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A Gigantic Hole Just Opened Up in the Sun 11 WhiteTara Dec 2023 Dec 2023 23 1625
Video of ceramic storage system prototype surfaces online -- 10,000TB cartridges bombarded with laser rays 3 TheBlackAdder Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 1108
Measuring Foreign Chemical Exposure of Human Flesh: Mass Spectrometry Software for the "Exposome." 2 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1001
New theory may finally unite Einstein's gravity with the quantum world 7 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 32 2217
"Amaterasu" particle: a new cosmic mystery 0 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 9 739
Locusts spun in a centrifuge develop extra-strong exoskeletons 2 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 777
2 photos from Orion spacecraft - Artemis 1 mission 0 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 11 855
China's Mars rover has uncovered underground polygon structures buried beneath the Red Planet's surface 8 orangecrush Dec 2023 Dec 2023 23 1996
Nutrient Collapse? Are Modern Foods Missing Nutrients: Science is Not Clear--but Very Suggestive 3 SorellaLaBefana Dec 2023 Dec 2023 11 1060
Thallium pollution from Lithium Mining and the Urgent Need to Address It. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 748
We Might Be Sitting in a Massive 'Supervoid' in Space, And That Could Explain The Hubble Tension 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 13 1205
Mountains in the ocean 1 hermetic Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 689
New Carbon Allotropes: Graphyne, Graphdiyne and Beyond. 2 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 805
Seismic data confirms ocean waves shake the earth... 1 WestMichRad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 889
Ancient redwoods recover from fire by sprouting 1000-year-old buds 12 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 62 2262
Still Silly, but Improved Cartoon of a Carbon Neutral System. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 948
Three years and two days ago, Arecibo Observatory - collapse : 1 Ptah Dec 2023 Dec 2023 11 1085
Apocryphal Account of the Cause of the Deepwater Horizon Platform Failure: Batteries. 13 NNadir Nov 2023 Dec 2023 4 2072
Status of the Chemical Waste Drums (DDT) Dumped Off the Coast of Los Angeles County Decades Ago. 4 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 1998
Issues in Water Chlorination Toxicology: ID of High Molecular Weight Halogenated Molecules in Drinking Water 7 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 1088
This 'forbidden' exoplanet is way too massive for its star 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 708
A mysterious river of gas flowing into the Milky Way has stars inside after all 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 10 1013
With winged legs, orchid mantis sets gliding record 2 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 12 649
Scientists just found a planet-forming disk beyond our Milky Way for the 1st time -- yes, they're thrilled 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Dec 2023 12 906
Study illuminates formation of US east coast during break up of supercontinent Pangea 3 Jim__ Dec 2023 Dec 2023 9 798
Astronomers discover six planets orbiting a nearby sun-like star 0 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2023 Nov 2023 10 824
Wow, was I annoyed we had rain - when we could have seen the Pleiades right near the Moon. 5 electric_blue68 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 1098
The lithium/carbon dioxide battery. 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 759
Saturn's magnificent rings will vanish in 18 months 11 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 33 2224
This Map Lets You Plug in Your Address to See How It's Changed Over the Past 750 Million Years 21 littlemissmartypants Nov 2023 Nov 2023 41 2935

Science Continued...

