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Science • Jun 04

What to know about Artemis III, NASA's next mission in its journey back to the moon — and beyond

The space agency's next big launch will serve as a crucial test of the systems that will take humans down to the lunar surface.

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Science • Jun 04

‘Absurd’ radical reaction keeps stereochemistry intact

According to organic chemistry dogma, if you generate a radical on a chiral carbon, it's going to lose its stereochemistry and racemize.

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Science • Jun 04

Auroras could be visible in more states with forecast 'strong' geomagnetic storm

Northern lights could be seen further south than usual with the expected arrival of three coronal mass ejections, according to NOAA's Space Weather...

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Science • Jun 04

Giant Scorpions Ruled Ancient Britain during Devonian Period

Paleontologists have confirmed that Praearcturus gigas, a creature that prowled shallow waters during the Devonian period, 415 million years ago,...

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Science • Jun 04

Are bumblebees as smart as chimps? A new problem-solving experiment makes the case

Scientists observe bumblebees rolling a ball underneath a flower to get sugar, showing complex problem-solving abilities.

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Science • Jun 04

Ultrathin nanotubes reach 1 nanometer, opening path to smaller electronics

Researchers in Japan have created some of the world's smallest semiconducting nanotubes, structures 100000 times thinner than a human hair.

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Science • Jun 04

Bumble bees show spontaneous problem-solving, challenging big-brain assumptions

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never...

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Science • Jun 04

Bumblebees use tools to solve complex problems—despite not being trained to do so

Bumblebees appear to be capable of coming up with creative solutions to new problems to get a sugary reward—and their strategies include cheating.

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Science • Jun 04

Bumblebees can solve problems on their own

With no training, bumblebees can work out how to use a ball like a ladder to feed on sugar from an out-of-reach flower.

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Science • Jun 04

James Webb telescope discovers most distant 'dormant' black hole in the universe, and it weighs as much as 6 billion suns

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the most distant, dormant black hole in the known universe , hiding in a galaxy more than 10 billion light-years...

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Science • Jun 04

Sun erupts with 3 huge solar flares, increasing chances of northern lights across U.S.

Three solar flares burst from the sun this week, raising the chances of seeing the northern lights for people across the United States.

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Science • Jun 04

In September 2023 a mega-tsunami in Greenland sent tremors around the entire planet for nine days and scientists have only just confirmed how

In September 2023, seismometers across the globe began picking up a signal no one recognised. It arrived every 90 seconds, like a slow mechanical pulse,...

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Science • Jun 04

Costa Rica paid landowners to restore forests and biodiversity—bioacoustics indicate that it worked

Forest restoration can help fight climate change and restore lost biodiversity, but the satellite-based techniques used to measure successful forest...

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Science • Jun 04

The Exploration Company is Developing a Reusable Heavy-Lift Rocket

The Exploration Company has revealed plans for Yrene, a reusable heavy-lift rocket powered by its new Storm engines.

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Science • Jun 04

After 11 years at Mars, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft was in excellent shape when it disappeared behind Mars on December 6 of last year. The routine passage, called an occultation,...

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Science • Jun 04

Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. That Shouldn’t Happen.

In less than two decades, Earth has tilted 31.5 inches. That shouldn't happen. So why did it?

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Science • Jun 04

Did NASA Miss Viking’s Discovery of Life on Mars?

Mainstream scientists warn us about false positives, namely misleading claims for interesting signals that are not substantiated by sufficient evidence.

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Science • Jun 04

Jupiter bow shock reveals electrons accelerating to relativistic speeds

Electrons around Jupiter have been caught in the process of being accelerated, revealing a potentially unified mechanism for particle acceleration.

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Science • Jun 04

'They weren't burned by accident': 5,500-Year-Old Pyrenees Cave Camp Uncovered

Archaeologists excavating Cova 338 in the Pyrenees have uncovered a 5500-year-old copper processing camp, prehistoric jewelry, and child remains.

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Science • Jun 04

In Antarctica, Scientists Just Discovered a Massive Hidden Structure Deep Below the Frozen Surface

A massive, semi-continent-sized subsurface structure has been discovered by scientists beneath Antarctica's frozen surface.

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