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Donald Trump viewed as higher in Dark Tetrad traits than Joe Biden, study finds 8 Wicked Blue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1353
DNA Confirms Orcas Prey Upon One of Australia's Deadliest Marine Predators 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 14 767
Quantum mechanics was born 100 years ago. Physicists are celebrating 6 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 892
Why even physicists still don't understand quantum theory 100 years on 7 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 1215
How Do Polar Bears Keep Ice Off Their Fur? New Study Reveals the Secret--and It Could Improve Technology 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 755
CDC orders pullback of new scientific papers involving its researchers, source says 3 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 762
Brian Cox: "Something Terrifying Exists Outside The Universe" 5 YoshidaYui Feb 2025 Feb 2025 14 2079
Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 10 nitpicked Jan 2025 Feb 2025 5 1284
Neil deGrasse Tyson ROASTS MAGA Moron Patrick Bet David In Debate 2 YoshidaYui Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 1073
Nurse dies from Ebola in Uganda as country declares first virus outbreak since 2022, health ministry says 3 milestogo Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 692
A very high temperature thermocouple for measuring temperatures in nuclear fuel pellets. 2 NNadir Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 707
Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 692
New water splitting catalyst makes green hydrogen without expensive metals 3 Caribbeans Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 847
The Deadliest Tsunamis Of All Time Mega Disaster Earth Stories 0 YoshidaYui Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 769
'Super pod' of 1,500 dolphins captured on drone video as they cavort off California's coast 2 erronis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 818
Scientists Unearthed an Unknown Creature with 24 Eyes While Checking the Quality of the Water in a Nature Reserve 11 milestogo Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 1495
Trump Abruptly Cancels Crucial Science Reviews at NIH, World's Largest Public Funder of Biomedical Research 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 814
Scientists discover new, 3rd form of magnetism that may be the 'missing link' in the quest for superconductivity 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 678
A Gas Giant 500 Light-Years Away Has the Fastest Winds Ever Recorded: A Staggering 33,000 km/h 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 883
Caltech Scientists Discover the Surprising Speed Limit of Human Thought - Just 10 Bits per Second 0 erronis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 680
Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform 0 sl8 Jan 2025 Jan 2025 13 713
Astronomers seek global ban on space advertising 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 677
Astronomers Capture Mysterious 'Chorus Waves' Emerging From Deep Space 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 627
Butterfly-inspired robot wings move without batteries or electronics 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 625
Meet The 4 Longest Venomous Snakes. Hint: Mamba And Bushmaster No Longer In Top 3 Due To These 'New' Giants 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 912
AI can now replicate itself -- a milestone that has experts terrified 6 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 1214
A New Space Telescope is Giving Us New Insights Into Gamma Ray Bursts 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 469
Scientists Document Rich Biodiversity Along Underexplored Chilean Coastline 1 Onthefly Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 664
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Will Detect Millions of Exploding Stars 1 Ptah Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 618
How to make oxygen on the moon 2 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 726

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Current Comet over Chile: *Actually* Visible to Unaided eyes in the Southern Hemisphere 0 SorellaLaBefana Jan 2025 Jan 2025 13 724
Trump administration's abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern 7 douglas9 Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 1152
A Bacterial Protein Can Transport Heavy Highly Radioactive Actinides. 2 NNadir Dec 2023 Jan 2025 4 1418
'We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars.' President Trump wants astronauts to raise the American flag on Mar 10 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 990
Repeating Fast Radio Burst Traced to Outskirts of Quiescent Elliptical Galaxy 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 704
Earth's History in a few moments 1 YoshidaYui Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 757
Finland becomes 53rd country to join the Artemis Accords for moon exploration 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 500
One hundred years ago, a solar eclipse line of totality cut through NYC. 1 John1956PA Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 673
'Contagious' peeing may have deep evolutionary roots, chimp study suggests 3 milestogo Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 771
'Big boy' spider becomes Australia's largest and deadliest arachnid after surprise discovery 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 14 1179
Astronomers find hundreds of 'hidden' black holes -- and there may be billions or even trillions more 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 644
Turkey vulture: The bird that vomits acid up to 10 feet and poops antiseptic onto its legs 9 milestogo Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 1205
Scientists say they found oxygen where it shouldn't be. Now, the hunt is on for more answers 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 937
Extraordinary images reveal the mysteries of Mars 7 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 52 2191
Kilauea volcano enters fourth eruption phase: Watch LIVE 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 692
New solar-powered EV can drive 40 miles daily using the power of the sun -- and it's 50% more efficient than a Tesla 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 714
USGS releases first-ever map of potential for geologic hydrogen in U.S. 4 Caribbeans Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 922
The sky is falling: Meteorite strike captured in rare video from Canadian home's doorbell camera 2 cbabe Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 909
Argyria: The rare disease that turns people blue 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 931
UW-Madison paleontologists discover oldest dinosaur in North America 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2025 Jan 2025 14 639
Moon placed on World Monument Fund list of heritage sites in need of protection 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 543
Schrodinger's Cat breakthrough could usher in the 'Holy Grail' of quantum computing, making them error-proof 0 milestogo Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 854
Real-time formation of black hole jets observed for the first time 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 492
'Spooky' quantum entanglement discovered inside individual protons for 1st time ever 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 650
The Science of the Matrix with Laurence Fishburne STARTALK with Neil DeGrasse Tyson 1 YoshidaYui Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 651
The Biggest Simulation Ever: Frontier Supercomputer Models the Universe 1 erronis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 742
How Do Octopuses Control 8 Arms? Scientists Discover Strange Segmented Nervous System 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 17 1000
World's tiniest cat was a palm-sized tiddler that lived in China 300,000 years ago 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 27 1601
"Three Gorges Dam In Space": China Reveals Plans To Build Giant Power Station In Earth's Orbit 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 753
Rare string of 'cosmic pearls' dance together in the universe 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 601

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Bill Gates' Terrapower permitted to unleash 345 MW sodium-cooled nuclear reactor 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 725
Cephalopods Pass Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 1024
If you want a brain-aneurysm, watch this. (You have been warned.) 4 DetlefK Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 2160
Serious Head Trauma May Awaken Dormant Viruses Inside Your Body 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 735
Scientists Drill 1.7 Miles Into Antarctic Ice, Revealing 1.2 Million Years of Climate History 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 17 1160
On a long-dormant pad in Florida, a rocket that could challenge SpaceX's dominance is poised to launch 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 857
Space photo of the week: The tilted spiral galaxy that took Hubble 23 years to capture 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 29 1302
Scientists propose new method to detect alien civilizations via black holes 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 886
Nanoplastics found to disrupt dopamine system and social adaptation 3 Wicked Blue Jan 2025 Jan 2025 18 1004
Spacecraft buzzes Mercury's north pole and beams back stunning photos 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 35 1480
We finally know where the Yellowstone volcano will erupt next 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 827
An amateur astronomer used an old technique to study Jupiter -- and found something strange 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 16 1753
Scientists discover new kind of cartilage that looks like fat-filled 'Bubble Wrap' 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 677
Cybertruck-looking 'mobile aircraft carrier' developed in China can hide away and launch a 2-person flying car 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 622
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Great Science in a Dark Dictatorship: Separation of Americium from Lanthanides. 4 NNadir Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 935
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