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Fossils show huge salamanderlike predator with sharp fangs existed before the dinosaurs 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 769
On this day, July 7, 1959, Venus occulted Regulus. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 803
Probabilistic Estimation of Airborne Micro- and Nanoplastic Intake in Humans 2 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 962
Subsurface Transport of Plutonium in Organic and Aqueous Acidic Processing Wastes at the Hanford Site, USA 2 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 1405
How do you make salty water drinkable? The hunt for fresh solutions to a briny problem 7 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 12 1395
Grand Canyon-size 'scar' on Mars revealed like never before in striking new satellite photos 4 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 12 1269
Oldest known picture story is a 51,000-year-old Indonesian cave painting 2 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 1019
Shark Bay: Home to Earth's largest plant -- an immortal, self-cloning seagrass meadow stretching 112 miles 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 850
These Stunning Butterflies Flew 2,600 Miles Across the Atlantic Ocean Without Stopping 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 14 1187
A Nice Review on Sustainable Cellulose Ion Conductive Material. 2 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 1017
Einstein Telescope will revolutionize cosmic observations 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 29 1427
Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 739
The Milky Way may be surrounded by 'too many' mini galaxies, new discoveries reveal 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 940
The Multi-Billion Dollar Development Of Nasa's SLS - 50:28 Youtube 1 Ptah Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 767
Ants perform life saving operations -- the only animal other than humans known to do so 5 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 18 1731
Milky Way's black hole 'exhaust vent' discovered in eerie X-ray observations 5 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 1390
2024's Disastrous CO2 Increased Readings Continue at the Mauna Loa Observatory. 1 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 1106
Would it be possible to reduce the power of a hurricane 6 Backseat Driver Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 1678
Evidence of Down Syndrome Found in Neanderthal Remains 0 ffr Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 796
Bionic leg moves like a natural limb -- without conscious thought 1 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 811
Looking up! 1 Onthefly Jun 2024 Jun 2024 10 1060
Scientists discover that time is just an illusion [View all] 85 BootinUp Jun 2024 Jun 2024 79 25225
The Milky Way is 'less weird' than we thought 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 19 1016
Is there a better head position for sleeping (and clearing out junk)? 17 erronis Jun 2024 Jun 2024 11 3355
Faces made of living skin make robots smile 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 1172
Mountain-size 'planet killer' asteroid will make a close approach to Earth today 4 Cattledog Jun 2024 Jun 2024 11 1472
The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes 23 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 69 6441
Stunning photos show 44,000-year-old mummified wolf discovered in Siberian permafrost 0 Cattledog Jun 2024 Jun 2024 18 1027
Why do people hate scientists? 4 Warpy Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 1328
Webb telescope makes discovery that was previously impossible 5 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 16 1624

Science Continued...

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Once-In-A-Lifetime Stellar Event Expected To Happen This Summer 5 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 14 1537
A Psychologist Reveals The Unexpected Benefits Of Swearing 5 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 10 1711
A simple change to save thousands of patients with sepsis 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 27 1669
Why Mount Rainier is the US volcano keeping scientists up at night 0 RandySF Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 1056
China's Chang'e 6 probe will soon bring samples of the moon's far side to Earth -- and scientists are getting excited 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 685
This game-changing new gel can convert motion into energy 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 14 829
Gaia space telescope helps astronomers image hidden objects around bright stars 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 677
Deadly 'Flesh-Eating Bacteria' Is Surging in Japan. Here's What You Should Know. 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 853
Solid Wood Surfaces Have Natural Antiviral Properties, Study Shows 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 834
Webb Finds Proto-Globular Clusters in Early Universe 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 628
Texas Abortion Ban Linked to Marked Increase in Infant Deaths, Study Finds 1 Warpy Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 768
A black hole of inexplicable mass: JWST observations reveal a mature quasar at cosmic dawn 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 22 1856
Gigantic oddball aurora seen from Earth for the first time 6 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 15 1997
'Fantastic' particle could be most energetic neutrino ever detected 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 972
Einstein Telescope could launch a new era in astronomy 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 14 1028
'Awakening' of a black hole witnessed for the first time 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 11 1022
James Webb Space Telescope spies never-before-seen star behavior in distant nebula (video, photo) 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 16 1172
Magnetic vortices may help feed supermassive black holes. Here's how 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 839
Sick chimpanzees seek out medicinal plants to self-medicate, study reveals 4 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 18 1095
Neutron Stars May Contain Matter That 'Does Not Exist Anywhere Else' 5 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 1245
China and France launch satellite to better understand the universe 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 584
Could astronauts grow plants on the Moon? One experiment is heading to the lunar surface to find out 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 858
Collecting sex-crazed zombie cicadas on speed: Scientists track a bug-controlling super-sized fungus 2 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 10924
Asteroid headed toward Earth? NASA simulation explores how the nation might respond 2 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 997
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks' tail visible in the Southern Hemisphere sky, captured over Chile's Atacama Desert 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 720
Glassy gel is hard as plastic and stretches 7 times its length 2 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 9 1310
Sensory secrets of penis and clitoris unlocked after more than 150 years 3 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 17 1691
Not all 'open source' AI models are actually open: here's a ranking 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 743
Cargo from 'most ancient' shipwreck found off Israel 0 muriel_volestrangler Jun 2024 Jun 2024 13 1064
James Webb telescope reveals long-studied baby star is actually 'twins' -- and they're throwing identical tantrums 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 895

Science Continued...

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Daycares in Finland Grew Forests, And It Changed Kids' Immune Systems 11 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 69 3384
A Study Suggests Black Holes Can Create Space Lasers--Just Like Einstein Thought 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 1058
Harnessing Maxwell's demon to establish a macroscale concentration gradient 1 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 770
Supermassive black hole roars to life as astronomers watch in real time 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 14 1034
Evidence That Your Mind is NOT Just In Your Brain - Rupert Sheldrake 20 Uncle Joe Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 4319
Kitchen spices such as turmeric and black pepper could revolutionise wound dressings 23 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 57 5847
'Dyson spheres' were theorized as a way to detect alien life. Scientists say they've found potential evidence. 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 10 1468
Purple Planets Could Be The Signs of Alien Life We've Been Looking For 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 11 993
Researcher suggests that gravity can exist without mass, mitigating the need for hypothetical dark matter 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 753
Mysterious Martian Hole Puzzles Scientists: An Enigma Underground on The Red Planet : ScienceAlert 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 1010
New Type Ia supernova discovered 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 774
DARPA's military-grade 'quantum laser' will use entangled photons to outshine conventional laser beams 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 734
Edward Stone, who guided NASA's Voyager to distant planets, dies at 88 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 673
Mars Was Hit With a Solar Storm Days After Earth's Aurora Light Show, NASA Says 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 702
Meet the 'Echidnapus,' an Extinct Creature That Resembles Both the Echidna and Platypus of Today 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 726
A Giant Interstellar Cloud May Have Once Enveloped Earth, Potentially Causing Ice Ages 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 685
Researchers leverage shadows to model 3D scenes, including objects blocked from view 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 825
Rocket company develops massive catapult to launch satellites into space without using jet fuel 11 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 16 2437
Neanderthal DNA Exists in Humans, But One Piece Is Mysteriously Missing 7 BootinUp Jun 2024 Jun 2024 29 2445
The GOP's war on science is suicidal -- Sabrina Haake 3 erronis Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 1062
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