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Virginia opossums: The American marsupials that have barely changed since the time of the dinosaurs 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 963
Scientists Have Discovered a "Sixth Sense" That Links the Gut and Brain in Real Time 0 erronis Aug 2025 Aug 2025 18 1048
Skyscraper-size spikes of methane ice may surround Pluto's equator 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 715
Exotic 'blazar' is part of most extreme double black hole system ever found, crooked jet suggests 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 8 734
New theory to understand the origins of the Universe 3 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 18 1185
At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery -- Quanta Magazine 2 erronis Aug 2025 Aug 2025 15 1312
WMO certifies megaflash lightning record in USA -- World Meteorlogical Association 5 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 9 1247
New 40cm-long species of stick insect suspected to be the heaviest insect in Australia 2 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2025 Jul 2025 16 1173
Chicago pianist 'grateful' to make music again after life-changing brain surgery 4 Jilly_in_VA Jul 2025 Jul 2025 9 1107
'Communities' of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean 1 Jilly_in_VA Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 867
'Communities' of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean 0 Jilly_in_VA Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 740
'Communities' of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean 1 Jilly_in_VA Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 880
A submersible finds sea creatures thriving in the deepest parts of the ocean 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2025 Jul 2025 10 1025
The fungus among us: Study shows fungi form living bridges to share water between neighboring plants 1 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 824
What Can a Cell Remember? -- Quanta Magazine 2 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 897
Congo Basin's Peatlands are More Than 42,000 Years Old, New Study Reveals 0 milestogo Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 660
Fascinating documentary on PBS about the search for "twin primes" 0 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 893
Wasps may hold the secret to slowing down the aging process 6 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 8 1431
Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials 3 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 8 1146
New play in the chemical-reaction playbook uncovered 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 10 856
Why the Key to a Mathematical Life is Collaboration -- Quanta Magazine 0 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 801
Phase Change Materials you can make at home... 1 ret5hd Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 1120
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 ret5hd Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 661
Executive function may stem from schooling rather than innate cognition 4 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 1293
About 700m years ago, the Earth froze over entirely - now we may know why 4 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2025 Jul 2025 16 1453
The Cells That Breathe Two Ways -- Quanta Magazine 0 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 844
Arctic Melting in Mid-Winter 0 SorellaLaBefana Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 959
NASA Shares How to Save Camera 370-Million-Miles Away Near Jupiter (nasa.gov) 3 usonian Jul 2025 Jul 2025 7 930
'E's got 'UUGE sharrp... It can leap abou--... LOOK AT THE BONES!!!" 2 Montauk6 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 12 1238
Companion for Betelgeuse confirmed! Beloved red star has a blue-white buddy (earthsky.org) 1 eppur_se_muova Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 755

Science Continued...

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This message was self-deleted by its author 1 usonian Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 599
Playing an Instrument Could Protect Against Cognitive Aging, Study Reveals 10 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 12 1548
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 usonian Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 590
The Smoot - How an MIT prank became a lasting unit of measurement -- The Register 5 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 13 1165
Earth is spinning faster, leading timekeepers to consider an unprecedented move 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 11 1275
Leaked Document Reveals Troubling Details About How AI Is Really Being Trained 13 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Jul 2025 11 1982
Electron microscope image of a white blood cell 5 BootinUp Jul 2025 Jul 2025 43 2054
The Apollo Moon Landing - Journey to American Democracy - Heather Cox Richardson 4 Rhiannon12866 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 949
This Ancient Practice Beats Pills for Sleep - And Science Backs It 3 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 17 1649
The Most Interesting Email I Ever Received: Remembering the Incredible Life of DIY Geneticist Jill Viles 0 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 8 1372
8-hour time-lapse shows Earth rotating while capturing the Milky Way. 8 edbermac Jul 2025 Jul 2025 42 2530
Flying with hands: The evolution of bat wings 0 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 730
Giant space 'boulders' unleashed by NASA's DART mission aren't behaving as expected, revealing hidden risks of deflectin 4 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2025 Jul 2025 8 1119
Infrared photo of the Horsehead Nebula 0 BootinUp Jul 2025 Jul 2025 15 919
Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality Anil Seth TED 4 Uncle Joe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 19 1463
New Horizons visited Pluto 10 years ago. We're still learning from it 7 usonian Jul 2025 Jul 2025 11 1434
The Caltech Experiment That Proved How Life Copies Itself - California Curated substack 2 BootinUp Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 992
Should Adults in ICU have gene testing? Recent study (possibly) suggests YES 4 SorellaLaBefana Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 1314
'Could become a death spiral': scientists discover what's driving record die-offs of US honeybees 5 turbinetree Jul 2025 Jul 2025 17 1588
Scientists discover 200-million-year-old flying reptile species 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Jul 2025 18 1329
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 turbinetree Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 550
July 10, 1925, the beginning of the Scopes trial 3 question everything Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 958
Scientists discover Burmese pythons have never-before-seen cells that help them digest entire skeletons 3 milestogo Jul 2025 Jul 2025 7 1070
World's Premier Cancer Institute Faces Crippling Cuts and Chaos -- KFF Health News 3 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 11 1094
How much energy do fish expend when floating "effortlessly" in the water column? 0 SorellaLaBefana Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 2215
Moon in Saturn's rings leaving ripples 8 Ptah Jul 2025 Jul 2025 48 1818
A Formula to Keep the Science Flame Burning by James Hansen 3 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 999
What did dinosaurs sound like? 7 cbabe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 1322
Killer Whales Fashion Tools from Kelp and Use Them for Grooming 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 816
On this day, July 7, 1959, Venus occulted Regulus. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 802

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Longevity Medicine Breakthrough 2 DanBaron Jul 2025 Jul 2025 8 1181
Astronomers Track Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2025 Jul 2025 9 968
America Is Killing Its Chance to Find Alien Life 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 791
Is Our Universe Inside a Black Hole? 8 Uncle Joe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 7 1589
This Giant Telescope Will Map the Universe in Unbelievable Detail NOVA PBS 0 Uncle Joe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 9 901
PBS Terra: Wait...The Worst Possible US Disaster Just Got EVEN WORSE?!? (Cascadia Megaquake) 2 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 9 1678
The truth about life on other planets - and what it means for humans 6 k_buddy762 Jun 2025 Jul 2025 16 1996
These Lizards Mysteriously Survived the Asteroid Strike That Killed the Dinosaurs--and Their Descendants Are Still Alive 4 Judi Lynn Jun 2025 Jul 2025 10 1883
Swarms of tiny nose robots could clear infected sinuses, researchers say 8 Wicked Blue Jun 2025 Jul 2025 5 1604
Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2025 Jul 2025 3 1139
Ancient DNA shows genetic link between Egypt and Mesopotamia 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 887
US to breed billions of flies and dump them out of aircraft in bid to fight flesh-eating maggot -- The Guardian 2 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 9 1159
Dentist may have solved 500-year-old mystery in da Vinci's iconic Vitruvian Man 0 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 12 1094
Earth About to Experience Shortest Day Since the 1970s as Rotation Gains Record Speed 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 9 1029
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 469
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 481
An example of Special relativity 8 BootinUp Jun 2025 Jul 2025 10 1690
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations -- Retraction Watch 0 erronis Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 880
Common farm fungicide may be contributing to 'insect apocalypse' 1 erronis Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 952
The Oldest Rocks on Earth Are in Canada, and They're 4.16 Billion Years Old 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2025 Jun 2025 16 1145
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