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Science • Jul 04

Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in a Lab. Then It Started to 'Evaporate'.

The one thing we all 'know' about black holes is that nothing escapes their ineluctable grasp. That is mostly true – but since the 1970s, physicists have...

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Science • Jul 04

In 1610, Galileo spotted a small, smooth moon circling Jupiter and wrote it down; four hundred years later, scientists confirmed it likely holds the largest ocean in the solar system, buried under ice and never once touched by sunlight

In January 1610, Galileo Galilei turned a small telescope toward Jupiter and noticed something that should not have been there: tiny points of light close...

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Science • Jul 04

Scientists create first synthetic cell from scratch

MINNESOTA, USA — After more than a decade of work, University of Minnesota researchers say they have built the first synthetic cell assembled from nonliving...

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Science • Jul 04

Vera Rubin’s search for dark matter

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Science • Jul 03

Salt clouds discovered on iconic 'Pink Planet' as scientists finally get a good look at frosty orb

Scientists have discovered salt clouds surrounding the notable "Pink Planet," according to a new study released by astronomers at Northwestern University.

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Science • Jul 03

A New Study into Dark Matter in the Bullet Cluster Could Disprove its Existence

A study led by the University of Bonn presents new data that calls the existence of Dark Matter - a fundamental pillar of the current cosmological model...

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Science • Jul 03

LLMs and Math Combine to Map Human Decision-Making

A new study combines Large Language Models and behavioral mathematics to analyze human decision-making text data at scale.

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Science • Jul 03

A Rescue Mission to Save NASA’s Swift Telescope Launches to Orbit

A refrigerator-size spacecraft will try to grab onto Swift and nudge it to a higher orbit, enabling it to continue observing powerful cosmic explosions.

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Science • Jul 03

NASA launches robotic mission to save telescope falling back to Earth

A three-armed spacecraft blasts into orbit to rescue a NASA telescope in danger of crashing back to Earth.

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Science • Jul 03

Pegasus launches Swift reboost mission

A Pegasus XL launched a mission to reboost a NASA astrophysics spacecraft on what may be the final flight of that rocket.

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Science • Jul 03

Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that's falling back to Earth thanks to solar storms

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that's in danger of crashing back to Earth.

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Science • Jul 03

NASA launches spacecraft to recover sinking telescope

The Swift telescope has been affected by recent solar storms and is sinking faster than ever, heading toward Earth. A NASA mission will try to capture it...

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Science • Jul 03

Here’s How This ‘Hobbit’-Like Human Ancestor Survived on an Island with Komodo Dragons

Anthropologists have been debating the life and times of Indonesia's prehistoric “hobbit-like” human ancestor, Homo floresiensis, ever since the remains of...

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Science • Jul 03

Volcano Watch: Hawai‘i Five-O! Fifty fountaining episodes at Kīlauea summit

Hawai'i, the 50th state, reached a golden anniversary June 27: Episode 50 of the ongoing episodic summit eruption at Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island;...

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Science • Jul 03

The word algebra comes from the title of a book called Al-Jabr, written around the year 820 by a Persian mathematician named Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi at the House of Wisdom in Baghdad — and the word algorithm comes from the Latinized versio

Two of the most substantially used words in the current global vocabulary of mathematics and computing come from the same 9th-century Persian scholar...

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Science • Jul 03

Our ancient ‘hobbit’ cousins ate dragon leftovers

Researchers fed a Komodo dragon a goat to figure out if Homo floresiensis truly were the hunters they were originally thought to be.

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Science • Jul 03

New Theory of Smallest Human: Not a Hunter, But Eater of Lizard Leftovers

Strange 'hobbits' of Indonesia didn't hunt elephants after all, or cook them, says new paper, supporting theory of deeply archaic ancestry.

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Science • Jul 03

The Sun’s Atmosphere May Be Feeding on Dust

Charged dust near the sun may help explain why its outer atmosphere burns so hot.

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Science • Jul 03

‘Hobbit’ hominins scavenged meat left over by Komodo dragons

An experiment that involved feeding a dead goat to a Komodo dragon as well as an analysis of thousands of ancient bones suggests that Homo floresiensis was...

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Science • Jul 03

Get Ready for Liftoff: Space Shuttle Endeavour’s New Exhibit Opens to the Public This Year

Space nerds, rejoice! A fully-stacked, 20-story tall space shuttle will soon be on display at a brand new exhibit, appearing as though it's ready to soar to...

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