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a step away from politics... 17 markie Feb 4 Feb 11 3 826
Astronomers catch black holes 'cooking' their own meals in bizarre, endless feeding cycle 2 Judi Lynn Feb 11 Feb 11 2 340
If any AI became 'misaligned' then the system would hide it just long enough to cause harm -- controlling it is a fallacy 2 Judi Lynn Feb 11 Feb 11 7 373
Class emerges as a key factor in who gets sent to prison 0 erronis Feb 10 Feb 10 15 418
Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Reveals 19 ShazzieB Feb 10 Feb 10 69 2704
Telescopes spy a monster radio jet streaming from a bright and early object in the universe 0 Judi Lynn Feb 9 Feb 9 6 386
800-mile-long 'DUNE' experiment could reveal the hidden dimensions of the universe 2 Judi Lynn Feb 8 Feb 9 9 502
Archaeologists uncover 1.5-million-year-old hand axes in Iraqi desert 2 Judi Lynn Feb 8 Feb 8 12 492
String theory could be real? A bootstrap model reveals solid hint 1 Judi Lynn Feb 8 Feb 8 10 9461
Stunning, rainbow-colored object spotted by James Webb telescope could be an alien solar system in the making 4 Judi Lynn Feb 8 Feb 8 22 1097
Quantum breakthrough: Scientists created antimatter from light 0 Judi Lynn Feb 8 Feb 8 6 355
Astronomers discover 'Quipu', the single largest structure in the known universe 0 Judi Lynn Feb 8 Feb 8 6 423
Disturbing Discovery: Human Brains Are Filling Up With Microplastics, and It May Be Causing Dementia 9 erronis Feb 6 Feb 8 18 664
Hubble's Photomosaic of Andromeda Galaxy Unveils Hundreds of Millions of Stars 6 Judi Lynn Jan 23 Feb 7 6 602
Gaia Just Found Two Massive Objects That Shouldn't Exist - And Astronomers Are Stunned 2 Judi Lynn Feb 7 Feb 7 39 1529
The framing of the shrew: California students photograph mammal never caught on film 1 erronis Jan 26 Feb 7 13 522
Scientists stunned to find corals that 'walk' towards light 2 Judi Lynn Jan 27 Feb 7 4 519
Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans 1 Wicked Blue Feb 7 Feb 7 4 328
James Hansen et al: Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed? 1 OKIsItJustMe Feb 4 Feb 6 5 426
Donald Trump viewed as higher in Dark Tetrad traits than Joe Biden, study finds 8 Wicked Blue Feb 5 Feb 6 4 793
DNA Confirms Orcas Prey Upon One of Australia's Deadliest Marine Predators 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 5 Feb 5 14 569
Quantum mechanics was born 100 years ago. Physicists are celebrating 6 usonian Feb 4 Feb 4 4 506
Why even physicists still don't understand quantum theory 100 years on 7 usonian Feb 4 Feb 4 9 767
How Do Polar Bears Keep Ice Off Their Fur? New Study Reveals the Secret--and It Could Improve Technology 3 Judi Lynn Feb 3 Feb 4 6 526
CDC orders pullback of new scientific papers involving its researchers, source says 3 Eugene Feb 3 Feb 3 8 455
Brian Cox: "Something Terrifying Exists Outside The Universe" 5 YoshidaYui Feb 2 Feb 2 14 1602
Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 10 nitpicked Jan 28 Feb 1 5 790
Neil deGrasse Tyson ROASTS MAGA Moron Patrick Bet David In Debate 2 YoshidaYui Jan 31 Jan 31 11 825
Nurse dies from Ebola in Uganda as country declares first virus outbreak since 2022, health ministry says 3 milestogo Jan 30 Jan 31 3 398
A very high temperature thermocouple for measuring temperatures in nuclear fuel pellets. 2 NNadir Jan 29 Jan 30 5 394

Science Continued...

