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Hundreds of unknown species were discovered around the world this year 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 786
Isotopic Analysis of Ryugu Samples Suggest Cold and Hot Origins for its Molecules 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 826
Tonga volcano eruption was fueled by 2 merging chambers that are still brimming with magma 7 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 18 1214
Eclipses, meteor showers and alignments: The astronomy events you won't want to miss in 2024 3 TeamProg Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 1104
Hold Onto Your Hats: JWST Unveils Unprecedentedly Crisp View of Uranus And Its Rings 36 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 142 8080
Academic paper based on Uyghur genetic data retracted over ethical concerns 0 cbabe Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1015
10 dramatic discoveries about Earth from 2023 6 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 15 1145
Using Nuclear Energy to Convert Useless Biomass Into Useful Products. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1013
Precarious Balanced Rocks Suggest the Risk to LA from Earthquakes May Be Smaller Than Previously Believed. 4 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 1191
Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Egg 6 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 34 1885
Astronomy Picture of the Day 2023 December 25 Cathedral, Mountain, Moon 7 Ptah Dec 2023 Dec 2023 50 2172
I like this year's AAAS tee shirt. 2 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 22 1179
A Round Robin Evaluation of the Radiation Stability of Actinide Extraction Reagents for Nuclear Fuel Recovery. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1185
Your take on Nikola Tesla? 6 SarahD Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1165
More Christmas Chemistry: Key Odorants of Frankincense, cis and trans Olibanic Acids 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1027
Christmas Chemistry: Synthesis of an Essential Oil from Myrrh 2 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 1128
Ancient Landmass Emerged and Disappeared 70,000 Years Ago 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 43 1912
Flowers 'giving up' on scarce insects and evolving to self-pollinate, say scientists 4 cbabe Dec 2023 Dec 2023 19 1267
Physicist Discovers 'Paradox-Free' Time Travel Is Theoretically Possible 6 steve2470 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 34 2304
Blue Origin successfully launches New Shepard rocket - Reuters 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 990
New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroid threats 3 Jim__ Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1001
Iceland eruption start caught on camera 9 Warpy Dec 2023 Dec 2023 33 1899
Canadian Hydroelectric Power Generation Fell to the Lowest Level in a Decade Sept 2023 Because of Climate. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 975
How NASA Learned To Fly The Space Shuttle Like A Glider 0 Eko Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 840
Scientists in Antinuclear Hellholes Develop a Means to Measure Tritiated Water Vapor in Nuclear Plants 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 2827
The CO2 Concentrations at Mauna Loa are 25.91 ppm higher than 10 years ago. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 808
A new means of space propulsion... closed loop pulse propulsion... here's the idea [View all] 78 mikelewis Dec 2023 Dec 2023 9 17311
I have to say that my mind was blown by a book this weekend. 11 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 19 2396
In a dark country, a ray of light. 2 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 917
Assessing the Supply Chain Risks of Electric Vehicles and Their Sustainability. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 986

Science Continued...

