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Found at last: long-lost branch of the Nile that ran by the pyramids 3 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 10 1065
This message was self-deleted by its author 9 RussBLib May 2024 May 2024 2 1450
A young child in Ontario has died of measles 7 BootinUp May 2024 May 2024 16 1325
A cure for drunkenness? Edible gel lowers blood alcohol levels in inebriated mice 0 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 1 841
"Hey kids! Pile into the station wagon. We're going to Mars!" 3 SarahD May 2024 May 2024 5 1013
Newfound 'glitch' in Einstein's relativity could rewrite the rules of the universe, study suggests 6 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 24 1926
Deaf baby can hear after 'mind-blowing' gene therapy treatment 8 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 30 1685
Astronomers say we may live at the center of a cosmic void 2 billion light-years wide that defies the laws of cosmology 18 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 44 3105
James Webb telescope spots 2 monster black holes merging at the dawn of time, challenging our understanding of the unive 5 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 16 1134
The Effect of Heat Stress on Damage to Internal Organs, Especially Among the Elderly. 2 NNadir May 2024 May 2024 2 941
Scientists prove 'quantum theory' that could lead to ultrafast magnetic computing 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 10 867
Researchers call for a new measurement of time for tunneling particles 2 BootinUp May 2024 May 2024 2 769
How Do Elephants Say Hello? Reunions Lead to Ear Flapping, Rumbling and Trunk Swinging in Greeting 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 5 711
Controlled failure: The building designed to limit catastrophe 0 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 9 1245
AI may be to blame for our failure to make contact with alien civilisations 2 LudwigPastorius May 2024 May 2024 0 1003
Oldest Known Human Viruses Discovered In 50,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones 6 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 5 1081
Watch a Möbius strip robot move and climb when hit by light (Youtube video) 0 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 6 925
Project Hephaistos - II. Dyson sphere candidates from Gaia DR3, 2MASS, and WISE 0 Sancho May 2024 May 2024 4 833
GPS Jamming & Spoofing - How Does It Work, And Who's Doing It? 0 Ptah May 2024 May 2024 4 897
The Science of Reducing Prejudice in Kids 2 DBoon May 2024 May 2024 10 775
You joined the DOE from academia. What caused you to accept the job? 0 NNadir May 2024 May 2024 6 779
Post-irradiation testing of high-burnup fuel under way at ORNL 0 NNadir May 2024 May 2024 4 797
"We have no evidence, but if we did..." 4 SarahD May 2024 May 2024 5 1329
Sperm Whale "Phonetic Alphabet" Surprisingly Similar In Structure To Human Language 16 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 61 2959
Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail 7 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 35 2187
500-year-old maths problem turns out to apply to coffee and clocks (paywall) 3 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 32 2169
Newfound 'altermagnets' shatter the magnetic status quo 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 May 2024 7 1182
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Platinum Group Elements with 103Rh Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy 0 eppur_se_muova May 2024 May 2024 4 772
Coral restoration in the Red Sea 0 Tetrachloride May 2024 May 2024 4 732
New NASA Black Hole Visualization Plunges Viewers Into the Event Horizon 0 erronis May 2024 May 2024 7 1181

Science Continued...

