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Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit moon
A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the moon, according to new data from the James...
phys.org - 1 day ago
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JWST finds spiral galaxy about 5 time s more massive than Milky Way — scientists call it 'Big Wheel'
It existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang. A team of astronomers at the University of Milano-Bicocca has uncovered a colossal spiral galaxy...
space.com - 1 day ago
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Endangered tortoise, roughly 97, becomes oldest first- time mom of her species
Mommy’s four Galapagos tortoise hatchlings will go on public view at Philadelphia Zoo starting April 23. A rare Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise who is estimated to be 97 has become the oldest known first- time mother of her species, according to officials at Philadelphia Zoo. Mommy, who has...
washingtonpost.com - 1 day ago
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From adorable badger cubs to an owl hunting at dusk, these photos capture the beauty of British spring time
The stunning spring time images were all taken by members of Young Wildlife Photographers UK. As the days get longer and the evenings get lighter,...
discoverwildlife.com - 1 day ago
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The largest cat is here: William Optics Ultra-Cat 108 telescope
The William Optics Ultra-Cat 108 is a premium refractor telescope designed with serious astrophotographers in mind. Combining cutting-edge optical...
diyphotography.net - 1 day ago
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Ask Ethan: Why are maps of the cosmos always oval-shaped?
The Universe is a vast and expansive place. From any location, you have total freedom to look in any direction you like: up or down, left or right,...
bigthink.com - 1 day ago
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How Many Rogue Planets Are in the Milky Way?
As J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in The Fellowship of the Ring, “Not all those who wander are lost.” But in the case of planets, it’s possible that most of them...
scientificamerican.com - 1 day ago
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Dyslexia as an adaptation to cortico-limbic stress system reactivity
A new school of thought in evolutionary developmental biology, combined with research in the neurobiology of stress, suggest that early exposure to...
nih.gov - 1 day ago
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A 3-Year-Old Was Taking a Family Walk—and Picked Up an Amazing 3,800-Year-Old Amulet
It was more than a thousand time s older than her! A 3-year-old girl on a family walk picked up an interesting-looking pebble that turned out to be a 3,800-year-old amulet. • The Canaanite scarab amulet, which dates to the Middle Bronze Age, was camouflaged among a the gravel on a path nearby an...
popularmechanics.com - 1 day ago
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Archaeologists Find Neanderthal Stone Tool Technology in China
A surprising cache of stone tools unearthed in China closely resembles Neanderthal tech from Ice Age Europe....
zmescience.com - 1 day ago
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Coding error caused layoffs at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke this week, source says
Thirty employees—including 11 lab heads—at the institute should “immediately return to work,” according to an email the institute’s Office of Human...
thetransmitter.org - 1 day ago
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‘Super’ AI uses less power by mimicking the human brain
A new approach to AI’s “thinking” mimics the human brain and has the potential to revolutionize the AI industry. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can...
futurity.org - 1 day ago
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Torpedo Bats and the Physics of the Sweet Spot
Baseball season just started, and everyone’s talking about these crazy new bats. Will they change the game? In any sport, having the best gear can...
wired.com - 1 day ago
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14 Types of Clouds Drifting Across the Sky
Clouds are more than just fluffy shapes in the sky; they tell us what’s happening in the atmosphere; Scientists classify different types of clouds...
howstuffworks.com - 1 day ago
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Dialysis device that uses nanoelectrokinetic technology could be used as portable artificial kidney
A research team has developed a compact peritoneal dialysis device that can be utilized as a portable artificial kidney. This research was published...
phys.org - 1 day ago
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Here's How We Could Quickly Raise Temperatures on Mars
Mars is a cold, dry desert, but it could be possible to rapidly increase the temperature of the planet by releasing particles into the atmosphere....
universetoday.com - 1 day ago
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New Quark Discovery Reveals a Critical Clue About The Birth of The Universe
A pair of top quarks has been detected in the detritus spraying forth from the collision of two atoms of lead. It's the first time that this specific...
