5 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 14 1084
Deep-space astronomy sensor peers into the heart of an atom 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 792
Mathematicians have finally proved that Bach was a great composer 9 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 10 1396
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu contains the building blocks of life and minerals unseen on Earth, scientists rev 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 16 1126
'This is a journey, not a destination': Stunning map of the Milky Way's center exposes new mysteries about our galaxy 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 10 1135
Beluga whales appear to change the shape of their melon heads to communicate, scientists discover 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 1092
Giant sequoias: There are less than 80,000 of these redwoods left in California, 19 speak easy Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 2453
Betelgeuse's mysterious spin could be a cosmic illusion caused by its enormous 'boiling' surface 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 994
Ireland was once home to deer with massive 12-foot antlers 4 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 16 1180
What happens when you send cancer into space? - BBC News 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2024 Mar 2024 12 1159
2024's Unprecedented Terror At the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory Continues. 1 NNadir Mar 2024 Mar 2024 12 1507
The Piranha Infested Waters Of The Amazon WILD 24 Real Wild 0 YoshidaYui Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 1220
The worst prediction in physics: what energy is in empty space? 8 Sancho Mar 2024 Mar 2024 12 2147
Which dinosaurs survived? The ones that shrank the fastest. 3 tblue37 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 1113
Extensive Research Reveals 32 Health Risks Linked to Ultra-Processed Foods 4 erronis Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 1108
Astronomers reveal one of the most detailed pictures of an exploded star ever taken 11 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 46 2498
Found: new vine snake species after a gap 113 years 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 717
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