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Cosmology is at a tipping point - we may be on the verge of discovering new physics 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1092
Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests 4 Bayard Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 1190
Could we turn the sun into a gigantic telescope? 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 718
2 solar probes are helping researchers understand what phenomenon powers the solar wind 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 574
Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 672
Ultra-processed foods are 'pushing aside' all other food groups to dominate global diets 6 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 1384
Are tiny black holes zipping through our solar system? Scientists hope to find out. 7 Zorro Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 1462
Cells Across the Tree of Life Exchange 'Text Messages' Using RNA 0 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 923
Breakthrough 'edge state' in atoms could lead to infinite energy sources 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 1252
Gigantic Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 71 3516
Scientists Discover Greener and More Efficient Method To Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel 5 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 1166
Earth's supervolcanoes are waking up. Here's what that means for the planet 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 20 1231
What Are The Sinister "Fingers Of Death" Beneath Antarctic Ice? 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 31 1447
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 16822
Explainer ExplainerSpace 'Puffy head bird leg syndrome': What space travel does to the body 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 762
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 17111
Earth to have new mini-moon for two months 6 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 45 2268
'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 1141
Mystery in Space: Chinese Astronomers Discover Black Hole That's Breaking the Rules 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 847
Don't Miss September's Sky Show: The Harvest Moon Eclipse 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 675
The Wolves of Yellowstone 15 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 68 3685
Unlocking the Invisible: An Introduction to Scintillators, Semiconductors, and Gamma Spectroscopy 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 776
Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami 0 cbabe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 14 1036
Watch 'spaghetti monster' with dozens of pink-tipped sausage legs swimming near Nazca Ridge 2 WestMichRad Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 903
Sun fires off X-class solar flare, increasing aurora viewing chances into weekend 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 977
China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 994
650-Foot High Megatsunami in Greenland Sends Seismic Waves Worldwide 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 23 1492
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 16 986
Biden's got a plan to protect science from Trump (May, 2024) 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 894
"Truly Incredible" - Princeton Researchers Have Discovered a New Method To Reshape the Fabric of Life 7 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 13 1568

Science Continued...

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Frozen in Time: Scientists Discover 45-Million-Year-Old Ancient Walnuts on Remote Arctic Island 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 29 1468
Northern Lights Alert: States Where Aurora Borealis May Be Visible This Week 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 935
Tiny fish found to have sophisticated self-awareness only ever seen in some humans 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 893
Researchers find live fungi, bacteria and viruses high in the Earth's atmosphere 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 646
The History of the Telescope Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World Full Episode 1 PBS 0 Ptah Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 614
Bright lights detected by NASA telescopes lead to a dancing pair of supermassive black holes 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 729
Remote surgery performed on a pig 9,000 km away using a game controller 5 Diamond_Dog Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 970
Northern Lights: Get Ready For Action As 'Equinox Aurora Season' Is Triggered 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 846
Ask an Astrophysicist (NASA) 1 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 719
Does It Make Sense To Put Data Centers In Space? Can They Really Cost Less To Operate? 10 Ptah Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 1427
Is Our Weather Turning Against Us? Scientists Predict Rapid Escalation of Extreme Weather 8 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 1513
NASA's Curiosity rover uncovers 'mind-blowing' yellow sulfur crystals on Mars 8 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 38 2208
Has a UC Berkeley chemistry lab discovered the holy grail of plastic recycling? 10 NJCher Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 1713
Discerning Melting and Volatilization Process of Fukushima's Fuel After the Tōhoku Tsunami. 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 773
The Canadian Summer Forest Fires and Toxic Particulate Pollution in NY/NJ 1 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 774
Some black holes have a 'heartbeat' -- and astronomers may finally know why 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 13 1020
Thanks to Reddit, a New Diagnosis Is Bubbling Up Across the Nation 12 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 2149
Remember the visible human science kit? 18 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 2232
Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth's surface in a new animation 3 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 58 2480
Winner of the Ed Lyman Award in Selection Bias, "Ph.D. in Physics" says... 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 986
Northern Lights Alert: Solar Activity Surges To Strongest For 23 Years 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 19 1365
New knowledge about a fungus that turns 60-80% of the flies in your home into zombies 3 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 1258
Remote isles may solve mystery of 'Snowball Earth' 4 Wicked Blue Aug 2024 Sep 2024 11 1221
Quarter Moon and Seven Sisters: APOD Having Run of Relatable Magical Moments 1 SorellaLaBefana Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 929
Star-packed Triangulum Galaxy shines in new Hubble Telescope image 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 14 916
Sunlight as You've Not Seen It: Another Truly ☼Amazing☼ APOD 9 SorellaLaBefana Sep 2024 Sep 2024 48 2380
1 month until the annular solar eclipse 2024: Here's what you need to know 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 10 899
Aurora season is here: What to expect from the northern lights in 2024/25 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 616
The nature of a starfish: 'a disembodied head walking about on its lips' 2 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 10 929
Scientists discover way to restore water to Mars using dust 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 956

Science Continued...

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NASA's Perseverance Rover to Begin Long Climb Up Martian Crater Rim 1 turbinetree Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 842
Huge SpaceX rocket explosion shredded the upper atmosphere 2 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 13 1192
Emerging PFAS Pollutants at a Lithium Battery Recycling Plant. 1 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 1344
NASA is developing robots that will swim beneath Antarctic ice and measure how quickly it's melting 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 742
The coinage of a new word in climate science: "natech," as in "natech disasters." 2 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 973
Professor proposes how a black hole in orbit around a planet could be a sign of an advanced civilization 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 1141
Professor proposes how a black hole in orbit around a planet could be a sign of an advanced civilization 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 652
This Tiny Backyard Bug Does the Fastest Backflips on Earth 5 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 17 1411
Boeing's uncrewed Starliner set to undock after Sept. 6, NASA says - Reuters 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 835
Oceanographers discover 2-mile-high underwater mountain, new species -- and rare "flying spaghetti monsters" 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 17 1371
When maize screams, beans listen: How the Three Sisters crop trio repels pests 1 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 27 1243
Mating proximity blinds threat perception 1 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 996
Fuel debris removal attempt halted at Fukushima Daiichi. 11 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 1847
Carl Sagan Christmas Lectures 3 - The History of Mars 2 BootinUp Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 990
Paper types ranked by likelihood of paper cuts 4 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 1095
Scientists discover a long-sought global electric field on Earth 3 Jim__ Aug 2024 Aug 2024 12 1289
Earth's Temperature Could Increase by 25 Degrees 9 erronis Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 2042
A Snaking Scar Across Mars: The Mystery of Aganippe Fossa 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 958
Revolutionary Biodegradable Plastic Developed by Korean Researchers 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 767
SpaceX pushes launch of daring Polaris Dawn mission back to Wednesday. Meet the 4-person crew spearheading it 0 Eugene Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 750
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