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science / space
A century after Hubble's discovery, our neighbor galaxies suggest a creator's mind
(RNS) — When you look into the night sky, the naked eye can only make out 2,500 to 3,000 stars, five planets and maybe one to three galaxies,...
religionnews.com
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science
'Star Trek: Lower Decks': the 25 best 'Trek' callbacks from the show's five-year mission
As the animated show comes to an end, we look back at the best 'Trek' gags from the final frontier. It's a wrap. Or should...
space.com
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science
9 unexpected things we learned about mental health and our brains in 2024
"Brain rot" is the Oxford word of the year for 2024, and it's pretty much what it sounds like: a perceived mental decline from consuming too...
laist.com
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science
Everything we know about long covid - including how to reduce the risk
For many people, the covid-19 pandemic feels like a thing of the past. But for those with long covid, it is far from over. Five...
newscientist.com
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science
Great scientists follow intuition and beauty, not rationality - 3 Quarks Daily
Eric Hoel at The Intrinsic Perspective: Isaac Newton’s lifelong quest to transmute base metals into gold is normally forgiven as a symptom of the...
3quarksdaily.com
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science
Launches, moon landings and more: Here's the top spaceflight missions to watch in 2025
2025 promises to be an exciting year in spaceflight. 2025 is set to dazzle with a wide array of exciting and spectacular space missions. On tap are...
space.com
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science
How to calm your mind with breathing, according to science
Breathwork practices and slowing our breath can alleviate stress and improve mood. Take a deep breath. Now exhale and notice how you feel. If you...
washingtonpost.com
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auto / science
9 Intriguing Engineering Feats for 2025
This story is part of our Top Tech 2025 special report.Methane Measurements for the Masses From high above us, satellites track devastating emissions...
ieee.org
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science
Five years on, have we learned the lessons of covid-19?
Not touching your face. Panic-buying toilet roll. Disinfecting groceries. Some of the advice and behaviour of the early days of the covid-19 pandemic...
newscientist.com
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science
Here's Your Guide to The Must-See Astronomy Events of 2025
How about that eclipse in 2024? Certainly, the Great North American Eclipse of April 8th 2024 was one for the ages, instilling the eclipse-chasing...
sciencealert.com
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science
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flies again as first drone on Rose Parade float
The City of La Cañada Flintridge celebrated the Jet Propulsion Propulsion Laboratory and Mars exploration with its 2025 float "Rover...
space.com
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science
Dinosaur science turns two centuries old
The year 2024 marks 200 years since the first dinosaur was named. Naturalist William Buckland identified a Megalosaurus, or the “great lizard”, in a lecture in London...
theworld.org
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science
Do We Live in a Special Part of the Universe?
Ever since humans started gazing at the heavens through telescopes, we have discovered, bit by bit, that in celestial terms we’re apparently not so...
scientificamerican.com
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science
Out-of-this-world space missions to watch in 2025
In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. NASA’s Europa Clipper began its journey to study Jupiter’s moon Europa. SpaceX’s Starship achieved its...
pbs.org
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science
The Only Stretch Of California's Iconic Highway 1 Closed To Cars Has World-Class Coastline Views
Road tripping along California's Highway 1 takes you to striking cities and beaches, but there's one part of the highway where cars aren't allowed...
islands.com
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science
What are stars made of? A century ago, this woman found out—and changed physics forever
In 1925, grad student Cecilia Payne first proposed that stars were mostly made of hydrogen and helium and shaped our understanding of the universe. Humans have...
nationalgeographic.com
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science
‘Nearly complete’ skeleton of Ice Age predator found deep in Utah cave. See it
The skeleton of a fox that lived about 26,000 years ago was recovered from deep within a cave in the mountains of northeastern Utah, officials said,...
thestate.com
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science
There's a new way to make everyday products without using fossil fuels
At home, I am surrounded by fossils. They are in my clothes, carpets and soft furnishings, the packaging wrapped around the food I buy and...
newscientist.com
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science
Rare 'black moon' can be seen today with just hours left before 2025
2024 has been epic for astronomical wonders, including the solar eclipse in April as well as the supermoon in August, a rare astrological event. A...
the-express.com
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science
Norovirus Cases Are Surging Right Now
Reported norovirus outbreaks this winter are higher than in recent years, CDC data shows. There’s one potential party guest that you definitely want...
gizmodo.com
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science
When Is Your Brain Fully Developed? Brain Maturity from Adolescence to Adulthood
A person’s brain is not fully developed until their mid to late 20s, as the brain grows in physical size and with the emergence...
verywellhealth.com
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science
Will 2025 be the year of Starship? SpaceX's megarocket is growing up.
