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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 22 498
How to photograph the moon: Tips on camera gear, settings and composition 3 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 6 376
Violence alters human genes for generations, researchers discover 4 DBoon Mar 2 Mar 6 22 5463
Powerful 'equinox auroras' may arrive soon: Why changing seasons can bring the best northern lights 0 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 1 308
James Webb Unveils a Mysterious Planet Unlike Anything in Our Solar System 3 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 7 556
Astronomers Just Found a Star System That Shouldn't Exist Near a Supermassive Black Hole 0 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 5 362
Study warns of deadly future marine heat waves in East Coast estuaries 0 erronis Mar 6 Mar 6 3 319
Unproven Einstein theory of 'gravitational memory' may be real after all, new study hints 2 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 8 650
NASA's Webb Exposes Complex Atmosphere of Starless Super-Jupiter 0 Judi Lynn Mar 6 Mar 6 8 438
Men are getting bigger than women. 2 surfered Jan 2025 Mar 5 6 846
Interstellar tunnel discovered: Could it be the cosmic gateway to new stars? 4 Judi Lynn Mar 5 Mar 5 12 718
Science Can't Explain This Woman's Superpower 6 Xipe Totec Mar 4 Mar 4 14 1547
How did this man's brain turn to glass? Scientists have a theory 3 erronis Feb 27 Mar 3 10 760
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 11 848
'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 5 455
Canada's Bruce Power Sets a Record for the Production of Cobalt 60 for Medical Use. 0 NNadir Mar 3 Mar 3 4 344
Determination of the Valuable Actinides Neptunium and Americium In Historically Operated Nuclear Reactors. 0 NNadir Mar 2 Mar 2 1 323
Sometimes ethical courage is more than its own reward. 2 NNadir Mar 2 Mar 2 16 534
Time: Private Lunar Lander Blue Ghost Aces Moon Touchdown With Special Delivery for NASA 1 Dennis Donovan Mar 2 Mar 2 11 375
Ancient Egyptian Mummified Bodies: Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Their Smell 1 NNadir Mar 2 Mar 2 4 469
Superelastic titanium alloy has potential for space missions 0 NNadir Mar 2 Mar 2 2 424
Ten "talented, persistent, and brilliant" Ukrainian scientists whose work - some cases lives - were cut short by war. 0 NNadir Mar 2 Mar 2 3 418
US universities curtail PhD admissions amid Trump science funding cuts 8 NNadir Mar 1 Mar 2 5 781
The loss of sugar coating of the brain and aging. 3 NNadir Mar 1 Mar 1 14 751
Ancient Stone Tools Reveal Early Human Presence in Tropical Rainforests 150,000 Years Ago 0 milestogo Mar 1 Mar 1 5 400
Mozart's true face is revealed for the first time in 230 YEARS 13 NJCher Mar 1 Mar 1 7 1115
James Hansen and Pushker Kharecha - The Acid Test: Global Temperature in 2025 19 OKIsItJustMe Feb 20 Mar 1 3 1506
For-Profit Companies Can't Easily Replace NOAA's Weather-Forecasting Prowess 4 littlemissmartypants Feb 16 Feb 28 18 596
Dear God, Why? (muscle-driven android test) 3 LudwigPastorius Feb 27 Feb 28 0 560
Scientists match Earth's ice age cycles with orbital shifts 0 Jim__ Feb 27 Feb 27 8 403

Science Continued...

