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science
Earth from space: 'Lake of clouds' appears between volcanic nesting dolls in Russia via rare mirror-like phenomenon
A 2023 astronaut photo captured a rare effect, known as sunglint, transforming the surface of one of Russia's deepest lakes into a sea of swirling...
livescience.com
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science
"Concerning" bird flu mutations in Louisiana patient underscores pandemic potential of H5N1
In 2024, at least 66 human cases of bird flu have been reported in the United States, each one raising the risk of another pandemic like COVID-19....
salon.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
NASA's Orion crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis 1 − an aerospace expert weighs in (op-ed)
Issues with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield on Artemis 1 have delayed the next mission, Artemis 2. So what happened? Off the coast of Baja...
space.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
24 Things That Made the World a Better Place in 2024
From childhood malaria vaccines to record-breaking solar panels to the discovery of a lost ancient city, this tumultuous year still had plenty of...
wired.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Manta rays inspire faster swimming robots and better water filters
Efficient swimming and feeding make the creatures a model for human machines. Manta rays are elegantly shaped. They swim by flapping their fins like...
arstechnica.com
@ 30+ days ago
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photography / science
Eleven Fascinating Acquisitions That Joined the Smithsonian’s Vast Collections in 2024
Each year, the Smithsonian Institution—the world’s largest museum, education and research complex—grows in its holdings, one fascinating object after...
smithsonianmag.com
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science
Tiger-cats, sea squirts and beetles, oh my! Meet some species identified in 2024
Officially, Earth boasts roughly two million species. Unofficially, scientists suspect there could be millions — perhaps over 100 million — more. Each year, scientists add thousands of new...
npr.org
@ 30+ days ago
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science
How DNA in dirt is reshaping our understanding of Stone Age humans
It was an otherwise ordinary day in 2015 when Viviane Slon had her eureka moment. As she worked at her computer, the results revealed the sample...
newscientist.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Where Neighborhood Deer Are Decimating Local Ecosystems, Is it OK to Hunt Them?
Cem Akin was walking out of Pittsburgh’s Frick Park on a winter day in December when he came across two archers carrying the carcass...
sierraclub.org
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science / space
Scientists made an unsettling discovery in the Antarctic. It's likely an omen.
A surreal phenomenon is unfolding in one of the most barren, mystifying regions on Earth, and according to a recent article from NASA, scientists say...
sfgate.com
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innovation / science
The Battery That Will Finally Unlock Massless Energy Storage
It could revolutionize electric vehicles and aircraft. Scientists have made a massless structural battery 10 time s better than before. • The battery cell performs well in...
popularmechanics.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2024
The weight of the crises our planet faces can feel overwhelming and disempowering. And the books that made Mongabay’s annual list take a hard...
mongabay.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Was 2024 the year we finally started to understand dark energy?
"Up to this year, most observations were consistent, with dark energy being the cosmological constant. Nonetheless, 2024 was full of hints pointing...
space.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
The Speed of Human Thought Is Far Slower Than the Average Wi-Fi, Study Suggests
The human brain is a biological marvel, stuffed with some 86 billion neurons tangling in ways that even scientists have not yet been able to fully...
smithsonianmag.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
'Ambitious climate action is more urgent than ever:' 3 Climate records broken in 2024
This year has been marked by high temperatures and extreme weather events. The year 2024 has been another challenging one for Earth's climate, marked...
space.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
AI could shrink our brains, evolutionary biologist predicts
Evolution could alter or even eliminate some of the human traits we cherish most, changing forever what it means to be human. What will humans...
livescience.com
@ 30+ days ago
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auto / science
This solar paint tech could lead to nearly unlimited EV range
We’ve seen a few key improvements in both paint and electric vehicles over the past year. And while those two industries might not seem...
bgr.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Fraser Stoddart, Nobel laureate and professor at University of Hong Kong, dies
Fraser Stoddart, a Nobel laureate in chemistry and chair professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) hailed for changing the way chemists think...
scmp.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
A powerful solar storm is due to hit Earth on New Year's Eve, sparking beautiful auroras. Here's how to see them.
A pair of powerful geomagnetic storms are due to strike Earth on Tuesday and Wednesday, causing dazzling auroras across the planet which may be seen...
businessinsider.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science / space
Cosmological Evidence Emerges That Dark Energy Is An Illusion
Cosmologists have long wondered whether dark energy and the accelerating expansion of the universe is an illusion. Now the evidence backing this idea...
discovermagazine.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Scientists Want To Entangle Human Brains With Quantum Computers To Learn About Consciousness
The "expansion protocol" would be a lot more invasive than you'd enjoy....
iflscience.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Scientists have identified an estimated 10% of all species on Earth. Here’s what they found in 2024
A toothy toadstool. A vegetarian piranha with a distinctive mark. And a pygmy pipehorse floating in the Indian Ocean shallows. These wild wonders were...
ctvnews.ca
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Science Visuals team picks its favorite stories of the year
The Science Visuals team had an exceptional year—we won several big- time awards including Folio’s Overall Design Excellence. We assigned photography...
science.org
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Russian shipwreck in Iran reveals centuries-old Caspian Sea cargo
Archaeologists from the International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies, Italy, along with the Underwater Archaeology Faculty in...
phys.org
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Is Light Therapy The Solution to Winter Blues?
