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2 min read New Volunteer Data from 143 Observatories Unveils the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse On April 8, 2024, volunteers participating in NASA’s Eclipse Megamovie citizen science project all around the United States hurried to photograph...

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A new Triassic crocodylomorph from Gloucester sheds light on early crocodile evolution and pre-extinction ecosystems. Scientists have identified a new species of crocodylomorph from the Triassic period based on fossils discovered in...

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For the first time, astronomers have used images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to identify a supernova progenitor that could not be seen by any other telescope: a red supergiant that was located in a nearby galaxy. The...

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Fins washing up in the North Pacific suggest that orcas from one subspecies are snacking on other orcas, and researchers think that may explain their different social dynamics

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Ukraine has responded to a war it didn’t start by creating an industry it doesn’t want, but could the nation's drone expertise help it rebuild? To learn more, New Scientist gained exclusive access to the...

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Getting back together with an ex might feel like a second chance at love, but a recent study suggests that a pattern of breaking up and making up can act as a chronic stressor that takes a toll on mental and physical health. Published in...

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If you’re concerned about space debris and want to give yourself a heart attack, check out this anxiety inducing map of all the objects known to be orbiting Earth. What goes up must come down, and when these satellites are past their...

Scientific American

The distinctive sound horses produce when they whinny is created by combining low and high pitch sounds together, like grunting and whistling at the same time

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Thunderstorms can generate weak electrical discharges on the plants underneath, but until now, they had never been observed in nature

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One of the U.S.’s most decorated downhill skiers, Lindsey Vonn, revealed she almost had to have her leg amputated because of a life-threatening condition.

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KLF5 appears to fuel pancreatic cancer metastasis by reprogramming epigenetic controls, offering a potential new therapeutic target. In experiments using lab-grown pancreatic cancer cells, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine identified a...

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A new study describes a technique that rejuvenates aging blood-forming stem cells and could help reduce the risk of age-related blood disorders. Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a way to rejuvenate...

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While the use of the N-word may not have been intentional, some with the condition agree that doesn’t make it acceptable It was an incident that sparked a furore: during Sunday’s Bafta ceremony Tourette syndrome (TS) activist John Davidson...

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Fecal analyses and necropsies suggest a fire-footed rope squirrel was the source of a 2023 mpox outbreak among sooty mangabeys in Côte d’Ivoire.

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Learn how octopuses use microbial signals to detect rotten food and unviable eggs.

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Aside from potty-training toddlers, almost nobody likes to talk about their poop. This is particularly true if something is wrong with it. But for a lot of young people today, that’s becoming a problem, says Leah Biller, an oncologist in...

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Researchers used a product made by native stingless bees to recover bioactive compounds, including caffeine, from chocolate manufacturing waste. The method increases the nutritional and commercial value of a material that is typically...

Scientific American

Since ancient Greece, researchers have tried to isolate special rational points on curves. Now they have the first ever formula that applies uniformly to all curves

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A recent study found an unexpected benefit of female caribou antlers: they can function like a vitamin for deer that have just given birth

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A recent study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships suggests that political disagreements within families can harm relational and individual mental health by breaking down positive communication. The research...

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New research sheds light on what drives reddish water to emerge from underground to pour onto the Taylor Glacier.

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Walk into a room with a few leafy plants on the windowsill, and something shifts. The space feels a little calmer, maybe a touch cooler, a bit more pleasant to be in. The post Indoor Plants Probably Won’t Clean Your Air Much, But They Can...

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Scientists at NYU have discovered a way to use light as a kind of remote control for building and reshaping crystals. Researchers at NYU have developed a way to use light to precisely direct how microscopic particles assemble into...

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Rufus net-casting spiders can tune the stiffness and elasticity of their webs thanks to loops of silk, scanning electron microscope images reveal.

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A cream that directly disrupts the underlying causes of the skin patches seen in the condition vitiligo will be made available on the NHS

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Duplicating the information held in quantum computers was thought to be impossible thanks to the no-cloning theorem, but researchers have now found a workaround

Universe Today

Asteroid mining companies are finally getting off the ground, and that is raising some concerns about the impact those activities will have on the space environment. A new paper published in Acta Astronautica from Anna Marie Brenna of the...

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With so much focus on human-made global warming, it can be easy to forget about the natural ebb and flow of Earth’s climate that’s governed by small fluctuations in how Earth moves along its orbit. While these cycles—called the...

NASA Breaking News

Groundbreaking “camera-on-a-chip” technology that was originally developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for use in space missions is currently employed in billions of devices like cell phones that are used daily by people...

NASA Breaking News

ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, STScI, P. Tiranti, H. Melin, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb) NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided the first vertical view of Uranus’s ionosphere in this image released on Feb. 19, 2026, revealing auroras shaped by its...

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Generative artificial intelligence chatbots may be worsening the symptoms of some people who experience severe mental health conditions. A recent analysis of thousands of patient health records reveals instances where interacting with...

Chemistry World

After receiving a US science diplomacy prize, Chemistry World talks to Martyn Poliakoff and Richard Catlow about global scientific challenges, their love of technicians and being astounded by children’s...

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Every time a sufficiently charged thunderstorm rolls over a forest, it may be making the trees glow. Not with fire, not with lightning, but with a faint, flickering electrical light that pulses across the leaves and hops from branch to...

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During a test drive, the mobile lab van uncovered a drug-resistant HIV strain that sprung up after the ongoing war with Russia started.

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Scotch tape has been a household mainstay for nearly a century, but it still holds some scientific surprises. Researchers have discovered that the screeching sound emitted when one rapidly peels Scotch tape—akin to the screech of...

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In looking at a Triceratops skull, your gaze is naturally drawn to its trio of horns. But, nestled between the head horns and the nose horn is another iconic feature: a pair of huge nasal cavities. The physiological function of such large...

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Research spanning 50 years of climate data says that streak of good fortune is almost certainly running out. The post Climate Scientists Warn The Tour de France Can’t Dodge The Heat Forever appeared first on StudyFinds.

MIT Technology Review

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why conservationists are making rhinos radioactive Every year, poachers shoot hundreds of...

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Following the 2024 United States presidential election, new evidence suggests that negative political rhetoric continues to shape how Americans express prejudice. A recent study reveals that groups targeted by Donald Trump during his...

Universe Today

If you’ve been following exoplanet research over the last couple of years, you’ve definitely heard of K2-18b. Located 124 light years away in the constellation Leo, it’s attracted a lot of attention as it sits squarely in its red dwarf...

Scientific American

Fresh observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show how vivid auroras surge through Uranus’s tilted magnetic field

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Underwater archaeologists have located a World War II B-17 in the Baltic Sea, and recovered artifacts may help identify the missing crew. When World War II ended, many families celebrated the return of loved ones. Others were left with...

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Marine researchers were astonished by the size of a centuries-old black coral discovered in Fiordland. Researchers exploring the deep waters of Fiordland have documented an enormous black coral colony measuring 4 meters (about 13 feet)...

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People often focus on the bad side effects of vaccines, but they can have some great side effects too, says columnist Michael Le Page. They don’t just protect us from contagious diseases but can also lower the risk of dementia and heart...

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Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, may have been even more instrumental to the system’s evolution than we thought, forming its rings, shaping its moons and even affecting the planet itself