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Mammal ancestors laid eggs--and this 250-million-year-old fossil proves it 4 erronis Apr 9 Apr 11 13 929
FINALLY! Lots of fantastic images from the Artemis 2 astronauts! 7 Gaugamela Apr 8 Apr 10 23 1439
'We all pretty much broke down right there': Inside the Artemis 2 astronauts' emotional moment near the moon 7 Judi Lynn Apr 9 Apr 9 81 2472
Diabetes rates are lower in high-altitude environments & scientists may have discovered why 14 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 55 2405
NASA's online Artemis II Tracker 2 cayugafalls Apr 6 Apr 6 8 983
NASA's Artemis II crew readies for Monday's lunar flyby. Here's what you need to know 3 Dulcinea Apr 6 Apr 6 12 954
What an underground oil reservoir looks like. 2 Emile Apr 6 Apr 6 6 1102
Surprising links between autism, Alzheimer's could change how we treat both 0 littlemissmartypants Apr 5 Apr 5 25 1281
Why Is CERN Making Antimatter? 0 Uncle Joe Apr 5 Apr 5 6 1137
Artemis astronauts glimpse Moon's 'Grand Canyon' ahead of historic lunar flyby 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 5 Apr 5 9 765
I Spent 32 Years Believing I Was Male. Then A Shocking Phone Call Exploded Everything I Knew. 9 Jilly_in_VA Apr 4 Apr 4 56 2621
How 0.7 Grams of Matter Destroyed Hiroshima 5 NNadir Apr 3 Apr 4 10 1302
Gambling Is Thousands of Years Older Than We Thought, Rewriting Human Evolution ( 404 Media, 4/4) 2 highplainsdem Apr 4 Apr 4 2 742
The Missions Bringing Us Back to the Moon - StarTalk 2 BootinUp Apr 4 Apr 4 5 862
Artemis II crew to launch to the moon on 43 years of shuttle parts 5 BootinUp Apr 3 Apr 4 9 1129
Can brain cells run computers? This startup powers data centre using human neurons 0 littlemissmartypants Apr 4 Apr 4 2 536
Artemis crew eating 4:00 , exercising 3:00 and shammy bathing 7:00 in very tight quarters 0 BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 3 Apr 3 8 817
How the human brain builds our sense of time 6 erronis Apr 3 Apr 3 9 1112
The Universe has changed by the time you finish this sentence. 0 BootinUp Apr 3 Apr 3 7 778
PBS Terra: The Cascadia Megaquake Is Inevitable. And It Will Reshape America Forever 1 catbyte Apr 3 Apr 3 32 2361
How Do Snakes 'Stand' Upright Nearly Stick-Straight? New Research Points to How They Pull Off the Gravity-Defying Feat 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 11 949
Watch Unprecedented Footage of Sperm Whales Helping a Newborn Calf Take Its First Breaths 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 14 708
Stunning new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal 'hidden' stars being born 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 11 777
In a First, an Astronomer May Have Witnessed a Comet Stop Its Spin--Then Reverse Its Rotation 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 8 746
'Magic mushroom' may boost brain flexibility for weeks 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 17 1045
Thirty previously unpublished verses by Empedocles discovered on a papyrus from Cairo 6 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 52 2107
South Africa's MeerKAT telescope is mapping previously invisible spaces between galaxies - and it's found 60 new cosmic 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 14 918
NASA Artemis II Launch (9min video) - And off to the Moon!! 3 KelleyKramer Apr 1 Apr 1 8 783
Link to NASA feed of Artemis II launch 2 QED Apr 1 Apr 1 9 803
This star-forming galaxy is blowing out powerful winds topping 2 million mph 11 Judi Lynn Apr 1 Apr 1 15 1223

Science Continued...

