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Gargantuan waves in Earth's mantle may make continents rise, new study finds 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 23 958
Barrage of solar explosions could bring auroras to the U.S. this weekend as Perseid meteor shower peaks 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 661
Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory Update; July 2024's Increase Over July 2023 Is the Worst Ever Observed 5 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 839
Virus Behind COVID-19 Now Rampant in Wild Animals, Study Finds 2 Warpy Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 807
Yarlung Tsangpo: The deepest canyon on land hides a tree taller than the Statue of Liberty 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 35 1222
Razor-thin solar panels could be 'ink-jetted' onto your backpack or phone for cheap clean energy 7 orangecrush Aug 2024 Aug 2024 13 778
Flying Clean and Green: Hydrogen Flights Set to Revolutionize Air Travel 2 erronis Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 775
Scientists propose warming up Mars by using heat-trapping 'glitter' 9 Wicked Blue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 1094
Africa's new force in genomics. 0 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 598
Steady flight of kestrels could see aerial safety soar 1 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 788
Lost in Space 🚀 🌌 Boeing Starliner Astronauts 2 LessAspin Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 714
Cheap heat-storing 'firebricks' projected to save industries trillions 3 Wicked Blue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 15 1086
How did Neanderthals disappear? New DNA analysis sheds light on the mystery 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 15 976
Increases in Global and East Asian Nitrogen Trifluoride (NF3) Emissions Inferred from Atmospheric Observations 1 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 739
NASA Releases 25 Jaw-Dropping New Images for the First Time 13 catbyte Aug 2024 Aug 2024 65 3146
Latest Update on the Disastrous 2024 CO2 Data Recorded at Mauna Loa 2 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 12 1001
A Science Editorial on the Cost of Gene and Cell Therapies. 2 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 665
Comet caught strangely zigzagging its way through space 3 usonian Aug 2024 Aug 2024 15 1031
An Effort to Score US Coal to Nuclear Plant Conversions. 6 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 1091
520-million-year-old worm fossil solves mystery of how modern insects, spiders and crabs evolved 2 muriel_volestrangler Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 728
Popular Weight Loss Drug Shows Promise for Smoking Cessation 11 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 1100
Work Begins on the First US Gen IV Nuclear Reactor. 3 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 765
'Publish or Perish' is now a card game -- not just an academic's life 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 606
A Star Is About to Explode (And You'll Be Able to See It) 1 catbyte Aug 2024 Aug 2024 21 1259
Butterflies accumulate enough static electricity to attract pollen without contact 1 usonian Jul 2024 Aug 2024 13 561
A Sober Look at the Materials Implications of Electric Cars. 2 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 834
Rock solid evidence: Angola geology reveals prehistoric split between South America and Africa 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 19 698
Oil and gas extraction causes pollution to spike 10,000% 3 erronis Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 606
Solar Mystery Solved by Astronomer's Drawings From Hundreds of Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 21 878
Double Meteor Shower Raises Expectations of Stunning Fireball Display 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 599

Science Continued...

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Mysterious explosions are creating craters in Siberia. Here's why 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 21 958
The Northern Lights Are Coming Back: How to See the Aurora Borealis This Week 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 599
Ok blew my mind. How do bacteria move? Little electric boat motors! lol. Cray Cray stuff here 6 Cheezoholic Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 916
An Ancient Maya Practice Could Be the Key to Growing Vegetables on Mars 4 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 669
New study shows 'dancing molecules' can regenerate cartilage in 3 days 14 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 76 2745
New 'Butter' Made From Carbon Dioxide Tastes Like the Real Dairy Product, Startup Says 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 654
Type of mouth bacteria 'melts' some cancers, study finds 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 15 657
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 283
Complex life on Earth may be much older than thought - BBC 0 Wicked Blue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 636
The Biden Administration and China Work to Address the Superpollutant N2O. 2 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 841
Burned-up satellites are polluting the atmosphere 2 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 709
A Flash Like No Other: NASA's Fermi Detects Unique Energy Peak in Unprecedented Gamma-Ray Burst 4 erronis Jul 2024 Jul 2024 12 772
U.S. back in race to forge unknown, superheavy elements 5 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 719
China dominates renewable energy and coal power forecasts 2 Eko Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 606
China Quadrupled Its Nuclear Power Production in 10 Years; Is Predicted to Pass the US In 2030. 7 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 977
Sun bear: The little carnivores that look so similar to humans they've been mistaken for people wearing costumes News 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 14 902
The Atomic Intelligence of Liquid Metals. 0 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 830
Exoplanet caught in 'hairpin turn' signals how high-mass gas giants form 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 545
'Super-Jupiter': Giant gas planet discovered by space telescope 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 634
See 25 Stunning Images of the Cosmos From the Chandra X-Ray Observatory as It Celebrates 25 Years in Space 8 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 857
Mercury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds 4 usonian Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 831
Japanese honeybees slap ants to defend their hive 8 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 1073
Space is becoming an 'unsustainable environment in the long term,' ESA says 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 614
MIT researchers make hydrogen fuel from soda cans, seawater, caffeine 4 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 561
Silkworms, shrimps can help repair damaged skin and bones: EU researchers 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 519
NASA says no return date yet for astronauts and troubled Boeing capsule at space station 0 Eugene Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 522
A swinging showerhead leads to discovery of a new mode of vibration in nature 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 784
AI models fed AI-generated data quickly spew nonsense 4 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 1020
Geology hub: yesterday's hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone 4 Warpy Jul 2024 Jul 2024 18 1154
Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch youngest woman above the Krmn line 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 412

Science Continued...

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Florida startup Star Catcher snags $12 million to help develop 1st off-Earth energy grid 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 444
Memory for music doesn't diminish with age 3 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 725
Exclusive: the Trump administration demoted this climate scientist -- now she wants reform 0 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 620
Chimpanzees Take Turns in Fast-Paced Conversations, Just Like Humans Do 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 747
This glowing speck is a freezing exoplanet six times the size of Jupiter 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 629
Nasa's science mission spacecraft are at risk from hackers, but a new law could help protect them 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 446
Exclusive: the Trump administration demoted this climate scientist -- now she wants reform 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 635
Milky Way's black hole 'exhaust vent' discovered in eerie X-ray observations 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 557
The best meteor showers of 2024 are yet to come. Here are the key nights to watch for. 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 650
Jaguarundi: The little wildcat that looks like an otter and has 13 ways of 'talking' 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 21 1013
Nature: Harris Candidacy Stirs Optimism Among Scientists. 1 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 675
Update on the Disastrous 2024 CO2 Data Recorded at Mauna Loa 6 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 11 902
Male elephants use deep rumbles to signal when it is time to go 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 539
Dual action antibiotic could make bacterial resistance nearly impossible 2 Jim__ Jul 2024 Jul 2024 19 697
Astronomers are scrambling to save the world's most powerful X-ray space telescope 2 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 630
Metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor split water to generate 'dark oxygen,' new study finds 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 680
It's not just humans--bacteria also have memory, study suggests 6 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 710
A 12-Mile Marvel Has Stunningly Turned Gravity Into Light 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 12 868
Extremely Rare Black Hole Found At The Center Of Our Galaxy 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 563
Low-cost, smartphone-based spectrometer could tell you whether something is good to eat or not 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 651
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