sciencealert.com - 1 day ago
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Study may rewrite what we know about megalodon
The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong. The study finds the...
futurity.org - 1 day ago
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1 trillion species, 3 billion years: how we used AI to trace the evolution of bacteria on Earth
There are roughly a trillion species of microorganisms on Earth – the vast majority of which are bacteria. Bacteria consist of a single cell. They do...
theconversation.com - 1 day ago
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Awe-inspiring video shows monumental whale leap in Iceland
Humpbacks can jump more than 12 metres into the air – that's higher than the average two-storey house. Humpback whales are known for their spectacular...
discoverwildlife.com - 1 day ago
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Mass Grave of 150 Roman Soldiers Found Under Vienna Sports Field
The remains belonged to around 150 men between the ages of 20 and 30—all victims of a fierce battle. Some time between the mid-first century and early...
gizmodo.com - 1 day ago
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Rescued astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore reveal failures on the Boeing Starliner were far dire than originally reported
Rescued US astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore revealed that malfunctions on the Boeing Starliner were far dire than originally reported as the latter described the stomach-dropping moment they lost all control of the capsule. Wilmore gave a near minute-by-minute retelling of what went...
aol.com - 1 day ago
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Oxygen Metabolism Emerged on Earth Before The Great Oxidation Event, Study Reveals
The Great Oxidation Event (GOE) some 2.4 billion years ago established the oxygen-rich atmosphere that many living things depend on today. Curiously,...
sciencealert.com - 1 day ago
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Key Brain Gateway to Conscious Perception Identified
A new study using intracranial recordings in humans reveals that the thalamus, particularly its higher-order regions, plays a central role in...
neurosciencenews.com - 1 day ago
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Autism-Linked Gene Alters Face Perception in Dogs
A new study shows that Beagle dogs with mutations in the autism-linked Shank3 gene exhibit face processing abnormalities similar to those seen in...
neurosciencenews.com - 1 day ago
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Astronomers find spiraling stars heading towards a rare cosmic explosion
When this nearby binary system explodes, it will be 10 time s brighter than the moon. There is a “doomed pair of spiraling stars” swirling only 150 light-years away from Earth–practically our neighbor in space terms. The stars in this rare high mass and compact binary star system are on a collision...
popsci.com - 1 day ago
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Arctic Sea Ice After CO2 Recovery: Implications for North Atlantic Weather
Editors’ Highlights are summaries of recent papers by AGU’s journal editors.Source: Geophysical Research LettersThe location of the North Atlantic...
eos.org - 1 day ago
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There Are 4,000 Species of Native Bees in the U.S.
Spring has finally arrived in the U.S., bringing its bright spectacle of budding trees and migrating birds, along with more subtle but equally...
scientificamerican.com - 1 day ago
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Researchers Publish First Comprehensive Model of Near-Death Experiences
The model outlines the step-by-step process through which the brain might enter a near-death experience. Every once in a while, you'll meet someone—or...
extremetech.com - 1 day ago
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Why Earthquake Swarms Are Increasing Along U.S. Coastlines
The phenomenon of earthquake swarms has become an increasingly common occurrence along the U.S. coastlines. This uptick in seismic activity has...
weather-fox.com - 1 day ago
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Vanguard 1 is the oldest satellite orbiting Earth. Scientists want to bring it home after 67 years
"It would be a record for retrieving an exposed spacecraft." Decades ago during the heady space race rivalry between the former Soviet Union and the...
space.com - 1 day ago
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Iconic "rotting flesh" scented corpse flower in grave danger of dying out
You don't often find crowds of people flocking together to take in the pungent scent of rotting flesh, but that's exactly what happens every time a...
newatlas.com - 1 day ago
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Archaeologists Discovered Two Life-Size Statues at Pompeii, Covered With Mysterious Symbols
Whoever they were, they were definitely in Pompeii’s upper crust. Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as part of a funerary relief. • Experts believe the couple depicted were of high status, and the there are symbols...
