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The Hidden Logic Behind Poland's Stunningly Striped Fields 0 erronis Mar 20 Mar 20 10 635
Scientists find evidence of 'supernova graveyard' at the bottom of the sea -- and possibly on the surface of the moon 0 Judi Lynn Mar 20 Mar 20 10 607
Hubble Telescope spies star-forming cocoons in neighboring galaxy (photo) 0 Judi Lynn Mar 20 Mar 20 7 461
Scientists Detect Silent "Scream" of Skin Cells for the First Time 2 erronis Mar 19 Mar 19 9 695
Oh Dear God. Realize am late to the party but: MAGA now may be going to halt mRNA research !?! 2 SorellaLaBefana Mar 19 Mar 19 14 594
Not sure this is the group, but: "Glasses" That Transcribe Text To Audio. By an eighth grade student. 2 usonian Mar 19 Mar 19 5 461
The Independent: Mutant snake with three sharp fangs 'might be most dangerous death adder' ever found 0 Dennis Donovan Mar 19 Mar 19 13 527
Tiny 'microlightning' flashes inside water droplets may have sparked life on Earth 0 highplainsdem Mar 19 Mar 19 8 291
AI's research blunder: How a mistake sparked a chain of flawed scientific papers. Can artificial intelligence be trusted 1 eppur_se_muova Mar 18 Mar 18 14 536
Welcome to the New, Ad-Free Universe Today, Brought to You By 3,000 Space Fans 0 usonian Mar 17 Mar 17 7 409
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants 2 douglas9 Mar 17 Mar 17 4 299
Young scientists see career pathways vanish as schools adapt to federal funding cuts 4 Eugene Mar 16 Mar 17 5 318
122 devil rays joined in a wild mating ritual that lasted for hours 2 milestogo Mar 16 Mar 16 10 503
H5N1 bird flu virus is infectious in raw milk cheese for months, posing risk to public health, study shows 0 littlemissmartypants Mar 16 Mar 16 2 416
Why does nature love spirals? The link to entropy 0 erronis Mar 15 Mar 15 6 510
Bullseye! Astronomers discover a giant galaxy with nine rings 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Mar 13 7 503
'A political division, not a physical one, determined who got measles and who didn't' 4 littlemissmartypants Mar 13 Mar 13 34 1383
Beyond Earthrise: Blue Ghost's Chilling New Perspective From the Moon 0 erronis Mar 13 Mar 13 9 548
Superb lyrebirds have an unexpected new skill 1 Judi Lynn Mar 12 Mar 13 15 589
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Installs LSST Camera on Telescope 1 Ptah Mar 12 Mar 13 3 422
Black holes: Not endings, but beginnings? Theoretical study delves into 'white holes' 3 erronis Mar 12 Mar 12 4 484
The 'Silent' X Chromosome Gives the Aging Female Brain a Boost 5 WestMichRad Mar 12 Mar 12 16 666
NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies 2 Judi Lynn Mar 12 Mar 12 7 511
Water's Hidden Side Revealed - It Can Exist in Two Liquid Forms at Once 0 Judi Lynn Mar 12 Mar 12 12 570
Building Blocks of Life Discovered on Distant Asteroid NOVA PBS 2 Uncle Joe Mar 11 Mar 12 9 560
Mystery at heart of Milky Way galaxy linked to new type of dark matter 1 Judi Lynn Mar 12 Mar 12 7 627
New Palladium Catalyst Cuts Hydrogen Production Costs by 90% Nanosheet structure reduces need for precious metals by 90% 0 Caribbeans Mar 11 Mar 11 6 457
Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research 2 douglas9 Mar 11 Mar 11 7 489
Highly Efficient Plutonium Extraction Using a Phosphonium Phosphinate Task-Specific Ionic Liquid 0 NNadir Mar 10 Mar 10 1 232
Secret commands found in Bluetooth chip used in a billion devices 6 littlemissmartypants Mar 10 Mar 10 19 715

Science Continued...

