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The Northern Lights Are Coming Back: How to See the Aurora Borealis This Week 0 Judi Lynn Jul 30 Jul 30 6 444

Ok blew my mind. How do bacteria move? Little electric boat motors! lol. Cray Cray stuff here 6 Cheezoholic Jul 28 Jul 29 6 597

An Ancient Maya Practice Could Be the Key to Growing Vegetables on Mars 4 Judi Lynn Jul 29 Jul 29 7 435

New study shows 'dancing molecules' can regenerate cartilage in 3 days 14 Judi Lynn Jul 28 Jul 29 76 2187

New 'Butter' Made From Carbon Dioxide Tastes Like the Real Dairy Product, Startup Says 3 Judi Lynn Jul 29 Jul 29 3 462

Type of mouth bacteria 'melts' some cancers, study finds 3 Judi Lynn Jul 29 Jul 29 15 462

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Jul 29 Jul 29 1 138

Complex life on Earth may be much older than thought - BBC 0 Wicked Blue Jul 28 Jul 28 10 405

The Biden Administration and China Work to Address the Superpollutant N2O. 2 NNadir Jul 28 Jul 28 8 581

Burned-up satellites are polluting the atmosphere 2 NNadir Jul 28 Jul 28 10 431

A Flash Like No Other: NASA's Fermi Detects Unique Energy Peak in Unprecedented Gamma-Ray Burst 4 erronis Jul 28 Jul 28 12 482

U.S. back in race to forge unknown, superheavy elements 5 NNadir Jul 27 Jul 28 5 430

China dominates renewable energy and coal power forecasts 2 Eko Jul 27 Jul 27 1 396

China Quadrupled Its Nuclear Power Production in 10 Years; Is Predicted to Pass the US In 2030. 7 NNadir Jul 27 Jul 27 2 621

Sun bear: The little carnivores that look so similar to humans they've been mistaken for people wearing costumes News 3 Judi Lynn Jul 27 Jul 27 14 685

The Atomic Intelligence of Liquid Metals. 0 NNadir Jul 27 Jul 27 2 592

Exoplanet caught in 'hairpin turn' signals how high-mass gas giants form 0 Judi Lynn Jul 27 Jul 27 4 360

'Super-Jupiter': Giant gas planet discovered by space telescope 0 Judi Lynn Jul 27 Jul 27 2 436

See 25 Stunning Images of the Cosmos From the Chandra X-Ray Observatory as It Celebrates 25 Years in Space 8 Judi Lynn Jul 24 Jul 26 10 555

Mercury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds 4 usonian Jul 26 Jul 26 9 556

Japanese honeybees slap ants to defend their hive 8 sl8 Jul 18 Jul 26 10 743

Space is becoming an 'unsustainable environment in the long term,' ESA says 3 Judi Lynn Jul 25 Jul 26 4 418

MIT researchers make hydrogen fuel from soda cans, seawater, caffeine 4 Judi Lynn Jul 26 Jul 26 4 334

Silkworms, shrimps can help repair damaged skin and bones: EU researchers 2 Judi Lynn Jul 26 Jul 26 6 328

NASA says no return date yet for astronauts and troubled Boeing capsule at space station 0 Eugene Jul 25 Jul 25 5 364

A swinging showerhead leads to discovery of a new mode of vibration in nature 3 Judi Lynn Jul 25 Jul 25 10 578

AI models fed AI-generated data quickly spew nonsense 4 sl8 Jul 25 Jul 25 6 565

Geology hub: yesterday's hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone 4 Warpy Jul 24 Jul 25 18 886

Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch youngest woman above the Krmn line 0 Judi Lynn Jul 25 Jul 25 0 259

Florida startup Star Catcher snags $12 million to help develop 1st off-Earth energy grid 0 Judi Lynn Jul 25 Jul 25 0 272

Science Continued...

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Memory for music doesn't diminish with age 3 sl8 Jul 25 Jul 25 4 459

Exclusive: the Trump administration demoted this climate scientist -- now she wants reform 0 sl8 Jul 25 Jul 25 7 439

Chimpanzees Take Turns in Fast-Paced Conversations, Just Like Humans Do 1 Judi Lynn Jul 24 Jul 25 10 549

This glowing speck is a freezing exoplanet six times the size of Jupiter 1 Judi Lynn Jul 24 Jul 24 10 454

Nasa's science mission spacecraft are at risk from hackers, but a new law could help protect them 0 Judi Lynn Jul 24 Jul 24 5 293

Exclusive: the Trump administration demoted this climate scientist -- now she wants reform 1 Judi Lynn Jul 24 Jul 24 8 429

Milky Way's black hole 'exhaust vent' discovered in eerie X-ray observations 1 Judi Lynn Jul 24 Jul 24 7 385

The best meteor showers of 2024 are yet to come. Here are the key nights to watch for. 0 Judi Lynn Jul 24 Jul 24 8 416

Jaguarundi: The little wildcat that looks like an otter and has 13 ways of 'talking' 2 Judi Lynn Jul 24 Jul 24 21 828

Nature: Harris Candidacy Stirs Optimism Among Scientists. 1 NNadir Jul 23 Jul 23 10 487

