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APOD: "Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website." 4 SorellaLaBefana Oct 2025 Oct 2025 9 969
Scientists Develop Robots That Literally Walk on Water 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 642
Generations of Bearded Vultures Stashed Humans' Treasures, Including a 650-Year-Old Sandal, in These Bird Nests 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2025 Oct 2025 19 958
ESA inaugurates new deep space antenna in Australia 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 441
String Theory - ScienceClic 6 BootinUp Oct 2025 Oct 2025 9 819
Sputnik Starts Space Race (APOD Redux from 2000) 1 SorellaLaBefana Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 518
What if the Universe Remembers Everything? New Theory Rewrites the Rules of Physics 12 erronis Oct 2025 Oct 2025 27 1594
Another Comet, from another time (From the APOD files) 1 SorellaLaBefana Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 669
Bizarre ankylosaur with spikes is unlike any known dinosaur (earthsky.org) 3 eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 2337
'Wholesale destruction': Government shutdown or not, critical science programs are at risk 0 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 2047
Paleontologists Discover Megaraptor Fossil With a Crocodilian's Leg Still in Its Mouth 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 12 2620
These Ancient Footprints Rewrite Human History 5 Ptah Sep 2025 Sep 2025 17 3118
Giant Stars With Black Holes Inside Them May Have Been Detected For The First Time 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 1882
"Brightest Object In Known Universe" Puffs Itself Up To Look 15 Times Its Actual Size 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 14 2808
The First Black Hole We Ever Saw Is Doing Something Never Seen Before 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 17 2239
Perplexing diamonds from South Africa mine contain 'almost impossible' chemistry 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 14 1586
Chimps regularly consume alcohol, study finds 0 milestogo Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 829
Physics-informed AI learns local rules behind flocking and collective motion behaviors 3 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 674
A picture of IBM's Quantum System 2 5 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1032
New Math Revives Geometry's Oldest Problems -- Quanta Magazine 0 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 2511
Mount Sinai study supports evidence that prenatal acetaminophen use may be linked to increased risk of autism and ADHD 2 Wicked Blue Aug 2025 Sep 2025 8 1037
Did you know brown pelicans are protected by lots of miniature airbags in their skin, like BubbleWrap ? 4 eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 1899
Brian Cox explains why time travels in one direction - BBC (2 videos) 10 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 4269
Will glaciers ever come back after they've melted away? 5 MrWowWow Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 4181
Cold snap in Florida made Burmese python puke up a whole deer 1 Bayard Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2822
Offending the Analyst, the view "if you need to use statistics, then you have not designed your experiment very well". 7 NNadir Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 2695
2025 Ig Physics Nobel Prize goes to perfect pasta sauce 5 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 3099
Identifying Links between Alzheimer's Disease and Type 2 Diabetes through Proteomics 2 NNadir Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 965
People with conservative political leanings more likely to believe in health disinformation, study finds 6 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 1220
There are 32 different ways AI can go rogue, scientists say -- from hallucinating answers to a complete misalignment with 5 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Sep 2025 7 1012

Science Continued...

