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Welcome to the Science Group ! (Please read before posting) 0 eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 Jan 2012 18 59885
Capuchins have started abducting newborn howler monkeys in bizarre, deadly fad 1 Bayard 20 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 5 331
Hospital superbug can feed on medical plastic, first-of-its-kind study reveals 3 Bayard 20 hrs ago 11 hrs ago 9 336
Welcome to the Spectrogram! 4 littlemissmartypants 22 hrs ago 12 hrs ago 4 240
Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed 11 erronis Yesterday 13 hrs ago 27 947
NASA has made it official - the James Webb Space Telescope has detected water outside of Earth 3 Bayard Yesterday Yesterday 26 811
Farewell to Koalas 3 Bayard Yesterday Yesterday 19 554
Space photo of the week: Record-breaking James Webb telescope image captures 1,678 galaxy groups at once 4 Judi Lynn May 4 Yesterday 12 514
Giant 'white streak' appears over multiple US states as Chinese rocket dumps experimental fuel in space 3 milestogo Yesterday Yesterday 13 521
China's Tiangong space station has some bacteria that are unknown to science 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday Yesterday 5 423
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Bayard Yesterday Yesterday 0 100
Watch This Robot Solve a Rubik's Cube in 0.1 Seconds -- It's a Guinness World Record 2 erronis Wednesday Wednesday 9 735
This Tiny Robot Can Jump 10 Feet High - Without Legs 0 erronis Wednesday Wednesday 6 344
A Mother Says an AI Startup's Chatbot Drove Her Son to Suicide. Its Response: the First Amendment Protects "Speech Alleg 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Wednesday 3 548
Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year 1 k_buddy762 Wednesday Wednesday 4 218
Favorite Neurotransmitter/Peptide (Poll) 12 mr715 Tuesday Tuesday 4 352
Celebrating the Birth Centenary of Quantum Mechanics: A Historical Perspective 2 NNadir Sunday Monday 5 368
14,000 years ago, the most powerful solar storm ever recorded hit Earth. 'This event establishes a new worst-case scenar 4 nitpicked Monday Monday 8 527
Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' 5 nitpicked Monday Monday 32 1143
Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' 0 nitpicked Monday Monday 2 257
What scientists have learned from Mount St. Helens' devastating eruption, 45 years later 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sunday Sunday 13 570
Your Brain: Who's in Control? Full Documentary NOVA PBS 2 Uncle Joe Sunday Sunday 12 509
The film version of Michael Frayn's "Copenhagen" can be watched on line for free. 4 NNadir May 15 Saturday 5 395
This 200-Year-Old Lighter Ignites Without a Spark 8 sl8 Saturday Saturday 12 923
Living beings emit a faint light that extinguishes upon death, according to a new study 5 erronis Saturday Saturday 19 712
Mars: A Study in Blue (APOD) 0 SorellaLaBefana Saturday Saturday 2 254
There's likely a test. Would you really want to know the result? 9 NNadir Friday Friday 13 657
Very different mammals follow the same rules of behavior: Research hints at an underlying architecture 6 erronis Friday Friday 7 525
Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon? 1 k_buddy762 Friday Friday 2 266
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 k_buddy762 Friday Friday 0 70