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World's oldest juniper shrub discovered in Finland--annual rings suggest it's 1,647 years old 0 erronis Feb 27 Feb 27 12 470
A Rare Alignment of 7 Planets Is Taking Place in The Sky This Week 6 SheltieLover Feb 25 Feb 27 16 1077
A good explanation of the JWST and Cosmological Crisis (if you think it is a "crisis") 2 Sancho Feb 27 Feb 27 4 648
Rare fresco discovered in Pompeii shows type of woman who 'breaks free from male order to dance freely, 2 milestogo Feb 27 Feb 27 13 643
A Black Fungus Is Thriving In Chernobyl By Feeding On Radiation--could It Help Humanity? 2 Judi Lynn Feb 26 Feb 26 6 547
Radiophobia: Useful concept, or ostracising term? 0 NNadir Feb 26 Feb 26 0 464
Popular Weight Loss Drugs Linked to Blindness, New Study Finds 2 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 26 7 753
Colorado Plateau's dramatic canyons: How rivers' ancient pauses and rapid cuts shaped them 0 erronis Feb 25 Feb 25 2 373
Ancient Beaches Found on Mars Reveal The Red Planet Once Had Oceans 4 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 25 10 717
Phys.org: How Roman society integrated people who altered their bodies and defied gender norms 1 DBoon Feb 24 Feb 24 9 584
NASA Has Some Good News About The Asteroid That Could Hit Earth 5 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 2 594
Eight things scientists can do right now to stand up to the Trump administration's attacks on research, public health, 0 erronis Feb 24 Feb 24 4 358
NASA's 'SPHEREx' infrared space telescope is launching this week. Here's why it's a big deal 0 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 8 422
AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years 12 LiberalArkie Feb 23 Feb 24 7 973
A Perfect 'Einstein Ring' Is Helping Scientists Unlock Dark Matter 0 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 3 350
NASA astronomers find the fastest exoplanet system at 1.2 million miles per hour 0 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 2 307
Nokia Is Building a 4G Cell Network on the Moon and It's Just the Beginning 0 Judi Lynn Feb 24 Feb 24 3 331
Labord's chameleon: The color-changing lizard that drops dead in 4 months 1 Bayard Feb 23 Feb 24 4 497
Free ebook uploaded by author at the archive: Form & Number: A History of Mathematical Beauty -- CC License. 2 usonian Feb 22 Feb 23 4 419
Hydrogen becomes a superfluid at nanoscale, confirming 50-year-old prediction - UBC 1 Caribbeans Feb 21 Feb 23 7 445
'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut 2 Bayard Feb 21 Feb 22 4 486
The janitor who changed science. Great short video. 0 Eko Feb 21 Feb 21 9 514
The butts of these blowfly larvae mimic termite faces 2 Onthefly Feb 21 Feb 21 3 430
This Strange Motion Keeps Appearing Everywhere - Even in High-Energy Collisions 3 erronis Feb 21 Feb 21 6 761
'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut 0 Bayard Feb 21 Feb 21 1 289
Drylands under pressure: Science and solutions for global stability 0 NNadir Feb 21 Feb 21 3 300
Will An Asteroid Hit Earth in 2032? 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 20 Feb 20 6 478
When AI Thinks It Will Lose, It Sometimes Cheats, Study Finds 4 JT99 Feb 20 Feb 20 6 653
Largest superstructure in the nearby universe discovered 1 Judi Lynn Feb 20 Feb 20 12 565
World's glaciers melting faster than ever recorded 0 Wicked Blue Feb 19 Feb 19 7 377

Science Continued...

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Welcome To Tylos, A Planet 'Out Of Science Fiction,' Scientists Say 0 Judi Lynn Feb 19 Feb 19 10 530
'Iridescent' clouds on Mars captured in Martian twilight in stunning NASA rover images 0 Judi Lynn Feb 19 Feb 19 6 375
Breakthrough quantum chip that harnesses new state of matter could set us on the path to quantum supremacy 0 Judi Lynn Feb 19 Feb 19 7 365
mRNA vaccines show promise in pancreatic cancer in early trial 2 Wicked Blue Feb 19 Feb 19 8 433
National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues 2 douglas9 Feb 19 Feb 19 9 466
Nokia is Putting the First Cellular Network On the Moon 3 LiberalArkie Feb 18 Feb 18 3 434
T**** Tracker at Science Magazine 1 usonian Feb 18 Feb 18 7 563
Long video: James Webb Telescope SHOCKS Us With Gliese 504b's CLEAREST Image Yet! 3 Judi Lynn Feb 18 Feb 18 11 729
How a mushroom coral goes for a walk without legs 0 Onthefly Feb 18 Feb 18 3 345
The Most Useful Thing AI Has Ever Done 3 intrepidity Feb 17 Feb 17 5 631
Older AI models show signs of cognitive decline, study shows 4 Judi Lynn Feb 17 Feb 17 8 974
First Direct Image of the Cosmic Web Reveals the Universe's Hidden Highways 4 SheltieLover Feb 17 Feb 17 9 559
How to Get PFAS Out of Drinking Water--and Keep It Out 0 littlemissmartypants Feb 17 Feb 17 6 362
NASA rover discovers liquid water 'ripples' carved into Mars rock -- and it could rewrite the Red Planet's history 0 Judi Lynn Feb 17 Feb 17 7 406
On February 15, 2013, a meteor crossed the sky over Chelyabinsk, Russia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 16 Feb 16 3 304
Watch robot dog and drone locked in fierce battle -- blasting fireworks at each other in future warfare demo 6 Bayard Feb 15 Feb 16 3 681
Win a heart contest: Comment on These Equations to Explain Why Musk's Car and His Powerwalls Were Never "Green." 12 NNadir Feb 9 Feb 15 3 826
Hubble spots 'bullseye' galaxy with 9 rings 2 Judi Lynn Feb 15 Feb 15 11 399
Euclid telescope spots rare 'Einstein ring' hiding near Earth -- and an ancient, unnamed galaxy behind it 1 Judi Lynn Feb 13 Feb 15 6 610
Dancing Baby Sea Turtles Help Researchers Unravel the Mysteries of Their Navigational Superpowers 1 Judi Lynn Feb 15 Feb 15 7 347
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