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'They've probably been untouched for 49 million years': The New Mexico cave expanding our search for alien life 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 20 1065
At the scientific lecture I attended today, the speaker rephrased the term "AI" in a way I appreciated and admired. 5 NNadir Jan 2026 Feb 2026 13 1332
Your sense of self is deeply tied to your memory--here's how 5 erronis Feb 2026 Feb 2026 15 1218
16 years of brain scans reveal the cerebellum's crucial role in human language 2 erronis Jan 2026 Feb 2026 8 827
Saturn has more moons than any other planet in our solar system 2 BootinUp Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 835
Anti-vaccine sentiment pushes Moderna away from new late-stage infectious disease trials 3 NNadir Jan 2026 Jan 2026 9 995
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office 1 douglas9 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 14 839
How photos are cabled across the Atlantic (1926) 5 usonian Jan 2026 Jan 2026 9 973
Scientists identify a brain region that differs between male and female mice and may influence social behavior 10 erronis Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 1607
Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware 4 littlemissmartypants Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 887
Pilot captures historic northern lights show from 37,000 feet (photos) 19 milestogo Jan 2026 Jan 2026 71 3297
Monster Neutrino Could Be a Messenger of Ancient Black Holes -- Quanta Magazine 0 erronis Jan 2026 Jan 2026 9 906
Image of Barnard 59, in the Pipe Nebula 3 BootinUp Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 966
What If You Keep Slowing Down? 3 Uncle Joe Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 1286
Why do some people get 'hangry' more quickly than others? 1 erronis Jan 2026 Jan 2026 20 1094
There Is Something Faster Than Light 10 Uncle Joe Dec 2025 Jan 2026 7 2030
OFFS -- AI can FU anything (bogus illustration). 3 eppur_se_muova Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 878
Study finds Tyrannosaurus rex did not reach full size until age 40 2 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 942
The Southern Ocean current reverses for the first time, signaling a risk of climate system collapse 23 Bayard Jan 2026 Jan 2026 82 4444
Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane 3 highplainsdem Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 1066
NASA's Artemis moon mission one step closer to liftoff - NBC News 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 928
NASA's Voyager Just Crossed the Edge of the Solar System -- and Found Something Wild 10 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 52 3211
Scientists uncover Antarctica's hidden landscape beneath ice sheet for first time 0 highplainsdem Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 774
NASA SpaceX Crew-11 Splashes Down Off Coast of California - C-SPAN 0 Rhiannon12866 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 605
"Just astonishing good news. We are on the way to end Multiple Sclerosis. University research delivers." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 57 2375
Never-before-seen footage captures moment scientists find new, giant anaconda species in Amazon 4 milestogo Jan 2026 Jan 2026 18 1320
Dogs with a Large Vocabulary of Object Labels Learn New Labels by Overhearing Like 1.5-Year-Old Infants 13 GreatGazoo Jan 2026 Jan 2026 13 2093
NASA crew to make rare early return after medical issue in space (CNN) 3 eppur_se_muova Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 994
WHY DINOSAURS? AN AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT DINOSAURS AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM 0 eppur_se_muova Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 683
A bison's hump helps it plow through snow with ease 4 littlemissmartypants Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1124

Science Continued...

