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Class emerges as a key factor in who gets sent to prison 0 erronis Feb 2025 Feb 2025 15 492
Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Reveals 19 ShazzieB Feb 2025 Feb 2025 69 3235
Telescopes spy a monster radio jet streaming from a bright and early object in the universe 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 448
800-mile-long 'DUNE' experiment could reveal the hidden dimensions of the universe 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 602
Archaeologists uncover 1.5-million-year-old hand axes in Iraqi desert 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 12 579
String theory could be real? A bootstrap model reveals solid hint 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 10 9538
Stunning, rainbow-colored object spotted by James Webb telescope could be an alien solar system in the making 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 22 1226
Quantum breakthrough: Scientists created antimatter from light 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 417
Astronomers discover 'Quipu', the single largest structure in the known universe 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 508
Disturbing Discovery: Human Brains Are Filling Up With Microplastics, and It May Be Causing Dementia 9 erronis Feb 2025 Feb 2025 18 933
Hubble's Photomosaic of Andromeda Galaxy Unveils Hundreds of Millions of Stars 6 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Feb 2025 6 724
Gaia Just Found Two Massive Objects That Shouldn't Exist - And Astronomers Are Stunned 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 39 1611
The framing of the shrew: California students photograph mammal never caught on film 1 erronis Jan 2025 Feb 2025 13 602
Scientists stunned to find corals that 'walk' towards light 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Feb 2025 4 602
Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans 1 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 408
James Hansen et al: Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed? 1 OKIsItJustMe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 526
Donald Trump viewed as higher in Dark Tetrad traits than Joe Biden, study finds 8 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1031
DNA Confirms Orcas Prey Upon One of Australia's Deadliest Marine Predators 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 14 659
Quantum mechanics was born 100 years ago. Physicists are celebrating 6 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 644
Why even physicists still don't understand quantum theory 100 years on 7 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 946
How Do Polar Bears Keep Ice Off Their Fur? New Study Reveals the Secret--and It Could Improve Technology 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 623
CDC orders pullback of new scientific papers involving its researchers, source says 3 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 577
Brian Cox: "Something Terrifying Exists Outside The Universe" 5 YoshidaYui Feb 2025 Feb 2025 14 1791
Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 10 nitpicked Jan 2025 Feb 2025 5 978
Neil deGrasse Tyson ROASTS MAGA Moron Patrick Bet David In Debate 2 YoshidaYui Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 938
Nurse dies from Ebola in Uganda as country declares first virus outbreak since 2022, health ministry says 3 milestogo Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 496
A very high temperature thermocouple for measuring temperatures in nuclear fuel pellets. 2 NNadir Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 532
Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 576
New water splitting catalyst makes green hydrogen without expensive metals 3 Caribbeans Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 656
The Deadliest Tsunamis Of All Time Mega Disaster Earth Stories 0 YoshidaYui Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 647

Science Continued...