Starship could launch twice per month in the coming year. SpaceX's Starship megarocket may come into its own in 2025. The 400-foot-tall (122 meters)...
space.com
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science
Microwaving cords and cables: A recipe for copper and carbon black
Italian and Japanese researchers have developed a novel method to free copper wire from its PVC coating, by treating electric cables with microwaves....
newatlas.com
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science
What Would Happen If a Pool Was Put on the Moon
As part of their ongoing “What If?” series, Randall Munroe of xkcd and Henry Reich of MinutePhysics explain what would happen if a pool was...
laughingsquid.com
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science
New Form of Ancient Ritual Sacrifice Involving Close Relatives Revealed
Archaeologists have revealed a previously undocumented form of ritual sacrifice involving close relatives among the elites of an ancient culture. For...
newsweek.com
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science
Revolutionizing Brain Diagnostics with Light and AI
A new "molecular lantern" technique allows researchers to monitor molecular changes in the brain non-invasively using a thin light-emitting probe....
neurosciencenews.com
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science
The most read First Opinion essays of 2024
I think it’s fair to say that everyone expected 2024 to be a little wild, given the U.S. presidential election. But what ended up...
statnews.com
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science
Ireland's lost Apollo 11 moon rock traced from basement to fire in documents
Recently released documents reveal how Ireland struggled to find homes for two moon rock displays gifted by the U.S. New details about the small...
space.com
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science
A reverent tribute to disappearing creatures
Writers whose subject is the natural world, and the overwhelming changes that humans have inflicted upon it, grapple regularly with a maddening dilemma: how to...
salon.com
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science
Sequential memory improves sample and memory efficiency in episodic control
Deep reinforcement learning algorithms are known for their sample inefficiency, requiring extensive episodes to reach optimal performance. Episodic...
nature.com
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science
Rights, rhinos and Olympic revelry: Uplifting stories from 2024
It was another turbulent year from start to end, dominated by wars still raging in Ukraine and the Middle East. But 2024 also witnessed some breakthroughs...
france24.com
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science
A new calculation of the electron's self-energy improves determination of fundamental constants
When quantum electrodynamics, the quantum field theory of electrons and photons, was being developed after World War II, one of the major challenges...
phys.org
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science
Strange New Species Of Moray Eel Named After Hades, God Of The Underworld
And it does weird things with its tail....
iflscience.com
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science
OpenAI's Latest AI Can Cost More Than $ 1,000 Per Query
Brainpower, at an extreme premium. Money to Burn OpenAI's recently unveiled o3 model is purportedly its most powerful AI yet, but with one big...
futurism.com
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science
Astronomers Worldwide Eagerly Awaiting Rare Celestial Event That Occurs Every 80 Years
The universe is full of wonders, but nothing quite captures our imagination like a star that explodes, dims, and then explodes again. Meet T Coronae...
animalsaroundtheglobe.com
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science
The Genius of Benjamin Franklin
1 Franklin Used Humor to Engage the Public Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . I caught myself smiling as Franklin...
nautil.us
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fitness / science
9 unexpected things we learned about mental health and our brains in 2024
"Brain rot" is the Oxford word of the year for 2024, and it's pretty much what it sounds like: a perceived mental decline from consuming too...
npr.org
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science
Some of These Whales May Live Twice as Long as Scientists Thought
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Southern right whales have...
scientificamerican.com
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science
Best of Suggested Readings 2024
Well- researched stories about Turkish cats, salmon hats, and more from publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. A Nation of Cats...
jstor.org
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science
Mars starts a new year: avalanches, icy explosions and dunes
• Spring on Mars brings explosive changes. As temperatures rise, the Martian northern hemisphere experiences dramatic events such as frost avalanches,...
earthsky.org
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science
Archaeologists stunned as 115,000-year-old human footprints found in mysterious place
Seven footprints believed to be about 115,000 years old have been found amid various prehistoric animal prints. Archaeologists have discovered the...
the-express.com
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science
A Growing Dent in Earth’s Skies Is Threatening Our Satellites
Recent observations show the region expanding westward and also splitting in two. There’s a pothole in space. Instead of puncturing the tires of a...
nysun.com
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science
A Year on Planet Earth — Part 2
The second installment in a review of Earth's over-heated, storm-tossed but also beauty-filled year. It really has been a drama-filled year for our...
discovermagazine.com
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science
Coffee May Reduce Risk of Some Cancers
Drinking coffee and tea might reduce the risk of developing head and neck cancers, including cancers of the mouth and throat, according to recent...
newsweek.com
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science
8 Fossil Discoveries That Changed Our Understanding Of Life On Earth
Some time s pivotal palaeontology means discovering the world's oldest butt worm....
iflscience.com
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science
Why orcas sink boats and wildlife gets drunk: Animal science stories of 2024
As the rather odd and chaotic year of 2024 comes to a close, it seems somewhat fitting that the animal science story that captured everyone's...
newatlas.com
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science
Coolest space missions coming in 2025
From a death swirl into Jupiter to "Ghost Riders in the Sky," here are some of the most exciting space missions coming in 2025. This year...
livescience.com
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science
The Globe’s 2024 science quiz is a total blast
Matter and space 1 This year’s astronomy story of the year was the total solar eclipse of April 8, which carved a path across central and...
theglobeandmail.com
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photography / science
ZWO launches their new CAA: Adjust your camera angle automatically
Last week, ZWO officially announced the launch of Camera Angle Adjuster (CAA), a new addition to their family of astrophotography products. The CAA...
diyphotography.net
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science
American burying beetles are making a comeback in Nebraska
Thanks to decades of conservation to restore private grasslands, numbers of the threatened insect are on the rise in the Loess Canyons....
sciencenews.org
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