popularmechanics.com - 1 day ago
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Starlink satellites are censoring the stars
In some ways, the stars above us are the ultimate equalizer: we're all equally far away, we all share the right to look up at them; and, tiny glittering pinpoints that they are, when we contemplate that cosmic glow, our fractious lives seem so brief, so comfortingly insignificant, compared to the...
salon.com - 1 day ago
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SpaceX Fram2 mission set to return to Earth
April 4 (UPI) -- SpaceX's Fram2 mission, the first crewed mission to ever orbit Earth's North and South poles, is set to Earth on Friday morning. The...
upi.com - 1 day ago
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The Kakeya Conjecture, a Decades-Old Math Problem, Is Solved in Three Dimensions
It is rare to read about “spectacular progress” or a “once-in-a-century” result in mathematics. That’s for good reason: if a problem has not had a...
scientificamerican.com - 1 day ago
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New spina bifida discovery brings hope for better diagnosis and prevention
Researchers have made significant headway towards determining the genetic risk factors driving spina bifida, a birth defect which can cause severe...
cosmosmagazine.com - 1 day ago
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First-Ever Astronauts to Fly Over Antarctica Startled by What They See Below
Extremely breathtaking, to be clear. After becoming the first humans to fly over the Earth's poles in space, a crew of private astronauts — or space...
futurism.com - 1 day ago
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Farmers turn to living ‘yam sticks’ to grow their crop and spare the forest
Yams are considered one of the world’s most important crops. A starchy, nutrient-rich root vegetable of the genus Dioscorea, the yam thrives in a...
mongabay.com - 1 day ago
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An exception to the laws of thermodynamics: Shape-recovering liquid defies textbooks
A team of researchers led by a physics graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst made the surprising discovery of what they call a...
phys.org - 1 day ago
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UNC-Chapel Hill’s top academic official stepping down after three years in the role
UNC- Chapel Hill’s top academic official is stepping down from his leadership position after three years in the role, Chancellor Lee Roberts announced...
charlotteobserver.com - 1 day ago
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Gila monsters may struggle to survive climate change
The Mojave Desert may lose and gain suitable habitat for Gila monsters. But the unathletic reptiles might be mostly stuck in the waning oases....
sciencenews.org - 1 day ago
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The implications of the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption
The Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption of January 2022 was expected to warm the planet, as hundreds of millions of tonnes of water vapour was injected...
cosmosmagazine.com - 1 day ago
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A Corpse Flower Can Grow Over 12 Feet (3.7 Meters) Tall
Also known as titan arum or Amorphophallus titanum, the corpse flower is known for its rare blooms. This unique plant some time s takes seven to 10 years...
howstuffworks.com - 1 day ago
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I can’t believe it’s not…
A letter to Nature by C Simmonds described this illegal activity as having ‘developed into quite an industry, having its own factories and its own...
chemistryworld.com - 1 day ago
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SpaceX Tourist Says Whole Crew Got Horribly Sick When They Reached Orbit
"We felt nauseous and ended up vomiting a couple of time s." SpaceX launched its Fram2 private astronaut mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on...
futurism.com - 1 day ago
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The World’s Tiniest Pacemaker is Smaller Than a Grain of Rice. It’s Injected with a Syringe and Works using Light
This new pacemaker is so small doctors could inject it directly into your heart....
zmescience.com - 1 day ago
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What does the shark say? Click, click, click
Have you ever wondered what sound a shark makes? Scientists at the University of Auckland in New Zealand believe they may have the first recording of...
gpb.org - 1 day ago
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How Do Cancer Cells Migrate to New Tissues and Take Hold?
Scientists are looking for answers about how these confounding trips, known as metastases, occur throughout the human body Back in 2014, a woman with...
smithsonianmag.com - 1 day ago
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First-Ever Binary White Dwarf System Destined to Explode as Type 1a Supernova
Learn how gravity and mass are pulling two stars into tighter, faster orbit around each other, with an explosive collision inevitable. Romeo and...
discovermagazine.com - 1 day ago
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