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'Super pod' of 1,500 dolphins captured on drone video as they cavort off California's coast 2 erronis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 638
Scientists Unearthed an Unknown Creature with 24 Eyes While Checking the Quality of the Water in a Nature Reserve 11 milestogo Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 1186
Trump Abruptly Cancels Crucial Science Reviews at NIH, World's Largest Public Funder of Biomedical Research 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 656
Scientists discover new, 3rd form of magnetism that may be the 'missing link' in the quest for superconductivity 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 581
A Gas Giant 500 Light-Years Away Has the Fastest Winds Ever Recorded: A Staggering 33,000 km/h 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 623
Caltech Scientists Discover the Surprising Speed Limit of Human Thought - Just 10 Bits per Second 0 erronis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 576
Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform 0 sl8 Jan 2025 Jan 2025 13 611
Astronomers seek global ban on space advertising 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 471
Astronomers Capture Mysterious 'Chorus Waves' Emerging From Deep Space 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 532
Butterfly-inspired robot wings move without batteries or electronics 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 502
Meet The 4 Longest Venomous Snakes. Hint: Mamba And Bushmaster No Longer In Top 3 Due To These 'New' Giants 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 730
AI can now replicate itself -- a milestone that has experts terrified 6 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 926
A New Space Telescope is Giving Us New Insights Into Gamma Ray Bursts 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 356
Scientists Document Rich Biodiversity Along Underexplored Chilean Coastline 1 Onthefly Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 512
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Will Detect Millions of Exploding Stars 1 Ptah Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 421
How to make oxygen on the moon 2 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 579
Current Comet over Chile: *Actually* Visible to Unaided eyes in the Southern Hemisphere 0 SorellaLaBefana Jan 2025 Jan 2025 13 602
Trump administration's abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern 7 douglas9 Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 936
A Bacterial Protein Can Transport Heavy Highly Radioactive Actinides. 2 NNadir Dec 2023 Jan 2025 4 1236
'We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars.' President Trump wants astronauts to raise the American flag on Mar 10 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 687
Repeating Fast Radio Burst Traced to Outskirts of Quiescent Elliptical Galaxy 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 587
Earth's History in a few moments 1 YoshidaYui Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 636
Finland becomes 53rd country to join the Artemis Accords for moon exploration 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 403
One hundred years ago, a solar eclipse line of totality cut through NYC. 1 John1956PA Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 529
'Contagious' peeing may have deep evolutionary roots, chimp study suggests 3 milestogo Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 585
'Big boy' spider becomes Australia's largest and deadliest arachnid after surprise discovery 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 14 988
Astronomers find hundreds of 'hidden' black holes -- and there may be billions or even trillions more 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 549
Turkey vulture: The bird that vomits acid up to 10 feet and poops antiseptic onto its legs 9 milestogo Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 952
Scientists say they found oxygen where it shouldn't be. Now, the hunt is on for more answers 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 788
Extraordinary images reveal the mysteries of Mars 7 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 52 1964

Science Continued...

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Kilauea volcano enters fourth eruption phase: Watch LIVE 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 603
New solar-powered EV can drive 40 miles daily using the power of the sun -- and it's 50% more efficient than a Tesla 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 608
USGS releases first-ever map of potential for geologic hydrogen in U.S. 4 Caribbeans Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 714
The sky is falling: Meteorite strike captured in rare video from Canadian home's doorbell camera 2 cbabe Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 768
Argyria: The rare disease that turns people blue 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 784
UW-Madison paleontologists discover oldest dinosaur in North America 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2025 Jan 2025 14 548
Moon placed on World Monument Fund list of heritage sites in need of protection 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 425
Schrodinger's Cat breakthrough could usher in the 'Holy Grail' of quantum computing, making them error-proof 0 milestogo Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 757
Real-time formation of black hole jets observed for the first time 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 401
'Spooky' quantum entanglement discovered inside individual protons for 1st time ever 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 502
The Science of the Matrix with Laurence Fishburne STARTALK with Neil DeGrasse Tyson 1 YoshidaYui Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 519
The Biggest Simulation Ever: Frontier Supercomputer Models the Universe 1 erronis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 606
How Do Octopuses Control 8 Arms? Scientists Discover Strange Segmented Nervous System 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 17 820
World's tiniest cat was a palm-sized tiddler that lived in China 300,000 years ago 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 27 1460
"Three Gorges Dam In Space": China Reveals Plans To Build Giant Power Station In Earth's Orbit 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 601
Rare string of 'cosmic pearls' dance together in the universe 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 510
Bill Gates' Terrapower permitted to unleash 345 MW sodium-cooled nuclear reactor 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 579
Cephalopods Pass Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 852
If you want a brain-aneurysm, watch this. (You have been warned.) 4 DetlefK Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 1998
Serious Head Trauma May Awaken Dormant Viruses Inside Your Body 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 654
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