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We're about to send people to the moon! 7 lastlib Apr 1 Apr 1 9 995
Scientists Create Plant That Produces Ayahuasca, Shrooms, and Toad Psychedelics All At Once 5 erronis Apr 1 Apr 1 13 991
Who built the Artemis II vehicle? Bezos? 2 question everything Apr 1 Apr 1 0 787
Your WiFi Can See You. Here's How. 0 Uncle Joe Apr 1 Apr 1 14 905
Giant Dragonflies With 2-Foot Wingspans Ruled the Skies 300 Million Years Ago -- But Oxygen May Not Explain Why(Discover) 1 eppur_se_muova Apr 1 Apr 1 4 700
11,000-Year-Old Volcanic Ash Layer Could Rewrite Early Human History in the Americas (Discovermagazine) 0 eppur_se_muova Apr 1 Apr 1 13 757
Forest soil on doormats rebalances urban homes' indoor microbiome, study suggests 3 erronis Mar 31 Mar 31 13 905
Professor Brian Cox: How To Find Your Place In The Universe 0 BootinUp Mar 31 Mar 31 4 886
Rheumatic Fever Is An Autoimmune Syndrome Leading to Heart Disease: Strep Throat and Antibiotic Access. 4 NNadir Mar 28 Mar 31 10 1026
In case you want to see just how stupid I look when talking about science.... 4 cab67 Mar 30 Mar 30 5 967
NASA's Lead Electrostatics Scientist claims hes discovered a "new force" that counteracts gravity with no fuel necessary 14 Mr. Sparkle Mar 30 Mar 30 9 1708
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 cab67 Mar 30 Mar 30 5 553
A 1977 Time Capsule, Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder 9 usonian Mar 29 Mar 29 13 1143
Video of Sperm Whale Birth 1 milestogo Mar 29 Mar 29 9 686
The Secret Spy Tech Inside Every Credit Card 3 Uncle Joe Mar 28 Mar 29 19 1398
Scientists Just Broke the Solar Power Limit Everyone Thought Was Absolute 30 erronis Mar 25 Mar 25 86 4831
The Lancet retracts half-century-old unsigned commentary on talc for undisclosed industry ties 0 erronis Mar 25 Mar 25 4 655
Geneva's CERN hails delicate test on transporting antimatter as a scientific success 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 24 Mar 25 7 701
90-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals a Fully Grown Dinosaur That Weighed Less Than 2 Pounds (Discovermagazine) 3 eppur_se_muova Mar 24 Mar 24 15 969
Galileo's Handwritten Notes Found in Ancient Astronomy Text 5 GreatGazoo Mar 2026 Mar 24 20 1253
Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers 1 nitpicked Mar 24 Mar 24 8 631
Too Late to Apologize! James Webb Telescope New study just made the "crisis in cosmology" WORSE... [View all] 54 Sancho Feb 2026 Mar 23 81 8297
Female caribou grow antlers as a built-in postbirthing snack (Scientific American) 6 eppur_se_muova Mar 22 Mar 23 12 965
Energy Department merges nuclear and particle physics programs, unsettling researchers (Science.org) 2 eppur_se_muova Mar 23 Mar 23 8 801
A 25-Inch Crocodile Relative Walked on Two Legs in Late Triassic Forests 225 Million Years Ago (Discovermagazine) 3 eppur_se_muova Mar 22 Mar 23 21 951
A Hidden Fossil Tooth Reveals How a Giant Predatory Fish Attacked a Plesiosaur in Prehistoric Alabama (Discovermagazine) 0 eppur_se_muova Mar 22 Mar 22 11 654
Possible meteorite crashes into Houston area home, officials say 5 question everything Mar 22 Mar 22 14 1037
Raccoons solve puzzles for the fun of it, new study finds 3 erronis Mar 9 Mar 22 14 1008
The seven hour explosion nobody could explain 1 highplainsdem Mar 21 Mar 21 19 928
Culture Shift - Asimov Press 2 BootinUp Mar 20 Mar 20 10 742

Science Continued...

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This Paradox Splits Smart People 50/50 3 Uncle Joe Mar 20 Mar 20 7 1304
NASA Confirms Loud Boom Triggered By Asteroid Seen Over At Least 10 States 3 Dulcinea Mar 18 Mar 19 10 960
Interview With A Real Psychopath 2 BootinUp Mar 18 Mar 18 10 1265
A Mind on Strike - Remembering John Nash 2 NNadir Mar 16 Mar 18 5 807
Oldest known whale recording could unlock mysteries of the ocean 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 17 Mar 17 8 678
Sonic boom from a meteor shakes Ohio and Pennsylvania 1 werdna Mar 17 Mar 17 8 762
Brain scans reveal link between thinner brain cortex regions and higher psychopathic traits 8 erronis Mar 15 Mar 17 12 1259
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 NNadir Mar 16 Mar 16 0 387
A Scientist's View of War - StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson 1 BootinUp Mar 13 Mar 16 11 781
The Closest Real Images of Jupiter - What Have We Found? 6 BootinUp Mar 11 Mar 16 44 1906
So I did a thing (new fossil crocodile that ate our ancestors) - 4 cab67 Mar 12 Mar 12 19 979
The Amazing Women Radio Pioneers 0 orangecrush Mar 12 Mar 12 1 593
Artemis II: Nasa targets early April for Moon mission 2 muriel_volestrangler Mar 12 Mar 12 4 689
The Most Isolated Tribe On Earth Has DNA That Changes Human History 10 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 11 Mar 12 19 2445
Why street layouts may matter for aging brains: Brain scans link walkability to memory 2 erronis Mar 11 Mar 11 8 845
Open 3D Human Organ Atlas lets users explore anatomy in unprecedented detail 3 erronis Mar 11 Mar 11 8 979
NASA satellite reentering atmosphere after years in orbit 1 nitpicked Mar 10 Mar 10 3 719
Remote village where people walk on all fours 60 Minutes Australia 11 Uncle Joe Mar 8 Mar 9 5 1793
Spectacular fireball over Europe sends meteorite crashing through roof of German home 0 DBoon Mar 9 Mar 9 15 840
What science reveals about polyamorous relationships 0 stopdiggin Mar 8 Mar 8 0 746
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