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Are 'little red dots' seen by the James Webb Space Telescope actually elusive 'black hole stars'? 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 2519
'A genuine surprise': Near-Earth asteroid Ryugu once had 'flowing water' that transformed its insides 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 661
A 'crescent sunrise' solar eclipse is coming this weekend. Here's where to see it. 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 651
Skyscraper-size asteroid previously predicted to hit us in 60 years will zoom past Earth on Thursday (Sept. 18) -- and yo 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 915
'Totally unexpected': Stunning new imagery shows big changes in the 1st black hole ever captured by humanity (photo, vid 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 726
New 'quasi-moon' discovered in Earth orbit may have been hiding there for decades 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 16 841
Scientists Just Found a Way to Simulate the Universe on a Laptop 1 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 618
Engineers Create Mini Microscope for Real-Time Brain Imaging (UC Davis) 0 usonian Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 466
Carl Sagan was right--Brian Cox explains our first real steps into the cosmos 0 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1666
Family Fishing Trip Leads to "One-in-a-Million" Fossil Discovery (mcwane.org) 2 eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 Sep 2025 12 2111
Trump budget cuts threaten groundbreaking gravity wave research 2 DBoon Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 3628
Physicist Brian Cox explains quantum physics in 22 minutes 2 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 743
Has NASA Found 3 Billion Year Old Dead Martians? Why A Green Crystal Could Be A Biosignature! Scott Manley 3 Ptah Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 835
A Single, 'Naked' Black Hole Rewrites the History of the Universe (Warning! Naked Black Holes in space) 0 usonian Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 746
For the First Time in 40 Years, Panama's Ocean Lifeline Has Vanished 2 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 17 876
New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 527
Happy 100th birthday, quantum mechanics! 6 usonian Aug 2025 Sep 2025 11 925
Magic mushrooms rewind aging in mice--could they do the same for humans? 4 DBoon Jul 2025 Sep 2025 12 1122
Beer drinkers are mosquito magnets, according to a festival study 3 DBoon Sep 2025 Sep 2025 14 3404
NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Mars Vista As Clear As Day 3 turbinetree Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 839
Ibex defies gravity and climbs a dam Forces of Nature with Brian Cox - BBC 6 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 15 2225
How Much Can a Giant Waterlily Hold? See One Carry 183 Pounds Before Sinking, Winning a Social Media Contest 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Sep 2025 10 765
The Biological Rulebook Was Just Rewritten--by Ants 10 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 45 3560
Chinese submersible explores previously unknown giant craters at the bottom of the Pacific -- and they're teeming with li 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 12 1817
Watch today's blood moon total lunar eclipse free online with these livestreams (video) 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 1611
Innovative Supramolecular Crystals Unlock High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage 1 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 891
The universe's first magnetic fields were 'comparable' to the human brain -- and still linger within the 'cosmic web' 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 1483
Rare Chi Cygnids {meteors} are active! Maybe. Observing info here (earthsky.org) 1 eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 875
Nuclear power plants rely on other forms of energy, sometimes energy from high pollution sources to operate. 1 Eko Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 1865
The Thought That Led to General Relativity 2 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 2780

Science Continued...

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Using only reported COVID-19 deaths, the same model yielded 14.4 million deaths averted by vaccines. 3 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 12 4217
Spiral Galaxy IC 342 located roughly 11 million light-years from Earth. 0 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 3777
How Sunflower Remove Radioactive Waste From Soil 1 YoshidaYui Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 1002
Amazing Sunflower Facts To Brighten Your Day 2 YoshidaYui Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2564
Helping Engineers Learn Mathematics Workbooks (HELM) Free college level workbooks. CC-Licensed. 1 usonian Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 766
'A paradigm change': black hole spotted that may have been created moments after big bang 2 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 776
UK, Japan, South Korea endure hottest summer on record 1 struggle4progress Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 643
New Moon Discovered Orbiting Uranus Using NASA's Webb Telescope (NASA) 0 eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 635
Scientists find evidence of parallel universes 14 Bayard Aug 2025 Sep 2025 23 1704
Scientists Discovered A New Mineral On Mars, Here's What That Means 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 20 859
Researchers Create Rechargeable, Glow-in-the-Dark Succulents 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 663
Exposing Fake Honey Using Carbon-13 1 struggle4progress Aug 2025 Aug 2025 15 869
Astronomers Spot a Rare Quadruple Star System in the Milky Way, Shedding Light on Mysterious Brown Dwarfs 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 10 569
Testosterone shifts political preferences in weakly affiliated Democratic men, study finds 8 Bayard Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 1185
I rather admire, on some level, this retraction. 1 NNadir Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 746
This AI model simulates 1,000 years of the current climate in just one day 2 erronis Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 1358
What the heck is a time crystal, and why are physicists obsessed with them? 1 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2025 Aug 2025 10 940
Braided magnetic flux ropes found at both human and light year scales 2 erronis Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 1169
'Cosmic whisper' observed in the search for dark matter 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 1362
Plants steer the way rivers meander across the landscape 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 1130
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