It’s no secret that light impacts our wellbeing. Watching the sunset can make us sleepy; waking in a bright room can give us energy....
vogue.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Writing long reads for The Conversation can be ‘instrumental’ in developing research – Insights story updates
Each story for Insights, The Conversation’s longform investigative series, typically takes months to produce, building on years of academic research....
theconversation.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
See a planet parade on Christmas Night! Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are all visible in the sky
On Christmas Day many people will wake up hoping to find a new telescope or pair of binoculars under their tree – if they’ve been...
skyatnightmagazine.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
ULA wants to upgrade Vulcan Centaur rocket into a 'space interceptor' to defend satellites
"To keep the peace, we also must have a credible space defense." United Launch Alliance (ULA) envisions its new, powerful Vulcan Centaur rocket as...
space.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Edison’s Lightbulb and Blackbody Radiation Combine Forces in New Method of Generating “Twisted Light”
Researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered a novel way to generate bright, twisted light—known as chiral light—using technology...
thedebrief.org
@ 30+ days ago
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learning / science
What is an AI agent? A computer scientist explains the next wave of artificial intelligence tools
Goal- based agents have long been part of smart electronics — but what happens when they set their own goals? Interacting with AI chatbots like ChatGPT...
inverse.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Still kicking: Metastatic cancer ‘thrivers’ give patients like me hope
At age 26, in 2022, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer and told I probably had just three months to live. I was immediately consumed by...
washingtonpost.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
How to make your home merry and bright in an environmentally friendly way
Metallic tinsel, glittery ornaments, plastic holly that really stays green forever – they look good on your Christmas tree, holiday table, mantel or...
pbs.org
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Is the universe a fractal?
For decades, cosmologists have wondered if the large-scale structure of the universe is a fractal: if it looks the same no matter the scale. And...
phys.org
@ 30+ days ago
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science
2024 will be the hottest year on record, even hotter than expected
2023 was a chart-topper. A surge in global temperatures made it the hottest year since record-keeping began in the mid-1800s, producing heat that one...
kpbs.org
@ 30+ days ago
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science
A Mission to Dive Titan’s Lakes – and Soar Between Them
Titan is one of the solar system’s most fascinating worlds for several reasons. It has something akin to a hydrological cycle, though powered by...
universetoday.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
On Christmas Eve 1968, millions watched the Apollo 8 astronauts broadcast from space
Like countless other children around the world, Jerry Firlan was starstruck on December 24, 1968. It was not because he caught Santa Claus coming down the chimney...
popsci.com
@ 30+ days ago
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education / science
Science in Defiance of the Tsar: The Women of the 1860s
Sofia Kovalevskaia became the first woman in Europe to obtain her doctorate in mathematics—but only after leaving Russia for Germany. In 1874, Sofia...
jstor.org
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Microplastics Discovered in Human Brain Tissue: What Are The Health Risks?
From the air we breathe to the water we drink, microplastics infiltrate every corner of our lives—but what happens when they cross into our...
zmescience.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
From dead galaxies to mysterious red dots, here’s what the James Webb telescope has found in just 3 years
On this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and most powerful telescope...
theconversation.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Environmentalists Should Embrace 'eDNA' Technology
Once upon a time , environmentalists embraced biotechnology as key way to reduce pesticide use. Rachel Carson, author of "Silent Spring", was a fan of...
science20.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Day 24 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: An Energetic Stellar Nursery
Day 24 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar Day 24 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: an energetic stellar nursery. This new image from the James Webb...
theatlantic.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
A Comet For Christmas: See 2024’s Spectacular Comet Dazzle One Final time Online
Are you ready for one final look at the brightest comet for over a decade? After wowing sky-watchers in September and October, comet C/2023 A3 (...
forbes.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
'Like nothing we've seen before': James Webb telescope spies a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid lurking past Jupiter
The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual "centaur," named 2060...
livescience.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Uh, Someone Might Have Found Santa’s Coffin
A freshly uncovered sarcophagus from St. Nicholas Church in Turkey could hold the body of the saint behind the legendary figure. The namesake and inspiration...
popularmechanics.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
How Many Ants Are There In The World?
If you’ve ever wondered how many ants there are on Earth, look no further. In this episode, we break down the estimated number of...
iflscience.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
NASA Puts New Artemis Moon Rovers to the Test
What's New NASA has successfully completed the first round of testing on three Lunar Terrain Vehicles (LTVs) designed to support its Artemis campaign,...
newsweek.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Functional PET/MRI reveals active inhibition of neuronal activity during optogenetic activation of the nigrostriatal pathway
The dopaminergic system is a central component of the brain’s neurobiological framework, governing motor control and reward responses and playing an...
science.org
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Scorpions Larger Than Basketball Players Used to Reign the Oceans Some 400 Million Years Ago
Around 400 million years ago, Earth’s oceans were dominated by massive sea scorpions. Scorpions, as we know them today, are already pretty terrifying...
animalsaroundtheglobe.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Earth from space: Strange phenomena create festive decorations on Iraq's 'Christmas tree lake'
A 2018 astronaut photo shows a festive, fir-tree-shaped artificial reservoir in Iraq decorated with both natural and imagined ornaments. This 2018...
livescience.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
The World’s Largest Stegosaurus Comes to New York City
A hundred and fifty million years ago, an aging Stegosaurus lay down for the last time , settling in the mud of what is now northwestern...
curbed.com
@ 30+ days ago
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