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Deep Space Updates November 26th - Scott Manley 1 Ptah Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 780
Hydrogen discovered in Apollo-era moon rocks could change the future of lunar exploration 1 Caribbeans Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 1053
At the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory, the Week to Week 10 Year Comparator Is the 3rd Highest Ever. 2 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 845
Powerful "sun goddess" cosmic ray strikes Earth from mysterious, unknown origin 17 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 42 2563
Growth of Coal Mining Operations in the Elk River Valley (Canada) and Selenium in a US River. 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 869
Quantification of the Effects of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation on COVID-19 Transmission 1 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 864
Material Flow Analysis of Dysprosium in the United States 2 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 866
Making Filthy Hydrogen Slightly Less Filthy. 5 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 925
Early Homo erectus lived at high altitudes and produced both Oldowan and Acheulean tools 6 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 1228
BBC: Could airports make hydrogen work as a fuel? 5 Caribbeans Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 857
James Webb telescope reveals gargantuan 'Mothra' star in most colorful image of the universe ever taken 5 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 26 1727
Here's a Radioisotope I've Never Seen Used Before: Scandium-46. 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 769
How big is too big? Bat's enormous penis makes penetration impossible 4 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 1049
Systematically Improving Espresso: Insights from Mathematical Modeling and Experiment 1 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 1126
Plastic Waste Upcycling for Generation of Power and Methanol: 3E Energy, Exergy, and Economic Analysis. 1 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 1696
1st black hole to be imaged is spewing 'lightsaber' energy jets larger than the Milky Way, and scientists think they kno 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 20 1189
Mine Tailing Technology: How future generations can pick through our garbage to survive. 2 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 767
Astronomers spot aurora on the sun for the 1st time 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 14 751
Insight into the role of the problematic element cobalt in lithium ion batteries. 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 914
Nasa's James Webb telescope spots collection of shocking materials on distant planet 11 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 47 2756
Yet another perpetual motion machine in the scientific literature involving hydrogen. 4 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 961
Iceland volcano could burst like a 'fizzy drink,' with lava reaching Blue Lagoon resort in days 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 684
At the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory, we've again surged past 421 ppm for weekly readings. 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 964
'Lost City' Deep in The Ocean Is Unlike Anything We've Ever Seen Before on Earth 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 30 1754
Lost astronaut tool bag from ISS shines in new telescope image (photo) 6 usonian Nov 2023 Nov 2023 10 1270
NASA puzzles over why some exoplanets are shrinking 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 534
Nonsense Seeps Into a Scientific Journal's Editorial Rebranding Dangerous and Filthy Fossil Fuels as Hydrogen. 6 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1743
A sad note in memory of Francisco Anselmo de Barro 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 664
Fraud (and Death) Is Suspected in a $30M NIH Project to Stroke and Alzheimer's Research Project 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 1060
Weird caterpillar uses its old heads to make an elaborate hat 1 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 9 685

Science Continued...

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Clouds made of sand make for a strange kind of rain on this hot planet 1 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1963
Scientists discern internal structure of mysterious dwarf planet Eris 0 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 757
Cosmic blast seared Earth's atmosphere from 2 billion light-years away 10 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 30 1946
Sulfur Dioxide Gas Detected In Icelandic Town: Geologist Provides Update 0 Warpy Nov 2023 Nov 2023 10 748
How hummingbirds fly through spaces too narrow for their wings 4 hunter Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 923
Authors' response to "I Left Out the Full Truth to Get My Climate Change Paper Published" 2 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 837
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 BootinUp Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 621
94.4% of all mammal biomass is either humans or animals domesticated by humans 1 Takket Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 1141
Wunderbar! A Hydrogen Based Perpetual Motion Machine. 12 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 1208
November 7: The unofficial day of women in nuclear science? 1 NNadir Nov 2022 Nov 2023 4 1136
Batteries of the future: How cotton and seawater might power our devices 8 Wicked Blue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 1061
This message was self-deleted by its author 16 BootinUp Nov 2023 Nov 2023 12 2141
This message was self-deleted by its author 7 BootinUp Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 760
Improved Catalysts for Reacting Two Greenhouse Gases With Each Other to Make Cleaner Fuels. 1 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 720
The unexpected outcomes of artist-scientist collaborations [audio podcast/transcript] 2 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 571
There are 7 million distinct PFAS registered in a chemical database. 2 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 1061
What's that very vivid "star" in the morning sky? Right now. 16 Demovictory9 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 1737
The rise of brain-reading technology: what you need to know 0 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 12 830
Iceland: Reykjanes is rumbling again 2 Warpy Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 684
Penn State: Window to the past: New microfossils suggest earlier rise in complex life 3 OKIsItJustMe Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 806
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