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Will An Asteroid Hit Earth in 2032? 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1287
When AI Thinks It Will Lose, It Sometimes Cheats, Study Finds 4 JT99 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1608
Largest superstructure in the nearby universe discovered 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 12 1345
World's glaciers melting faster than ever recorded 0 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 897
Welcome To Tylos, A Planet 'Out Of Science Fiction,' Scientists Say 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 10 1168
'Iridescent' clouds on Mars captured in Martian twilight in stunning NASA rover images 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 897
Breakthrough quantum chip that harnesses new state of matter could set us on the path to quantum supremacy 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 894
mRNA vaccines show promise in pancreatic cancer in early trial 2 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1046
National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues 2 douglas9 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 1065
Nokia is Putting the First Cellular Network On the Moon 3 LiberalArkie Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1129
T**** Tracker at Science Magazine 1 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1195
Long video: James Webb Telescope SHOCKS Us With Gliese 504b's CLEAREST Image Yet! 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 1443
How a mushroom coral goes for a walk without legs 0 Onthefly Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 886
The Most Useful Thing AI Has Ever Done 3 intrepidity Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 1351
Older AI models show signs of cognitive decline, study shows 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1703
First Direct Image of the Cosmic Web Reveals the Universe's Hidden Highways 4 SheltieLover Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 1528
How to Get PFAS Out of Drinking Water--and Keep It Out 0 littlemissmartypants Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 879
NASA rover discovers liquid water 'ripples' carved into Mars rock -- and it could rewrite the Red Planet's history 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 879
On February 15, 2013, a meteor crossed the sky over Chelyabinsk, Russia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 781
Watch robot dog and drone locked in fierce battle -- blasting fireworks at each other in future warfare demo 6 Bayard Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1955
Win a heart contest: Comment on These Equations to Explain Why Musk's Car and His Powerwalls Were Never "Green." 12 NNadir Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 2430
Hubble spots 'bullseye' galaxy with 9 rings 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 954
Euclid telescope spots rare 'Einstein ring' hiding near Earth -- and an ancient, unnamed galaxy behind it 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1119
Dancing Baby Sea Turtles Help Researchers Unravel the Mysteries of Their Navigational Superpowers 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1198
Many birds-of-paradise species emit light through their plumage, study finds 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 16 1470
Scientists Confirm Endangered Bats Are Migrating in Arizona for the First Time, Using DNA Clues Found in the Environment 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 727
12 strange reasons humans haven't found alien life yet 4 Bayard Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 1883
Supermassive Black Hole Heading Towards The Milky Way Galaxy 7 GreenWave Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1589
Meta unveils AI models that convert brain activity into text with unmatched accuracy 5 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 1275
'It explains why our ability to focus has gone to hell' 1 Bayard Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1267

Science Continued...

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A strange triangle will appear in the zodiac this month. How to see rare 'zodiacal light,' before it disappears. 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 1336
Scientists record never-before-seen 'ice quakes' deep inside Greenland's frozen rivers 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1110
Experts Discover Ancient Life Locked Inside a 2.5 Billion-Year-Old Ruby as a Residue 5 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 1727
High-energy cosmic neutrino detected under Mediterranean Sea 2 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1115
James Hansen and Pushker Kharecha: Global Warming Has Accelerated. Why? What Are the Consequences? 0 OKIsItJustMe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 772
JAMA Psychiatry: Departure. 1 NNadir Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 1085
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Eko Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 517
a step away from politics... 17 markie Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 3149
Astronomers catch black holes 'cooking' their own meals in bizarre, endless feeding cycle 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 969
If any AI became 'misaligned' then the system would hide it just long enough to cause harm -- controlling it is a fallacy 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1006
Class emerges as a key factor in who gets sent to prison 0 erronis Feb 2025 Feb 2025 15 909
Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Reveals 19 ShazzieB Feb 2025 Feb 2025 69 5643
Telescopes spy a monster radio jet streaming from a bright and early object in the universe 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 935
800-mile-long 'DUNE' experiment could reveal the hidden dimensions of the universe 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 1414
Archaeologists uncover 1.5-million-year-old hand axes in Iraqi desert 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 12 1096
String theory could be real? A bootstrap model reveals solid hint 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 10 10003
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 1923
Quantum breakthrough: Scientists created antimatter from light 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 834
Astronomers discover 'Quipu', the single largest structure in the known universe 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1021
Disturbing Discovery: Human Brains Are Filling Up With Microplastics, and It May Be Causing Dementia 9 erronis Feb 2025 Feb 2025 18 2476
Hubble's Photomosaic of Andromeda Galaxy Unveils Hundreds of Millions of Stars 6 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Feb 2025 6 1513
Gaia Just Found Two Massive Objects That Shouldn't Exist - And Astronomers Are Stunned 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 39 2226
The framing of the shrew: California students photograph mammal never caught on film 1 erronis Jan 2025 Feb 2025 13 1136
Scientists stunned to find corals that 'walk' towards light 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Feb 2025 4 1145
Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans 1 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 888
James Hansen et al: Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed? 1 OKIsItJustMe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 1086
Donald Trump viewed as higher in Dark Tetrad traits than Joe Biden, study finds 8 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 2344
DNA Confirms Orcas Prey Upon One of Australia's Deadliest Marine Predators 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 14 1089
Quantum mechanics was born 100 years ago. Physicists are celebrating 6 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1476
Why even physicists still don't understand quantum theory 100 years on 7 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 1931

Science Continued...

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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 1221
CDC orders pullback of new scientific papers involving its researchers, source says 3 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 1179
Brian Cox: "Something Terrifying Exists Outside The Universe" 5 YoshidaYui Feb 2025 Feb 2025 14 2839
Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 10 nitpicked Jan 2025 Feb 2025 5 1957
Neil deGrasse Tyson ROASTS MAGA Moron Patrick Bet David In Debate 2 YoshidaYui Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 1505
Nurse dies from Ebola in Uganda as country declares first virus outbreak since 2022, health ministry says 3 milestogo Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 1184
A very high temperature thermocouple for measuring temperatures in nuclear fuel pellets. 2 NNadir Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1115
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 1034
New water splitting catalyst makes green hydrogen without expensive metals 3 Caribbeans Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1340
The Deadliest Tsunamis Of All Time Mega Disaster Earth Stories 0 YoshidaYui Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 1139
'Super pod' of 1,500 dolphins captured on drone video as they cavort off California's coast 2 erronis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 1346
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 2378
Trump Abruptly Cancels Crucial Science Reviews at NIH, World's Largest Public Funder of Biomedical Research 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1269
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 1001
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 1404
Caltech Scientists Discover the Surprising Speed Limit of Human Thought - Just 10 Bits per Second 0 erronis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 1072
Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform 0 sl8 Jan 2025 Jan 2025 13 1051
Astronomers seek global ban on space advertising 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 1370
Astronomers Capture Mysterious 'Chorus Waves' Emerging From Deep Space 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 927
Butterfly-inspired robot wings move without batteries or electronics 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 1024
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