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Empowering social media users to assess content helps fight misinformation 4 BootinUp Mar 2024 May 2024 3 1164
China launches Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to moon's far side (video) 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 766
Fusion Breakthrough: 6 Minutes of Plasma Sets New Reactor Record 7 Warpy May 2024 May 2024 12 1392
Hunger on campus: why US PhD students are fighting over food 4 NNadir May 2024 May 2024 5 1193
Most Dementia Patients 'Return' Before Death And It's Unclear Why 9 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 35 2094
The Chandra X-ray spacecraft may soon go dark, threatening a great deal of astronomy 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2024 May 2024 8 1322
Today begins "Black Hole Week" at NASA: 5 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 4 984
Alternative Medicine An Orangutan Healed Himself With Medicinal Plant 4 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 17 1275
The most horrifying planets in the universe 4 YoshidaYui May 2024 May 2024 9 1629
Dinosaurs from first to last 2 YoshidaYui May 2024 May 2024 4 1470
The Island of the Last Surviving Mammoths 1 YoshidaYui May 2024 May 2024 25 1541
The Largest Single Cause of Death Among African American Youth Is Firearms. 0 NNadir May 2024 May 2024 3 993
James Webb telescope spots wind blowing faster than a bullet on '2-faced planet' with eternal night 4 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 10 1177
Interesting: A Scientist for President? (Mexico). 2 NNadir May 2024 May 2024 5 1038
Another Victory for Fear And Ignorance Over the World's Poorest. 1 NNadir May 2024 May 2024 6 1134
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 0 620
Scientists Reveal 'Major' New Factor in Bumblebee Decline 11 Sewa May 2024 May 2024 12 2001
Video of sun's surface shows solar rain, eruptions and coronal moss 3 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 1116
The Jurassic Period 0 YoshidaYui May 2024 May 2024 3 1467
99 Dinosaur sounds based on Scientific data 5 YoshidaYui May 2024 May 2024 5 1307
Eta Aquarid meteor shower peak could spawn over 100 'shooting stars' per hour this weekend 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 923
These Are The Avalanches To Worry About - Veritasium 0 TexasTowelie May 2024 May 2024 1 1176
Scientists reveal Southern Ring Nebula's unexpected structure: 'We were amazed' 3 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 6 1014
Dusty 'Cat's Paw Nebula' contains a type of molecule never seen in space -- and it's one of the largest ever found 4 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 24 1754
The Math That Predicted Black Holes Predicts Even Stranger Objects - Veritasium 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2024 Apr 2024 10 1436
On this day, April 30, 1916, mathematician, electrical engineer, and computer scientist Claude Shannon was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 971
Foxes' skulls are specially adapted for diving into snow 3 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 12374
'Is it aliens?': how a mysterious star could help the search for extraterrestrial life 2 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1308
These Hardy Plants Have Figured Out How to 'Farm' Microbes in Their Soil 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1053
Horsehead Nebula rears its head in gorgeous new James Webb Space Telescope images (video) 5 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 49 2314

Science Continued...

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Chickens Can Blush When They're Feeling Emotional, And We Should Pay Attention 4 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 7 1188
China releases world's most detailed moon atlas (video) 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 803
'Tiger stripes' on Saturn's moon Enceladus could reveal if its oceans are habitable 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 891
Why dangerous bird flu is spreading faster and farther than first thought... 5 littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 Apr 2024 29 1697
A New Record Concentration for CO2, 427.98 ppm Has Been Set for the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory's Weekly Average. 4 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1622
NASA discovered a planet twice as big as Earth with a gas that is 'only produced by life' 15 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 68 4058
Rare dinosaur tracks are longest continuous set of sauropod footprints (EarthSky.org) 1 eppur_se_muova Apr 2024 Apr 2024 24 1321
New CO2 Concentration Record Set, 428.59 ppm, at the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory. 1 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 982
Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos 4 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 10 1484
There's a mysterious ecosystem underneath the driest desert on Earth 4 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 42 2414
The Effect of Climate Change on Nuclear Reactor Cooling Will Be Studied at Argonne National Lab. 0 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1013
Judge dismisses superconductivity physicist's lawsuit against university 1 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 982
NASA's Juno Spacecraft Stumbled On A Glistening Lava Lake On Jupiter's Moon Io 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 15 1432
Algorithm ranks peer reviewers by reputation -- but critics warn of bias 0 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 747
Scientists create 'toxic AI' that is rewarded for thinking up the worst possible questions we could imagine 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 1271
4 solar flares erupt in exceptionally rare, "quadruple" solar flare from the sun in rare 'super' explosion 5 LastLiberal in PalmSprings Apr 2024 Apr 2024 9 1336
Cosmic fountain is polluting intergalactic space with 50 million suns' worth of material 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 10 1148
Restoring sight is possible now with optogenetics 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 11 1205
It's Official: Scientists Finally Confirmed What's Inside The Moon 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 12 1511
NASA veteran's propellantless propulsion drive defies laws of physics 4 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1360
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