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Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino on his emotional response to seeing Earth from space. 0 Swede Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 842
Rats are more human than you think 10 BootinUp Dec 2023 Dec 2023 13 1276
Abundances of Some Heavy Elements Result From Fission of Transuranium R-process Actinides. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1233
A Gigantic Hole Just Opened Up in the Sun 11 WhiteTara Dec 2023 Dec 2023 23 1876
Video of ceramic storage system prototype surfaces online -- 10,000TB cartridges bombarded with laser rays 3 TheBlackAdder Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 1234
Measuring Foreign Chemical Exposure of Human Flesh: Mass Spectrometry Software for the "Exposome." 2 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1150
New theory may finally unite Einstein's gravity with the quantum world 7 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 32 2409
"Amaterasu" particle: a new cosmic mystery 0 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 9 850
Locusts spun in a centrifuge develop extra-strong exoskeletons 2 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 895
2 photos from Orion spacecraft - Artemis 1 mission 0 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 11 929
China's Mars rover has uncovered underground polygon structures buried beneath the Red Planet's surface 8 orangecrush Dec 2023 Dec 2023 23 2182
Nutrient Collapse? Are Modern Foods Missing Nutrients: Science is Not Clear--but Very Suggestive 3 SorellaLaBefana Dec 2023 Dec 2023 11 1197
Thallium pollution from Lithium Mining and the Urgent Need to Address It. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 828
We Might Be Sitting in a Massive 'Supervoid' in Space, And That Could Explain The Hubble Tension 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 13 1323
Mountains in the ocean 1 hermetic Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 779
New Carbon Allotropes: Graphyne, Graphdiyne and Beyond. 2 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 951
Seismic data confirms ocean waves shake the earth... 1 WestMichRad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 1006
Ancient redwoods recover from fire by sprouting 1000-year-old buds 12 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 62 2511
Still Silly, but Improved Cartoon of a Carbon Neutral System. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1035
Three years and two days ago, Arecibo Observatory - collapse : 1 Ptah Dec 2023 Dec 2023 11 1167
Apocryphal Account of the Cause of the Deepwater Horizon Platform Failure: Batteries. 13 NNadir Nov 2023 Dec 2023 4 2405
Status of the Chemical Waste Drums (DDT) Dumped Off the Coast of Los Angeles County Decades Ago. 4 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 2192
Issues in Water Chlorination Toxicology: ID of High Molecular Weight Halogenated Molecules in Drinking Water 7 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 1303
This 'forbidden' exoplanet is way too massive for its star 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 833
A mysterious river of gas flowing into the Milky Way has stars inside after all 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 10 1105
With winged legs, orchid mantis sets gliding record 2 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 12 750
Scientists just found a planet-forming disk beyond our Milky Way for the 1st time -- yes, they're thrilled 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Dec 2023 12 1016
Study illuminates formation of US east coast during break up of supercontinent Pangea 3 Jim__ Dec 2023 Dec 2023 9 924
Astronomers discover six planets orbiting a nearby sun-like star 0 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2023 Nov 2023 10 908
Wow, was I annoyed we had rain - when we could have seen the Pleiades right near the Moon. 5 electric_blue68 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 1251

Science Continued...

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The lithium/carbon dioxide battery. 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 857
Saturn's magnificent rings will vanish in 18 months 11 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 33 2433
This Map Lets You Plug in Your Address to See How It's Changed Over the Past 750 Million Years 21 littlemissmartypants Nov 2023 Nov 2023 41 3358
Deep Space Updates November 26th - Scott Manley 1 Ptah Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 875
Hydrogen discovered in Apollo-era moon rocks could change the future of lunar exploration 1 Caribbeans Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 1143
At the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory, the Week to Week 10 Year Comparator Is the 3rd Highest Ever. 2 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 970
Powerful "sun goddess" cosmic ray strikes Earth from mysterious, unknown origin 17 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 42 2931
Growth of Coal Mining Operations in the Elk River Valley (Canada) and Selenium in a US River. 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 976
Quantification of the Effects of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation on COVID-19 Transmission 1 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 974
Material Flow Analysis of Dysprosium in the United States 2 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 998
Making Filthy Hydrogen Slightly Less Filthy. 5 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1077
Early Homo erectus lived at high altitudes and produced both Oldowan and Acheulean tools 6 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 1397
BBC: Could airports make hydrogen work as a fuel? 5 Caribbeans Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 996
James Webb telescope reveals gargantuan 'Mothra' star in most colorful image of the universe ever taken 5 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 26 1868
Here's a Radioisotope I've Never Seen Used Before: Scandium-46. 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 865
How big is too big? Bat's enormous penis makes penetration impossible 4 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 1185
Systematically Improving Espresso: Insights from Mathematical Modeling and Experiment 1 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 1208
Plastic Waste Upcycling for Generation of Power and Methanol: 3E Energy, Exergy, and Economic Analysis. 1 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 1853
1st black hole to be imaged is spewing 'lightsaber' energy jets larger than the Milky Way, and scientists think they kno 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 20 1302
Mine Tailing Technology: How future generations can pick through our garbage to survive. 2 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 885
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