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Astronomers just spotted an extremely bright burst of radio waves emanating from within our own galaxy. The…
Apr 29
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A new study has found that the impacts of deep sea mining are still felt a quarter of a century later.
Apr 29
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An incredible skeleton unearthed in Madagascar over 20 years ago has finally been studied in detail. The…
Apr 28
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The Hubble Space Telescope didn’t rest during its recent 30th anniversary celebration. Instead, it watched the comet…
Apr 28
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Last fall, the birdwatching community was shocked by the appearance of a skulking yellow bird. Birder Matthew Grube…
Apr 27
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Baking sourdough bread has become a cliché of non-essential privilege in the social isolation era. It’s a…
Apr 24
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A team of scientists think they’ve found the oldest evidence of a meteorite striking and killing a person, according…
Apr 23
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Astronomers think they’ve found an entire population of asteroids originating from outside our solar system,…
Apr 22
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Stephen Wolfram, computer scientist, physicist, and CEO of software company Wolfram Research (behind Wolfram Alpha…
Apr 17
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This past week, assistant zoology professor Daniel Baldassarre at SUNY Oswego published a paper in a supposedly scien…
Apr 17
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Some of you probably wish you could be onboard BepiColombo right now, as the space probe whizzes far away from…
Apr 16
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A team of astronomers shocked the world back in 2016 when they revealed evidence of an Earth-sized exoplanet in the…
Apr 15
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Particle physicists have released the results of a decade-long search, taking us a crucial step closer toward…
Apr 15
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You’re probably spending a lot more time at home than you’re used to, doing your part to follow social distancing…
Apr 13
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Back in 2016, a telescope spotted a supernova flaring so brightly that it far outshone its own galaxy. The exploded…
Apr 10
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Scientists think that they’ve spotted a black hole’s gravity bending light emitted from the disk of matter around it…
Apr 9
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Is the universe’s expansion the same everywhere? New research suggests it’s not—which could have huge implications…
Apr 9
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A long-standing debate over just how “quantum” photosynthesis is may finally be coming to an end.
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More than 2,000 feet beneath the ocean surface, an otherworldly, 50-foot-wide marine organism floats... and feeds.