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Watch auroras from yesterday's X9.0 magnitude flare here 1 Warpy Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 873
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 usonian Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 267
Biggest solar flare since 2017 erupts from sun and Earth is in the firing line 0 usonian Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 601
Tiny brain, big deal: fruit fly diagram could transform neuroscience 2 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2024 Oct 2024 13 741
Scientists Have Slowed Light Down To An Embarrassing 38 Miles Per Hour 4 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 17 1243
Moth species found in Wales travelled 4,500 miles from South American jungle 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 656
Nearby River is Pushing Up Peak of Mount Everest, Study Suggests 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 556
Pluto's Moon Charon Just Got More Fascinating After JWST Finds Carbon Dioxide 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 13 636
Annular solar eclipse will turn the sun into a glorious 'ring of fire' today. Here's what you need to know. 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 706
A star-studded Rosette nebula brings gorgeous color to the cosmos 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 525
NASA's Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 567
NASA's instruments capture sharpest image of Earth's radiation belts 0 Jim__ Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 798
A Himalayan river may be making Everest taller 0 Eugene Oct 2024 Oct 2024 20 962
How ignored warnings at Boar's Head plant led to a deadly listeria outbreak 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 1161
European twin satellite mission bids to create total solar eclipse on demand 2 WestMichRad Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 566
Bismuth is so strongly repelled from magnets, it levitates. How? 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 1162
Ditch Bottled Water Now: Hidden Health Risks and Environmental Damage Uncovered 20 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 20 2148
A Comparison of Two Approaches to Direct Air Capture of CO2. 5 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 922
Astronomers spot a possible 'future Earth' -- 8 billion years into its future 3 Bayard Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 914
The Most Detailed Infrared Map Of Our Galaxy Has Been Released, Featuring Over 1.5 Billion Objects 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 36 1573
Energy-Stealing Zel'dovich Effect Confirmed Using Electromagnetic Fields 50 Years After Being Proposed 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 659
'That's weird': James Webb Space Telescope spies a strange galaxy outshining its stars 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 843
This Tiny Frog Is Fierce 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 619
Drone footage provides new insight into gray whales' acrobatic feeding behavior 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 17591
Can the 'hard steps' in the evolutionary history of human intelligence be recast with geological thresholds? 4 Jim__ Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 649
Archaeologists use AI to discover 303 unknown geolyphs near Nazca Lines 0 cbabe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 587
Laser Induced Fluorescent Tools in the Production of Californium-252 at Oak Ridge 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 583
Woolly rhino found preserved in Russian permafrost after 32,000 years 0 littlemissmartypants Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 654
Octopuses work together with fish to hunt - and the way they share decisions is surprisingly complex 11 BootinUp Sep 2024 Sep 2024 15 1209
NASA's Record-Breaking Laser Demo Completes Mission 4 BootinUp Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 745

Science Continued...

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Mysterious, ultraheavy stars are gobbling up atmospheres like carrion, new study hints 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 559
Researchers determine female gibbons dance for attention 3 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 720
Lost Biblical tree resurrected from 1,000-year-old mystery seed found in the Judean Desert 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 919
Advanced civilizations will overheat their planets within 1,000 years, researchers suggest 3 Jim__ Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 808
Hydrogen Water: Extra Healthy or a Hoax?--A Systematic Review at NIH.gov 5 Caribbeans Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1078
James Webb Telescope Just Detected SUDDEN 250% Increase In Betelgeuse's Brightness! 13 Sancho Sep 2024 Sep 2024 25 3410
Finally, A Flying Car(t) The Palletrone is a robotic hovercart for moving stuff anywhere 3 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 19393
An Esoteric Technical Diagram of How Humanity Might Be Saved from Itself. 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 945
Genetic ghosts suggest Covid's market origins 0 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 782
Cosmology is at a tipping point - we may be on the verge of discovering new physics 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 888
Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests 4 Bayard Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 867
Could we turn the sun into a gigantic telescope? 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 575
2 solar probes are helping researchers understand what phenomenon powers the solar wind 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 432
Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 507
Ultra-processed foods are 'pushing aside' all other food groups to dominate global diets 6 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 1025
Are tiny black holes zipping through our solar system? Scientists hope to find out. 7 Zorro Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 1064
Cells Across the Tree of Life Exchange 'Text Messages' Using RNA 0 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 749
Breakthrough 'edge state' in atoms could lead to infinite energy sources 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 983
Gigantic Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 71 3161
Scientists Discover Greener and More Efficient Method To Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel 5 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 875
Earth's supervolcanoes are waking up. Here's what that means for the planet 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 20 1006
What Are The Sinister "Fingers Of Death" Beneath Antarctic Ice? 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 31 1242
Eiffel Tower-sized asteroid 2024 JV33 resembles a 'peanut', rotates once every 7 hours; NASA shares video 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 16681
Explainer ExplainerSpace 'Puffy head bird leg syndrome': What space travel does to the body 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 605
NASA images: How stars and galaxies look in reality Top 5 images as seen through the Hubble telescope 5 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 16843
Earth to have new mini-moon for two months 6 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 45 1964
'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis could still hit Earth in 2029, study hints -- but we won't know for 3 more years. 3 Cattledog Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 869
Mystery in Space: Chinese Astronomers Discover Black Hole That's Breaking the Rules 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 670
Don't Miss September's Sky Show: The Harvest Moon Eclipse 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 530
The Wolves of Yellowstone 15 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 68 3025

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Unlocking the Invisible: An Introduction to Scintillators, Semiconductors, and Gamma Spectroscopy 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 617
Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami 0 cbabe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 14 876
Watch 'spaghetti monster' with dozens of pink-tipped sausage legs swimming near Nazca Ridge 2 WestMichRad Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 714
Sun fires off X-class solar flare, increasing aurora viewing chances into weekend 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 663
China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 710
650-Foot High Megatsunami in Greenland Sends Seismic Waves Worldwide 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 23 1263
Some cells can enter a 'third state that lies beyond the traditional boundaries of life and death.' Here's how. 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 786
Biden's got a plan to protect science from Trump (May, 2024) 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 667
"Truly Incredible" - Princeton Researchers Have Discovered a New Method To Reshape the Fabric of Life 7 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 13 1162
Frozen in Time: Scientists Discover 45-Million-Year-Old Ancient Walnuts on Remote Arctic Island 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 29 1277
Northern Lights Alert: States Where Aurora Borealis May Be Visible This Week 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 752
Tiny fish found to have sophisticated self-awareness only ever seen in some humans 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 741
Researchers find live fungi, bacteria and viruses high in the Earth's atmosphere 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 516
The History of the Telescope Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World Full Episode 1 PBS 0 Ptah Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 482
Bright lights detected by NASA telescopes lead to a dancing pair of supermassive black holes 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 565
Remote surgery performed on a pig 9,000 km away using a game controller 5 Diamond_Dog Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 682
Northern Lights: Get Ready For Action As 'Equinox Aurora Season' Is Triggered 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 598
Ask an Astrophysicist (NASA) 1 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 551
Does It Make Sense To Put Data Centers In Space? Can They Really Cost Less To Operate? 10 Ptah Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 1047
Is Our Weather Turning Against Us? Scientists Predict Rapid Escalation of Extreme Weather 8 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 1127
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