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Physicist Discovers 'Paradox-Free' Time Travel Is Theoretically Possible 6 steve2470 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 34 2118
Blue Origin successfully launches New Shepard rocket - Reuters 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 911
New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroid threats 3 Jim__ Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 896
Iceland eruption start caught on camera 9 Warpy Dec 2023 Dec 2023 33 1668
Canadian Hydroelectric Power Generation Fell to the Lowest Level in a Decade Sept 2023 Because of Climate. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 885
How NASA Learned To Fly The Space Shuttle Like A Glider 0 Eko Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 759
Scientists in Antinuclear Hellholes Develop a Means to Measure Tritiated Water Vapor in Nuclear Plants 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 2729
The CO2 Concentrations at Mauna Loa are 25.91 ppm higher than 10 years ago. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 721
A new means of space propulsion... closed loop pulse propulsion... here's the idea [View all] 78 mikelewis Dec 2023 Dec 2023 9 15250
I have to say that my mind was blown by a book this weekend. 11 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 19 2111
In a dark country, a ray of light. 2 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 808
Assessing the Supply Chain Risks of Electric Vehicles and Their Sustainability. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 883
Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino on his emotional response to seeing Earth from space. 0 Swede Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 761
Rats are more human than you think 10 BootinUp Dec 2023 Dec 2023 13 1037
Abundances of Some Heavy Elements Result From Fission of Transuranium R-process Actinides. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1127
A Gigantic Hole Just Opened Up in the Sun 11 WhiteTara Dec 2023 Dec 2023 23 1629
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 1003
New theory may finally unite Einstein's gravity with the quantum world 7 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 32 2218
"Amaterasu" particle: a new cosmic mystery 0 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 9 741
Locusts spun in a centrifuge develop extra-strong exoskeletons 2 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 780
2 photos from Orion spacecraft - Artemis 1 mission 0 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 11 861
China's Mars rover has uncovered underground polygon structures buried beneath the Red Planet's surface 8 orangecrush Dec 2023 Dec 2023 23 2000
Nutrient Collapse? Are Modern Foods Missing Nutrients: Science is Not Clear--but Very Suggestive 3 SorellaLaBefana Dec 2023 Dec 2023 11 1067
Thallium pollution from Lithium Mining and the Urgent Need to Address It. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 754
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 3 690
New Carbon Allotropes: Graphyne, Graphdiyne and Beyond. 2 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 809
Seismic data confirms ocean waves shake the earth... 1 WestMichRad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 892
Ancient redwoods recover from fire by sprouting 1000-year-old buds 12 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 62 2265

Science Continued...

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Still Silly, but Improved Cartoon of a Carbon Neutral System. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 950
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 2080
Status of the Chemical Waste Drums (DDT) Dumped Off the Coast of Los Angeles County Decades Ago. 4 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 2005
Issues in Water Chlorination Toxicology: ID of High Molecular Weight Halogenated Molecules in Drinking Water 7 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 1093
This 'forbidden' exoplanet is way too massive for its star 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 710
A mysterious river of gas flowing into the Milky Way has stars inside after all 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 10 1016
With winged legs, orchid mantis sets gliding record 2 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 12 650
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 12 910
Study illuminates formation of US east coast during break up of supercontinent Pangea 3 Jim__ Dec 2023 Dec 2023 9 799
Astronomers discover six planets orbiting a nearby sun-like star 0 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2023 Nov 2023 10 826
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 1101
The lithium/carbon dioxide battery. 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 763
Saturn's magnificent rings will vanish in 18 months 11 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 33 2227
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 2955
Deep Space Updates November 26th - Scott Manley 1 Ptah Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 781
Hydrogen discovered in Apollo-era moon rocks could change the future of lunar exploration 1 Caribbeans Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 1056
At the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory, the Week to Week 10 Year Comparator Is the 3rd Highest Ever. 2 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 848
Powerful "sun goddess" cosmic ray strikes Earth from mysterious, unknown origin 17 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 42 2578
Growth of Coal Mining Operations in the Elk River Valley (Canada) and Selenium in a US River. 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 875
Quantification of the Effects of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation on COVID-19 Transmission 1 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 868
Material Flow Analysis of Dysprosium in the United States 2 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 868
Making Filthy Hydrogen Slightly Less Filthy. 5 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 927
Early Homo erectus lived at high altitudes and produced both Oldowan and Acheulean tools 6 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 1235
BBC: Could airports make hydrogen work as a fuel? 5 Caribbeans Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 861
James Webb telescope reveals gargantuan 'Mothra' star in most colorful image of the universe ever taken 5 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 26 1732
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 1052
Systematically Improving Espresso: Insights from Mathematical Modeling and Experiment 1 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 1128
Plastic Waste Upcycling for Generation of Power and Methanol: 3E Energy, Exergy, and Economic Analysis. 1 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 1701

Science Continued...

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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 1191
Mine Tailing Technology: How future generations can pick through our garbage to survive. 2 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 773
Astronomers spot aurora on the sun for the 1st time 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 14 755
Insight into the role of the problematic element cobalt in lithium ion batteries. 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 917
Nasa's James Webb telescope spots collection of shocking materials on distant planet 11 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 47 2766
Yet another perpetual motion machine in the scientific literature involving hydrogen. 4 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 965
Iceland volcano could burst like a 'fizzy drink,' with lava reaching Blue Lagoon resort in days 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 689
At the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory, we've again surged past 421 ppm for weekly readings. 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 970
'Lost City' Deep in The Ocean Is Unlike Anything We've Ever Seen Before on Earth 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 30 1755
Lost astronaut tool bag from ISS shines in new telescope image (photo) 6 usonian Nov 2023 Nov 2023 10 1274
NASA puzzles over why some exoplanets are shrinking 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 537
Nonsense Seeps Into a Scientific Journal's Editorial Rebranding Dangerous and Filthy Fossil Fuels as Hydrogen. 6 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1751
A sad note in memory of Francisco Anselmo de Barro 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 666
Fraud (and Death) Is Suspected in a $30M NIH Project to Stroke and Alzheimer's Research Project 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 1063
Weird caterpillar uses its old heads to make an elaborate hat 1 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 9 690
Clouds made of sand make for a strange kind of rain on this hot planet 1 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1966
Scientists discern internal structure of mysterious dwarf planet Eris 0 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 760
Cosmic blast seared Earth's atmosphere from 2 billion light-years away 10 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 30 1956
Sulfur Dioxide Gas Detected In Icelandic Town: Geologist Provides Update 0 Warpy Nov 2023 Nov 2023 10 751
How hummingbirds fly through spaces too narrow for their wings 4 hunter Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 924
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