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Neutron stars, neutron physics, and the transmutation of mercury into gold. 5 NNadir Apr 2023 Apr 2023 8 1745
We're one step closer to reading an octopus's mind 14 BootinUp Apr 2023 Apr 2023 20 1943
Never-before-seen 'crystal-like matter' hidden in a chunk of fossilized lightning is probably a bran 13 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 44 4056
NASA discovers ultra-rare 'double quasar' about to collide into an unbelievably massive black hole 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 1260
Scientists Just Used The Most Powerful Space Telescope Ever Built to Look at Uranus 22 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 38 3112
Scientists create 'slits in time' in mind-bending physics experiment 4 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 16 1413
The project provides the capacity to produce 500,000 cancer treatment doses per year instead of 4000 0 NNadir Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 2889
In a 1st, scientists predicted that volcanic comet was due to pop 'like a Champagne bottle' -- and it 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 10 1885
No SpaceX Starship launch till June? 1 RussBLib Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 921
6-Foot-High Giant Tunnels Found in South America Dug by Ancient Megafauna Giant Sloths 8 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 19 12699
New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan Book Instead of Bible 27 progressoid Apr 2023 Apr 2023 87 5080
Scientists Just Discovered a Molten Layer Below Earth's Surface 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 946
Bizarre object 10 million times brighter than the sun defies physics, NASA says 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 10 1774
Breakthrough discovery suggests gravity can create light 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 7 962
Physicists Might Finally Be Able to Find Wormholes, Thanks to Their Light-Bending Ability 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 1189
New type of black hole found lurking in Earth's 'cosmic backyard' is closest ever discovered 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1340
James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest black hole in the universe -- a cosmic monster 10 million 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 1758
OTD in 1981 - Space Shuttle Columbia's 1st spaceflight 0 BootinUp Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 793
Hindenburg: The New Evidence Full Documentary NOVA PBS Mar 22, 2023 (Aired May 19, 2021) 6 Goonch Apr 2023 Apr 2023 9 2207
For All This Time, Protons Have Been Hiding Secret Mass. We Just Found It. 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 15 1596
Scientists Have Found the 'BOAT' Gamma Ray Burst--the Brightest of All Time 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 8 883
This Strange New Map Of 'Dark Matter' Proves Einstein Was Right, Say Scientists 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 11 2076
We Might Soon Be Able to See Missing Ripples in Spacetime 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 14 1376
Freezing Cold Cryovolcano Erupts From Comet 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 913
'Hubble trouble' could deepen with new measurement of the universe's expansion 0 WhiteTara Apr 2023 Apr 2023 7 1591
Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in The Lab, And Then It Started to Glow 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 12 2460
Extending Equations of State to Inhomogeneous Systems. 1 NNadir Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1030
The James Webb Telescope Just Took a Truly Incredible Photo of Uranus 5 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 33 2853
James Webb telescope detects light from a small, Earth-like planet -- and finds it's missing its atmo 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Apr 2023 15 2755
Question for astronomy buffs. 9 grumpyduck Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 1404

Science Continued...

