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Thunderstorms churn up a 'boiling pot' of gamma rays 5 WestMichRad Oct 2024 Oct 2024 21 1787
An Electromagnetic Vortex Cannon, Finally! 2 Ptah Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 1014
New largest prime number just verified 15 central scrutinizer Oct 2024 Oct 2024 9 3395
China's 'Thousand Sails' joins Starlink as the latest mega-satellite constellation in orbit 3 Jim__ Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 1117
Is Scurvy Making a Comeback? Two Recent Cases Highlight How the Illness Can Appear in the Modern World 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 1119
Scientists Have Made a Chilling Discovery That Could Soon Reveal Whether Life Exists on Mars 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 15 1768
Scientists Uncover the Ancient Origins of Baobab Trees in Genetic Study 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 10 1131
1st triple black hole system discovered in 'happy accident' 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 9 767
Telescope with world's largest digital camera will be a 'game-changer' for astronomy 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 1009
Raga Bhairavi in virtual reality reduces stress-related psychophysiological markers 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 1386
Lab-grown human brain cells drive virtual butterfly in simulation 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 1886
Worms and snails handle the pressure 2,500m below the Pacific surface 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 703
Blowing up: Inflatable space habitats could be key to exploring the solar system 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 760
NASA wears Prada: Spacesuit 'capable of enabling human exploration of lunar south pole' unveiled for Artemis III 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 19957
Ancient Japanese Paper Art is Helping Researchers Improve Wireless Technology 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 792
Hubble Telescope sees 'stellar volcano' erupt in amazing colors (video, photo) 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 9 1009
Integer addition algorithm could reduce energy needs of AI by 95% 7 Jim__ Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 1652
Astronomers just found a galaxy way too advanced for its time 4 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 15 1535
US vaccinations fall again as more parents refuse lifesaving shots for kids 10 BootinUp Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 2251
Malfunctioning mitochondria may drive Crohn's disease, early study hints 0 Bayard Oct 2024 Oct 2024 9 1031
Euclid's 208-Gigapixel glimpse into the Universe 4 Sancho Oct 2024 Oct 2024 13 1561
NASA releases photo of ocean world. It shows why NASA's going there. 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 19 1799
Mmm. Delicious. Forcing the Thallium Cycle in the Baltic Sea. 3 NNadir Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 1443
Noether's Law 8 mikelewis Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 2728
Sols 4329-4330: Continuing Downhill..........Mars 0 turbinetree Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 909
Don't overshoot: why carbon dioxide removal will achieve too little, too late. 4 NNadir Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 1579
Gaia space telescope discovers 55 'runaway' careening away from stellar cluster at 80 times the speed of sound 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 1423
F-35s & F-15s TEARING THROUGH THE MACH LOOP - 4K 1 turbinetree Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 1010
Scientists discover real-world physics 'hidden' in Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night 6 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 26 2243
Giant Magnetic Halo Discovered Wrapped Around The Milky Way 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 10 1191

Science Continued...

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The Milky Way's place in the universe just got much bigger: It's part of a cosmic superstructure beyond our wildest expe 4 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 17 1589
How a witch-hunting manual and social networks helped ignite Europe's witch craze 10 erronis Oct 2024 Oct 2024 10 2262
Scientists develop "smart sutures" that use electricity to speed up healing -- no battery required 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 1008
What is microRNA? Nobel-winning discovery explained 1 Jim__ Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 957
Since there is no aircraft forum................. 7 turbinetree Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 1783
Astronomers prepare for once-in-a-lifetime event: A 'new star' in the night sky 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 19 1411
Watch auroras from yesterday's X9.0 magnitude flare here 1 Warpy Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 1160
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 usonian Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 440
Biggest solar flare since 2017 erupts from sun and Earth is in the firing line 0 usonian Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 832
Tiny brain, big deal: fruit fly diagram could transform neuroscience 2 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2024 Oct 2024 13 1047
Scientists Have Slowed Light Down To An Embarrassing 38 Miles Per Hour 4 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 17 1708
Moth species found in Wales travelled 4,500 miles from South American jungle 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 923
Nearby River is Pushing Up Peak of Mount Everest, Study Suggests 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 782
Pluto's Moon Charon Just Got More Fascinating After JWST Finds Carbon Dioxide 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 13 896
Annular solar eclipse will turn the sun into a glorious 'ring of fire' today. Here's what you need to know. 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 1307
A star-studded Rosette nebula brings gorgeous color to the cosmos 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 816
NASA's Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 862
NASA's instruments capture sharpest image of Earth's radiation belts 0 Jim__ Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 1025
A Himalayan river may be making Everest taller 0 Eugene Oct 2024 Oct 2024 20 1184
How ignored warnings at Boar's Head plant led to a deadly listeria outbreak 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 1391
European twin satellite mission bids to create total solar eclipse on demand 2 WestMichRad Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 849
Bismuth is so strongly repelled from magnets, it levitates. How? 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 1490
Ditch Bottled Water Now: Hidden Health Risks and Environmental Damage Uncovered 20 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 20 3331
A Comparison of Two Approaches to Direct Air Capture of CO2. 5 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 1408
Astronomers spot a possible 'future Earth' -- 8 billion years into its future 3 Bayard Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 1406
The Most Detailed Infrared Map Of Our Galaxy Has Been Released, Featuring Over 1.5 Billion Objects 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 36 1859
Energy-Stealing Zel'dovich Effect Confirmed Using Electromagnetic Fields 50 Years After Being Proposed 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 905
'That's weird': James Webb Space Telescope spies a strange galaxy outshining its stars 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 1144
This Tiny Frog Is Fierce 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 843
Drone footage provides new insight into gray whales' acrobatic feeding behavior 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 17827

Science Continued...

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Can the 'hard steps' in the evolutionary history of human intelligence be recast with geological thresholds? 4 Jim__ Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1042
Archaeologists use AI to discover 303 unknown geolyphs near Nazca Lines 0 cbabe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 826
Laser Induced Fluorescent Tools in the Production of Californium-252 at Oak Ridge 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 830
Woolly rhino found preserved in Russian permafrost after 32,000 years 0 littlemissmartypants Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 876
Octopuses work together with fish to hunt - and the way they share decisions is surprisingly complex 11 BootinUp Sep 2024 Sep 2024 15 1767
NASA's Record-Breaking Laser Demo Completes Mission 4 BootinUp Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 1278
Mysterious, ultraheavy stars are gobbling up atmospheres like carrion, new study hints 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 780
Researchers determine female gibbons dance for attention 3 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 1029
Lost Biblical tree resurrected from 1,000-year-old mystery seed found in the Judean Desert 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 1196
Advanced civilizations will overheat their planets within 1,000 years, researchers suggest 3 Jim__ Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 1122
Hydrogen Water: Extra Healthy or a Hoax?--A Systematic Review at NIH.gov 5 Caribbeans Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1503
James Webb Telescope Just Detected SUDDEN 250% Increase In Betelgeuse's Brightness! 13 Sancho Sep 2024 Sep 2024 25 4289
Finally, A Flying Car(t) The Palletrone is a robotic hovercart for moving stuff anywhere 3 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 19685
An Esoteric Technical Diagram of How Humanity Might Be Saved from Itself. 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1204
Genetic ghosts suggest Covid's market origins 0 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 1001
Cosmology is at a tipping point - we may be on the verge of discovering new physics 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1189
Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests 4 Bayard Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 1364
Could we turn the sun into a gigantic telescope? 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 784
2 solar probes are helping researchers understand what phenomenon powers the solar wind 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 660
Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 749
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