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Psychological traits that may fuel conspiracy theorist mindset identified 10 erronis Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 1401
The Shocking Speed at Which Pandemics Take Over Cities 2 erronis Jan 2026 Jan 2026 16 945
Flu Is Relentless. Crispr Might Be Able to Shut It Down 4 LiberalArkie Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 1160
Is President Jeffries in 2027 More Probable Than the Universe that Exists? 7 NNadir Dec 2025 Jan 2026 12 1445
Scientists Teach the Brain To Read Light as a New Sense 9 erronis Dec 2025 Jan 2026 3 1458
Has anyone 3 Rebl2 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 928
The wolf supermoon will kick off 2026 with a celestial bang. Here's when and how to see it. 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 1000
My wife noted something about the "Science on Saturday" series we attend every winter. 5 NNadir Jan 2026 Jan 2026 62 2327
These giant sea reptiles lived in freshwater rivers, too (earthsky.org) 8 eppur_se_muova Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1521
Hiroshima and the Development of Anticlotting Drugs (A Wikipedia Reference Only.) 0 NNadir Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 710
short video of a flying fish 9 BootinUp Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 1387
Moonship, December 1972 3 SorellaLaBefana Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 1030
A 'Third State' Exists Between Life and Death--And That Suggests Your Cells Are Conscious, Some Scientists Say 7 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 32 2249
Turtle Patrol Volunteer 4 surfered Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 976
A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue 10 erronis Dec 2025 Dec 2025 47 2632
Panning across the Cosmic Seagull 0 BootinUp Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 751
Doctor's orders? 'Belly laugh at least two to five days a week' 0 erronis Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 802
60 edges, 38 faces, and 24 vertices, Supramolecular Snub Cubes 3 NNadir Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 1142
Good listeners connect more easily with strangers, study finds 4 erronis Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1025
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Sean Carroll Discuss Controversies in Quantum Mechanics 0 BootinUp Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 818
FRET in biochemistry, not guitars. 2 NNadir Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 837
The Iberian Peninsula is rotating clockwise, scientists report 0 cbabe Dec 2025 Dec 2025 18 865
ADHD Isn't Just a Deficit: New Study Reveals Powerful Psychological Strengths 6 erronis Dec 2025 Dec 2025 15 5446
Gray hair may have evolved as a protection against cancer 4 Bayard Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1685
a capella science: VSEPR 1 QED Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 854
How Ramanujan's formulae for pi connect to modern high energy physics 3 erronis Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 1054
Formation of an Unusually Stable Crystal Found in the Ashes of a 1963 Nuclear Weapons Test in Australia. 0 NNadir Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 1023
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black 4 eppur_se_muova Dec 2025 Dec 2025 15 1335
Mysterious X-ray signal from deep space may be the scream of a star ripped apart by two black holes 1 Bayard Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 967
How a simple slipknot can help surgeons tie the perfect suture 2 erronis Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 979

Science Continued...

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excerpt from: The Penicillin Myth - Asimov Press 2 BootinUp Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 1073
Africa Is Splitting Into Two Continents 18 IronLionZion Nov 2025 Dec 2025 60 4785
Time may be a psychological projection, philosopher argues 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 1311
Scientists discover dinosaur 'mummies' with hoofs like a horse (CBC Radio - As It Happens) 1 eppur_se_muova Dec 2025 Dec 2025 16 1113
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 eppur_se_muova Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 500
Something Weird Happens When E-mc 2 Uncle Joe Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 1333
One of the programs the University of Nebraska at Lincoln regents voted to drop is earth and atmospheric sciences. 3 generalbetrayus Dec 2025 Dec 2025 14 1057
Last Lunar Walkabout December 1972 2 SorellaLaBefana Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 824
18,000 dinosaur tracks discovered along ancient Bolivian coastline -- and they set a new record 11 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 38 2409
The Polyglot Neuroscientist Resolving How the Brain Parses Language -- Quanta Magazine 0 erronis Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 689
Private com-sat companies are planning to launch so many satellites that even SPACE telescopes will be compromised 2 SorellaLaBefana Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 906
Skin-to-brain signal explains why warm hugs make us feel so good about ourselves 0 erronis Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 808
For the 1st time ever, 8 spacecraft are docked to the International Space Station 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 955
Video-call glitches can have serious consequences 0 erronis Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 909
New Algorithm Lets Architects Design Stunning Curved Structures in Minutes 0 erronis Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 835
Tiny Bullet Fragments in Hunted Meat Pose Lead Poisoning Risk 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 845
James Webb telescope spots strange 'super-puff' planet frantically chasing its own atmosphere through space 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 807
NASA's Perseverance Rover Hears the Crack of Martian Lightning, Providing the First Glimpse into the Red Planet's Atmosp 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 671
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon 4 littlemissmartypants Nov 2025 Dec 2025 4 1095
When Americans migrate from violent states, the risk of future violence follows them 1 erronis Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1081
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