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Somalia meteorite turns out to contain two minerals that are not found on Earth 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 20 3072
Astronomers discovered two black holes close to Earth unlike anything we've seen 4 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 14 1723
This message was self-deleted by its author 25 milestogo Apr 2023 Apr 2023 16 2688
Opposable Thumbs Make You Easier to Fool (Sometimes) 1 SorellaLaBefana Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1823
Python 3.14 Will be Faster than C++ (Not really) 11 BootinUp Mar 2023 Apr 2023 3 3305
The Collapse of the Wave Function and Origins of Consciousness: A Conversation with Roger Penrose 10 NNadir Apr 2023 Apr 2023 8 2815
Ocean Rivers Slowing in the Great River Ocean 3 SorellaLaBefana Apr 2023 Apr 2023 10 1388
High school students may have just discovered an 'impossible' proof to the 2,000-year-old Pythagorea 20 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 55 4447
Ettore Majorana: The "Genius" Physicist Who Predicted Neutrons And Then Disappeared Completely 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 12 1512
Rare blood-red arc of light shines in the Scandinavian sky. What is it? 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 12 1660
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 543
UAE Mars orbiter creates stunning new map of the Red Planet 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 14 1533
Black hole jet changes direction as astronomers watch in cosmic first -- and it's aimed right at us 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 2071
Surprise! Icy 'rain' from Saturn's rings is heating the gas giant's atmosphere 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 1366
I'll bet putting this thing together this takes some skill and practice. 6 NNadir Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1385
Newly discovered 'einstein' tile is a 13-sided shape that solves a decades-old math problem 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 16 2260
New drug offers "two-for-one" treatment of heart failure, sleep apnea 6 Wicked Blue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 17 2672
Astronomers May Have Just Found the Smoking Gun Behind Mysterious Radio Signals 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 2246
Toothless Tyrannosaurs? 0 SorellaLaBefana Mar 2023 Mar 2023 9 1286
Potentially Prebiotic Synthesis of Aminoacyl-RNA via a Bridging Phosphoramidate-Ester Intermediate 1 NNadir Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1685
Stressed plants emit airborne sounds that can be detected from more than a meter away 6 Diamond_Dog Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 2249
Brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen a 1-in-10,000-years event that's 'absolutely monstrous,' scienti 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 11 1502
Gargantuan black hole 30 billion times the mass of the sun is one of the largest ever discovered 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 15 2140
Object mistaken as a galaxy is actually a black hole pointed directly at Earth 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 11 1861
Asteroid Didymos May Spin So Fast It Flings Rocks into Space 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 1471
New additives could turn concrete into an effective carbon sink 1 Wicked Blue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1832
Hubble telescope spies mysterious celestial object that defies classification 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 24 1296
Webb telescope finds a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet that defies expectations 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 7 1378
New NASA Map Details 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses in the US 3 sl8 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 7 2299
Psychedelic brew ayahuasca's profound impact revealed in brain scans 4 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 16 1471

Science Continued...

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Redness of Neptunian asteroids sheds light on early Solar System 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 8 1437
The man who discovered the 'abyss of time' - BBC News 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2023 Mar 2023 17 2447
Rolls-Royce go-ahead to build a nuclear reactor on Moon 4 BootinUp Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 1148
The Mystery of Alleged Alien Object 'Oumuamua Has Been Solved, Scientists Say 8 Jilly_in_VA Mar 2023 Mar 2023 8 2774
Scientists discover enzyme that can turn air into energy, unlocking potential new energy source 8 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 12 2178
Here's the full analysis of newly uncovered genetic data on COVID's origins - Ars Technica 1 BootinUp Mar 2023 Mar 2023 11 2366
Here's What Dinosaurs Really Looked Like 12 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 28 3134
Beethoven's DNA decoded from locks of hair saved by his fans 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1675
New NASA spacesuit from Axiom Space promises better fit for Artemis III moonwalkers 2 Uncle Joe Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 1815
A Growing Number of Scientists Are Convinced the Future Influences the Past 4 Javaman Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1250
How The Matilda Effect Removes Women in STEM From History - Beyond the Scenes The Daily Show 0 YoshidaYui Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 1787
Satellites are photobombing Hubble (earthsky.org) 4 eppur_se_muova Mar 2023 Mar 2023 14 1286
60,000-mile-tall 'plasma waterfall' snapped showering the sun with impossibly fast fire 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 40 3046
The Unpredictable Abilities Emerging From Large AI Models 0 Pluvious Mar 2023 Mar 2023 8 1042
A systematic "omics" (molecular biology) approach to the effects of radiation on living tissue. 5 NNadir Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 24334
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Javaman Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 659
How Evolution Brought a Flightless Bird Back From Extinction 2 sl8 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 1391
The Little-Known Origin Story behind the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics 1 BootinUp Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1656
Fossil site is 'Rosetta Stone' for understanding early life 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 12 1041
James Webb Space Telescope captures star going supernova in a dazzling cloud of dust 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 1598
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