Update on the Disastrous 2024 CO2 Data Recorded at Mauna Loa 6 NNadir Jul 23 Jul 23 11 524

Male elephants use deep rumbles to signal when it is time to go 1 Judi Lynn Jul 22 Jul 23 6 374

Dual action antibiotic could make bacterial resistance nearly impossible 2 Jim__ Jul 23 Jul 23 19 530

Astronomers are scrambling to save the world's most powerful X-ray space telescope 2 sl8 Jul 23 Jul 23 8 454

Metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor split water to generate 'dark oxygen,' new study finds 3 Judi Lynn Jul 22 Jul 23 7 390

It's not just humans--bacteria also have memory, study suggests 6 Judi Lynn Jul 22 Jul 23 7 430

A 12-Mile Marvel Has Stunningly Turned Gravity Into Light 3 Judi Lynn Jul 22 Jul 22 12 629

Extremely Rare Black Hole Found At The Center Of Our Galaxy 1 Judi Lynn Jul 22 Jul 22 5 396

Low-cost, smartphone-based spectrometer could tell you whether something is good to eat or not 2 Judi Lynn Jul 22 Jul 22 8 473

See How the Brain Responds to Psychedelic 'Magic Mushrooms' 3 Judi Lynn Jul 22 Jul 22 8 452

Socioeconomic factors linked to persistently active rheumatoid arthritis 0 Judi Lynn Jul 22 Jul 22 4 277

Chimpanzees gesture back and forth quickly like in human conversations, researchers find 1 Judi Lynn Jul 22 Jul 22 7 503

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Jul 22 Jul 22 0 96

This Enormous New Telescope Will Be Powered By The World's Largest Mirror 1 Judi Lynn Jul 22 Jul 22 9 383

The Milky Way's enormous, star-studded 'Radcliffe Wave' is literally waving 1 Judi Lynn Jul 21 Jul 21 10 417

NASA cancels $450-million mission to drill for ice on the Moon -- surprising researchers 13 sl8 Jul 19 Jul 20 5 709

Antarctic Worms Have an Amazing Secret For Surviving Deadly Icy Water 2 Judi Lynn Jul 20 Jul 20 4 327

Scientists Found an Alarming Pattern in The Brains of Sleep-Deprived Kids 2 Judi Lynn Jul 20 Jul 20 11 557

New Detection Of Phosphine Deeper In Venus's Atmosphere - And Possibly Ammonia Too 0 Judi Lynn Jul 20 Jul 20 4 275

Gaia spacecraft almost doomed by back-to-back meteor strike and solar storm -- but ESA says they've found a solution 1 Judi Lynn Jul 20 Jul 20 6 374

Science Continued...

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Discover The Bizarre Life In Movile Cave: A World Sealed Off For 5 Million Years 4 Judi Lynn Jul 20 Jul 20 16 516

NASA's Curiosity rover accidentally reveals ultra-rare sulfur crystals after crushing a rock on Mars 1 Judi Lynn Jul 20 Jul 20 6 397

Underground cave found on moon could be ideal base for explorers 8 Jilly_in_VA Jul 15 Jul 19 8 655

9 miles of solid diamonds may lurk beneath Mercury's surface, new study finds 4 Judi Lynn Jul 18 Jul 19 5 421

Nantucket beaches shut down to swimming after debris from Vineyard Wind turbine washes ashore 2 Eko Jul 18 Jul 18 2 450

Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain 2 sl8 Jul 18 Jul 18 6 565

SpaceX Falcon 9. How many launches so far? (Poll) 1 Ptah Jul 17 Jul 18 1 286

Secret of why Greenland sharks live so incredibly long finally revealed 5 Judi Lynn Jul 18 Jul 18 23 855

Lithium Pollution and Its Associated Health Risks in the Largest Lithium Extraction Industrial Area in China 2 NNadir Jul 17 Jul 18 2 453

What is it like to attend a predatory conference? 0 sl8 Jul 18 Jul 18 4 385

New burrowing dinosaur discovered in Utah 0 Judi Lynn Jul 17 Jul 17 9 412

Study finds language affects how quickly we perceive shades of color 1 Judi Lynn Jul 17 Jul 17 5 382

Scientists Revise Famous Drake Equation 12 BootinUp Jul 6 Jul 17 7 672

New low-mass galaxy discovered 0 Judi Lynn Jul 17 Jul 17 6 313

Our last common ancestor lived 4.2 billion years ago--perhaps hundreds of millions of years earlier than thought. 3 NNadir Jul 16 Jul 17 8 586

The Milky Way will be visible without a telescope this summer. Here are the key nights to watch for. 11 Judi Lynn Jul 3 Jul 17 8 760

The geneticist who uses science to free parents wrongly convicted of killing their children 1 sl8 Jul 16 Jul 16 5 371

Many plant names are offensive: botanists will vote on whether to change them 2 sl8 Jul 16 Jul 16 3 559

Grizzly Bear "Supermom" Spotted In Yellowstone With Five Cubs For First Time 3 Judi Lynn Jul 16 Jul 16 27 835

Musical pitch has a curious effect on our perception of brightness 1 Judi Lynn Jul 16 Jul 16 6 409

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