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How a witch-hunting manual and social networks helped ignite Europe's witch craze 10 erronis Oct 2024 Oct 2024 10 2569
Scientists develop "smart sutures" that use electricity to speed up healing -- no battery required 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 1108
What is microRNA? Nobel-winning discovery explained 1 Jim__ Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 1060
Since there is no aircraft forum................. 7 turbinetree Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 2020
Astronomers prepare for once-in-a-lifetime event: A 'new star' in the night sky 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 19 1540
Watch auroras from yesterday's X9.0 magnitude flare here 1 Warpy Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 1289
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 usonian Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 508
Biggest solar flare since 2017 erupts from sun and Earth is in the firing line 0 usonian Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 937
Tiny brain, big deal: fruit fly diagram could transform neuroscience 2 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2024 Oct 2024 13 1178
Scientists Have Slowed Light Down To An Embarrassing 38 Miles Per Hour 4 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 17 1908
Moth species found in Wales travelled 4,500 miles from South American jungle 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 1022
Nearby River is Pushing Up Peak of Mount Everest, Study Suggests 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 875
Pluto's Moon Charon Just Got More Fascinating After JWST Finds Carbon Dioxide 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 13 1005
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 1443
A star-studded Rosette nebula brings gorgeous color to the cosmos 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 910
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 2 955
NASA's instruments capture sharpest image of Earth's radiation belts 0 Jim__ Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 1121
A Himalayan river may be making Everest taller 0 Eugene Oct 2024 Oct 2024 20 1282
How ignored warnings at Boar's Head plant led to a deadly listeria outbreak 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 1490
European twin satellite mission bids to create total solar eclipse on demand 2 WestMichRad Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 950
Bismuth is so strongly repelled from magnets, it levitates. How? 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 1671
Ditch Bottled Water Now: Hidden Health Risks and Environmental Damage Uncovered 20 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 20 3963
A Comparison of Two Approaches to Direct Air Capture of CO2. 5 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 1650
Astronomers spot a possible 'future Earth' -- 8 billion years into its future 3 Bayard Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 1621
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 2023
Energy-Stealing Zel'dovich Effect Confirmed Using Electromagnetic Fields 50 Years After Being Proposed 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1010
'That's weird': James Webb Space Telescope spies a strange galaxy outshining its stars 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 1237
This Tiny Frog Is Fierce 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 939
Drone footage provides new insight into gray whales' acrobatic feeding behavior 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 17913
Can the 'hard steps' in the evolutionary history of human intelligence be recast with geological thresholds? 4 Jim__ Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1228

Science Continued...

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Archaeologists use AI to discover 303 unknown geolyphs near Nazca Lines 0 cbabe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 940
Laser Induced Fluorescent Tools in the Production of Californium-252 at Oak Ridge 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 924
Woolly rhino found preserved in Russian permafrost after 32,000 years 0 littlemissmartypants Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 941
Octopuses work together with fish to hunt - and the way they share decisions is surprisingly complex 11 BootinUp Sep 2024 Sep 2024 15 2052
NASA's Record-Breaking Laser Demo Completes Mission 4 BootinUp Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 1490
Mysterious, ultraheavy stars are gobbling up atmospheres like carrion, new study hints 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 858
Researchers determine female gibbons dance for attention 3 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 1185
Lost Biblical tree resurrected from 1,000-year-old mystery seed found in the Judean Desert 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 1356
Advanced civilizations will overheat their planets within 1,000 years, researchers suggest 3 Jim__ Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 1238
Hydrogen Water: Extra Healthy or a Hoax?--A Systematic Review at NIH.gov 5 Caribbeans Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1715
James Webb Telescope Just Detected SUDDEN 250% Increase In Betelgeuse's Brightness! 13 Sancho Sep 2024 Sep 2024 25 4831
Finally, A Flying Car(t) The Palletrone is a robotic hovercart for moving stuff anywhere 3 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 19844
An Esoteric Technical Diagram of How Humanity Might Be Saved from Itself. 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1329
Genetic ghosts suggest Covid's market origins 0 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 1082
Cosmology is at a tipping point - we may be on the verge of discovering new physics 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1316
Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests 4 Bayard Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 1615
Could we turn the sun into a gigantic telescope? 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 873
2 solar probes are helping researchers understand what phenomenon powers the solar wind 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 746
Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 840
Ultra-processed foods are 'pushing aside' all other food groups to dominate global diets 6 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 1755
Are tiny black holes zipping through our solar system? Scientists hope to find out. 7 Zorro Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 1857
Cells Across the Tree of Life Exchange 'Text Messages' Using RNA 0 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 1102
Breakthrough 'edge state' in atoms could lead to infinite energy sources 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 1546
Gigantic Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 71 3912
Scientists Discover Greener and More Efficient Method To Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel 5 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 1480
Earth's supervolcanoes are waking up. Here's what that means for the planet 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 20 1448
What Are The Sinister "Fingers Of Death" Beneath Antarctic Ice? 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 31 1672
Eiffel Tower-sized asteroid 2024 JV33 resembles a 'peanut', rotates once every 7 hours; NASA shares video 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 16988
Explainer ExplainerSpace 'Puffy head bird leg syndrome': What space travel does to the body 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 940
NASA images: How stars and galaxies look in reality Top 5 images as seen through the Hubble telescope 5 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 17386

Science Continued...

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Earth to have new mini-moon for two months 6 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 45 2618
'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis could still hit Earth in 2029, study hints -- but we won't know for 3 more years. 3 Cattledog Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 1512
Mystery in Space: Chinese Astronomers Discover Black Hole That's Breaking the Rules 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 1011
Don't Miss September's Sky Show: The Harvest Moon Eclipse 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 835
The Wolves of Yellowstone 15 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 68 4547
Unlocking the Invisible: An Introduction to Scintillators, Semiconductors, and Gamma Spectroscopy 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 947
Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami 0 cbabe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 14 1205
Watch 'spaghetti monster' with dozens of pink-tipped sausage legs swimming near Nazca Ridge 2 WestMichRad Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 1063
Sun fires off X-class solar flare, increasing aurora viewing chances into weekend 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 1210
China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 1299
650-Foot High Megatsunami in Greenland Sends Seismic Waves Worldwide 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 23 1707
Some cells can enter a 'third state that lies beyond the traditional boundaries of life and death.' Here's how. 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 1173
Biden's got a plan to protect science from Trump (May, 2024) 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 1127
"Truly Incredible" - Princeton Researchers Have Discovered a New Method To Reshape the Fabric of Life 7 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 13 2057
Frozen in Time: Scientists Discover 45-Million-Year-Old Ancient Walnuts on Remote Arctic Island 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 29 1661
Northern Lights Alert: States Where Aurora Borealis May Be Visible This Week 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 1133
Tiny fish found to have sophisticated self-awareness only ever seen in some humans 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 1052
Researchers find live fungi, bacteria and viruses high in the Earth's atmosphere 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 789
The History of the Telescope Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World Full Episode 1 PBS 0 Ptah Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 763
Bright lights detected by NASA telescopes lead to a dancing pair of supermassive black holes 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 906
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