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Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 29 Jan 30 9 485
New water splitting catalyst makes green hydrogen without expensive metals 3 Caribbeans Jan 28 Jan 29 5 532
The Deadliest Tsunamis Of All Time Mega Disaster Earth Stories 0 YoshidaYui Jan 28 Jan 28 2 543
'Super pod' of 1,500 dolphins captured on drone video as they cavort off California's coast 2 erronis Jan 28 Jan 28 11 493
Scientists Unearthed an Unknown Creature with 24 Eyes While Checking the Quality of the Water in a Nature Reserve 11 milestogo Jan 26 Jan 26 11 1031
Trump Abruptly Cancels Crucial Science Reviews at NIH, World's Largest Public Funder of Biomedical Research 3 Judi Lynn Jan 25 Jan 26 5 554
Scientists discover new, 3rd form of magnetism that may be the 'missing link' in the quest for superconductivity 1 Judi Lynn Jan 23 Jan 26 5 503
A Gas Giant 500 Light-Years Away Has the Fastest Winds Ever Recorded: A Staggering 33,000 km/h 4 Judi Lynn Jan 25 Jan 26 4 467
Caltech Scientists Discover the Surprising Speed Limit of Human Thought - Just 10 Bits per Second 0 erronis Jan 26 Jan 26 8 493
Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform 0 sl8 Jan 26 Jan 26 13 540
Astronomers seek global ban on space advertising 3 Judi Lynn Jan 25 Jan 25 7 370
Astronomers Capture Mysterious 'Chorus Waves' Emerging From Deep Space 0 Judi Lynn Jan 25 Jan 25 7 445
Butterfly-inspired robot wings move without batteries or electronics 1 Judi Lynn Jan 25 Jan 25 8 411
Meet The 4 Longest Venomous Snakes. Hint: Mamba And Bushmaster No Longer In Top 3 Due To These 'New' Giants 3 Judi Lynn Jan 25 Jan 25 7 622
AI can now replicate itself -- a milestone that has experts terrified 6 Judi Lynn Jan 25 Jan 25 4 755
A Mother Says an AI Startup's Chatbot Drove Her Son to Suicide. Its Response: the First Amendment Protects "Speech Alleg 2 Judi Lynn Jan 25 Jan 25 3 462
A New Space Telescope is Giving Us New Insights Into Gamma Ray Bursts 0 Judi Lynn Jan 25 Jan 25 3 300
Scientists Document Rich Biodiversity Along Underexplored Chilean Coastline 1 Onthefly Jan 24 Jan 24 4 389
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Will Detect Millions of Exploding Stars 1 Ptah Jan 24 Jan 24 2 332
How to make oxygen on the moon 2 muriel_volestrangler Jan 24 Jan 24 4 476
Current Comet over Chile: *Actually* Visible to Unaided eyes in the Southern Hemisphere 0 SorellaLaBefana Jan 24 Jan 24 13 516
Trump administration's abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern 7 douglas9 Jan 23 Jan 23 9 774
A Bacterial Protein Can Transport Heavy Highly Radioactive Actinides. 2 NNadir Dec 2023 Jan 23 4 1150
'We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars.' President Trump wants astronauts to raise the American flag on Mar 10 Judi Lynn Jan 23 Jan 23 1 508
Repeating Fast Radio Burst Traced to Outskirts of Quiescent Elliptical Galaxy 0 Judi Lynn Jan 23 Jan 23 10 509
Earth's History in a few moments 1 YoshidaYui Jan 22 Jan 23 9 559
Finland becomes 53rd country to join the Artemis Accords for moon exploration 0 Judi Lynn Jan 23 Jan 23 4 332
One hundred years ago, a solar eclipse line of totality cut through NYC. 1 John1956PA Jan 22 Jan 22 6 443
'Contagious' peeing may have deep evolutionary roots, chimp study suggests 3 milestogo Jan 21 Jan 21 2 482
'Big boy' spider becomes Australia's largest and deadliest arachnid after surprise discovery 1 Judi Lynn Jan 20 Jan 20 14 873

Science Continued...

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Astronomers find hundreds of 'hidden' black holes -- and there may be billions or even trillions more 0 Judi Lynn Jan 20 Jan 20 9 464
Turkey vulture: The bird that vomits acid up to 10 feet and poops antiseptic onto its legs 9 milestogo Jan 19 Jan 19 9 759
Scientists say they found oxygen where it shouldn't be. Now, the hunt is on for more answers 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 18 Jan 19 11 700
Extraordinary images reveal the mysteries of Mars 7 Judi Lynn Jan 17 Jan 19 52 1794
Kilauea volcano enters fourth eruption phase: Watch LIVE 0 Judi Lynn Jan 19 Jan 19 4 535
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 19 Jan 19 10 523
USGS releases first-ever map of potential for geologic hydrogen in U.S. 4 Caribbeans Jan 18 Jan 18 4 569
The sky is falling: Meteorite strike captured in rare video from Canadian home's doorbell camera 2 cbabe Jan 18 Jan 18 10 666
Argyria: The rare disease that turns people blue 2 Judi Lynn Jan 16 Jan 18 8 693
UW-Madison paleontologists discover oldest dinosaur in North America 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 18 Jan 18 14 473
Moon placed on World Monument Fund list of heritage sites in need of protection 1 Judi Lynn Jan 17 Jan 17 4 339
Schrodinger's Cat breakthrough could usher in the 'Holy Grail' of quantum computing, making them error-proof 0 milestogo Jan 17 Jan 17 11 680
Real-time formation of black hole jets observed for the first time 0 Judi Lynn Jan 17 Jan 17 3 339
'Spooky' quantum entanglement discovered inside individual protons for 1st time ever 0 Judi Lynn Jan 17 Jan 17 5 420
The Science of the Matrix with Laurence Fishburne STARTALK with Neil DeGrasse Tyson 1 YoshidaYui Jan 17 Jan 17 3 438
The Biggest Simulation Ever: Frontier Supercomputer Models the Universe 1 erronis Jan 16 Jan 16 10 527
How Do Octopuses Control 8 Arms? Scientists Discover Strange Segmented Nervous System 3 Judi Lynn Jan 16 Jan 16 17 717
World's tiniest cat was a palm-sized tiddler that lived in China 300,000 years ago 3 Judi Lynn Jan 16 Jan 16 27 1360
"Three Gorges Dam In Space": China Reveals Plans To Build Giant Power Station In Earth's Orbit 2 Judi Lynn Jan 16 Jan 16 4 508
Rare string of 'cosmic pearls' dance together in the universe 0 Judi Lynn Jan 16 Jan 16 8 437
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