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Hmm...Anyone with enough chemistry kmowledge to guess why some scientists think Mars water broke down into.... 12 electric_blue68 May 15 Friday 2 617
Scientists hail new 'industrially viable technology' that can squeeze hydrogen from seawater 9 Caribbeans May 15 May 15 2 394
Another view of our Home from Gaia: This from the Top Down (APOD) 2 SorellaLaBefana May 13 May 15 11 431
Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon? 1 Judi Lynn May 14 May 15 6 320
Have astronomers found Planet Nine? 2 William Seger May 15 May 15 12 584
Earliest-known 'reptile' footprints discovered by amateur fossil hunters in Victoria 0 canetoad May 14 May 14 7 389
The Biggest Chemical Cover-up in History - Veritasium (teflon and "forever chemicals") 1 sl8 May 14 May 14 7 645
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 sl8 May 14 May 14 1 129
Chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds 0 Jilly_in_VA May 14 May 14 10 306
Flamingos Make Tiny Tornadoes In Water To Trap Their Prey 1 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 8 372
JWST Captures Jupiter's Auroras 'Fizzing And Popping With Light' 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 6 320
Chimpanzees are practising first aid--and not just on themselves 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 20 794
Brain activity of slumbering bees may inform human sleep and memory disorders 0 erronis May 13 May 13 4 259
Versatile fungi-based living material is tear-resistant and can even be safely eaten 2 erronis May 13 May 13 7 404
Stepping Way Back from how our World is seen: Our Galaxy from the outside on the side (APOD) 3 SorellaLaBefana May 12 May 13 32 1177
Parrot-to-Parrot Video Calls 9 CloudWatcher May 12 May 12 10 608
First surface rupture ever filmed..3.28.25. Seeing the Earth moving in different directions 3 Demovictory9 May 12 May 12 29 2083
Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought 9 erronis May 12 May 12 13 680
Wily parasite kills human cells and wears their remains as disguise 3 erronis May 12 May 12 8 571
Eric Topol: *multiple* studies show a relationship between shingles vaccine and reduced dementia 3 scipan May 11 May 12 4 377
A Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Back to Earth After Being Stuck in Orbit for 53 Years - Smithsonian Magazine 11 Rhiannon12866 May 2 May 11 17 882
Origins of language: Wild chimps mirror linguistic structures in human language 0 Jim__ May 9 May 9 6 384
'Big One' coupled with rising ocean could leave many in Northwest living in flood zones, study finds 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 7 May 9 4 377
Would a musical triangle of any other shape sound as sweet? -- phys.org 3 erronis May 6 May 9 7 398
Mile-wide underwater volcano ready to erupt off the West Coast 6 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 9 May 9 18 926
Journal investigating placebo effect study following Retraction Watch inquiry 0 erronis May 9 May 9 4 361
'The parasite was in the driver's seat' 7 Bayard May 9 May 9 9 812
Rare genetic mutation lets some people thrive on just 4 hours of shut-eye 5 milestogo May 9 May 9 7 549
Prescription Drug Combinations May Slow Alzheimer's, Study Suggests 1 Bayard May 9 May 9 13 589
And the winner of this year's 'Dance Your Ph.D.' contest is 4 cbabe May 8 May 8 8 442

Science Continued...

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The History behind Hyper-Catalan Series Solutions to Polynomial Equations -- with Dean Rubine 2 xocetaceans May 7 May 7 4 343
New study shows that birds form bonds that look a lot like friendship 2 erronis May 7 May 7 6 426
After 856 'Snake Bites', Man's Blood Could Unlock Universal Antivenom 5 Ponietz May 6 May 6 10 559
Lianas are taking over the rainforests, and it's visible from space -- phys.org 1 erronis May 6 May 6 12 598
Dimension 126 Contains Strangely Twisted Shapes, Mathematicians Prove -- Quanta Magazine 1 erronis May 5 May 6 8 478
Possible evidence found of cuttlefish waving to each other as a form of communication 1 erronis May 5 May 6 3 394
New quantum theory of gravity developed 1 jgo May 6 May 6 10 616
Huge fossilised claws discovered by scientists belong to mysterious new species 8 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 32 1174
Who is Nancy Grace Roman? 0 turbinetree May 4 May 4 17 478
New theory about spinning universe could be the answer to "Hubble tension" 1 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 7 420
Scientists Direct Cyborg Cicadas to Play a Horrendous Droning Rendition of "Pachelbel's Canon" 4 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 2 596
Cell division myths busted: What we've taught for 100 years is wrong 2 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 11 611
New data from NASA's Juno mission shows winds beneath Jupiter and Io surfaces 1 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 4 359
More people are permanently changing their eye color. How risky is it? 4 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 4 538
Surprisingly simple method makes a low-cost, tuneable liquid lens 0 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 4 361
New research traces heavy elements to collapsing stars 1 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 4 272
Mobi & Kisumu: A Silverback's Gentle Love for His Daughter 4 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2 May 4 23 887
Expect Increases in Foodborne Illness -- Christopher J. Harrison - Medscape 4 erronis May 2 May 3 6 450
Exoplanet discovered in 2020 has the coldest temperatures ever measured, scientists say 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2 May 2 2 366
Mathematician solves algebra's oldest problem using intriguing new number sequences 7 Jim__ May 1 May 2 16 1000
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