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Webb exposes complex atmosphere of starless super-Jupiter 1 Judi Lynn Mar 10 Mar 10 7 435
Private lunar lander Athena may have fallen over while touching down near the moon's south pole 9 Eugene Mar 7 Mar 7 9 750
The Startling Truth About What Happens to Your Eyes While You Sleep 1 erronis Mar 7 Mar 7 21 855
Listen To The Loudest Humpback Whale Yapping We've Ever Heard Off Hawaii 6 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 7 6 558
This Map Lets You Plug in Your Address to See How It's Changed Over the Past 750 Million Years 2 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 22 565
How to photograph the moon: Tips on camera gear, settings and composition 3 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 6 443
Violence alters human genes for generations, researchers discover 4 DBoon Mar 2 Mar 6 22 5513
Powerful 'equinox auroras' may arrive soon: Why changing seasons can bring the best northern lights 0 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 1 336
James Webb Unveils a Mysterious Planet Unlike Anything in Our Solar System 3 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 7 619
Astronomers Just Found a Star System That Shouldn't Exist Near a Supermassive Black Hole 0 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 5 388
Study warns of deadly future marine heat waves in East Coast estuaries 0 erronis Mar 6 Mar 6 3 343
Unproven Einstein theory of 'gravitational memory' may be real after all, new study hints 2 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 8 698
NASA's Webb Exposes Complex Atmosphere of Starless Super-Jupiter 0 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 8 480
Men are getting bigger than women. 2 surfered Jan 2025 Mar 5 6 882
Interstellar tunnel discovered: Could it be the cosmic gateway to new stars? 4 Judi Lynn Mar 5 Mar 5 12 768
Science Can't Explain This Woman's Superpower 6 Xipe Totec Mar 4 Mar 4 14 1628
How did this man's brain turn to glass? Scientists have a theory 3 erronis Feb 2025 Mar 3 10 820
Once this would have been just pure science fiction: Two AI agents on a phone call realize they're both AI... 6 Pluvious Mar 2 Mar 3 11 901
'Cosmic Horseshoe' may contain black hole the size of 36 billion suns -- one of the largest ever detected 1 Judi Lynn Mar 3 Mar 3 5 503
Canada's Bruce Power Sets a Record for the Production of Cobalt 60 for Medical Use. 0 NNadir Mar 3 Mar 3 4 399
Determination of the Valuable Actinides Neptunium and Americium In Historically Operated Nuclear Reactors. 0 NNadir Mar 2 Mar 2 1 372
Sometimes ethical courage is more than its own reward. 2 NNadir Mar 2 Mar 2 16 587
Time: Private Lunar Lander Blue Ghost Aces Moon Touchdown With Special Delivery for NASA 1 Dennis Donovan Mar 2 Mar 2 11 419
Ancient Egyptian Mummified Bodies: Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Their Smell 1 NNadir Mar 2 Mar 2 4 524
Superelastic titanium alloy has potential for space missions 0 NNadir Mar 2 Mar 2 2 471
Ten "talented, persistent, and brilliant" Ukrainian scientists whose work - some cases lives - were cut short by war. 0 NNadir Mar 2 Mar 2 3 460
US universities curtail PhD admissions amid Trump science funding cuts 8 NNadir Mar 2025 Mar 2 5 865
The loss of sugar coating of the brain and aging. 3 NNadir Mar 2025 Mar 2025 14 808
Ancient Stone Tools Reveal Early Human Presence in Tropical Rainforests 150,000 Years Ago 0 milestogo Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 426
Mozart's true face is revealed for the first time in 230 YEARS 13 NJCher Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 1247

Science Continued...

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James Hansen and Pushker Kharecha - The Acid Test: Global Temperature in 2025 19 OKIsItJustMe Feb 2025 Mar 2025 3 1717
For-Profit Companies Can't Easily Replace NOAA's Weather-Forecasting Prowess 4 littlemissmartypants Feb 2025 Feb 2025 18 647
Dear God, Why? (muscle-driven android test) 3 LudwigPastorius Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 605
Scientists match Earth's ice age cycles with orbital shifts 0 Jim__ Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 436
World's oldest juniper shrub discovered in Finland--annual rings suggest it's 1,647 years old 0 erronis Feb 2025 Feb 2025 12 512
A Rare Alignment of 7 Planets Is Taking Place in The Sky This Week 6 SheltieLover Feb 2025 Feb 2025 16 1161
A good explanation of the JWST and Cosmological Crisis (if you think it is a "crisis") 2 Sancho Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 694
Rare fresco discovered in Pompeii shows type of woman who 'breaks free from male order to dance freely, 2 milestogo Feb 2025 Feb 2025 13 680
A Black Fungus Is Thriving In Chernobyl By Feeding On Radiation--could It Help Humanity? 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 597
Radiophobia: Useful concept, or ostracising term? 0 NNadir Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 513
Popular Weight Loss Drugs Linked to Blindness, New Study Finds 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 792
Colorado Plateau's dramatic canyons: How rivers' ancient pauses and rapid cuts shaped them 0 erronis Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 403
Ancient Beaches Found on Mars Reveal The Red Planet Once Had Oceans 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 10 771
Phys.org: How Roman society integrated people who altered their bodies and defied gender norms 1 DBoon Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 641
NASA Has Some Good News About The Asteroid That Could Hit Earth 5 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 651
Eight things scientists can do right now to stand up to the Trump administration's attacks on research, public health, 0 erronis Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 398
NASA's 'SPHEREx' infrared space telescope is launching this week. Here's why it's a big deal 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 452
AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years 12 LiberalArkie Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1070
A Perfect 'Einstein Ring' Is Helping Scientists Unlock Dark Matter 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 381
NASA astronomers find the fastest exoplanet system at 1.2 million miles per hour 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 329
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