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Science • Jul 04

A genetic analysis of nearly 700,000 people identified 74 distinct locations in the human genome tied to anxiety, 39 of which had never been linked to the condition before

Anxiety is still more often treated as a mood problem than a biology problem. A new study makes that harder to justify.

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Science • Jul 04

Houston's strange clouds may have an unexpected culprit, study finds

A UC San Diego study found a Houston-area power plant is the dominant source of cloud-forming particles.

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Science • Jul 04

Astronomers Discover a Mysterious Object Defying Cosmic Logic

At the outer reaches of our solar system, astronomers have stumbled upon a perplexing icy object known as 2002 XV93, and it shouldn't exist.

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Science • Jul 04

A 10-year sky survey begins filming a 'cosmic movie,' cyborg cockroaches go for a dive and more science stories

This week marked the beginning of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time, a massive effort to observe the sky that comes more than...

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Science • Jul 04

The debate over how many Earth-like planets exist has a wide range — from one, if the Rare Earth hypothesis is right, to something approaching a hundred quintillion, if Milky Way rates hold across the universe's roughly two trillion galaxies — and both answer

Ask how many Earth-like planets there are, and the honest answer is that serious researchers give estimates spanning more than twenty orders of magnitude.

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Science • Jul 04

NASA launched an emergency mission to stop the Swift Observatory from crashing to Earth

The joint mission by NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies to save the Swift Observatory came together in just nine months.

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Science • Jul 04

We Asked Pest Experts If Diatomaceous Earth Really Kills Ticks, and They All Said the Same Thing

Pest pros share their views on whether diatomaceous earth is effective in killing ticks and what else to do to prevent them from settling in your backyard.

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Science • Jul 04

Saturn used to be listed with 83 moons. Then astronomers looked harder, found dozens more, and by 2026 the count had exploded to 285 — so many that Saturn now has nearly three times as many confirmed moons as Jupiter.

A few years ago, Saturn was listed with 83 moons. Then astronomers looked harder, began finding them dozens at a time, and by 2026 the tally had reached 285...

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Science • Jul 04

Greenland meltwater adds to AMOC weakening, but updated model finds no tipping point in sight

The state of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has been a hot topic among climate scientists in recent years. The AMOC is crucial for...

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Science • Jul 04

NASA’s most powerful X-ray telescope reveals Milky Way may stretch farther than previously known

The Milky Way's spiral arms stretch further than previously thought, shaking up our galaxy's map. Scientists used rare gamma-ray bursts and powerful X-ray...

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Science • Jul 04

Moderate to Strong Storm Observed - Minor to Moderate conditions expected to linger

A moderate to (briefly) strong geomagnetic storm. was observed with the arrival of the CME from 30 Jun. Disturbed conditions reaching minor to moderate...

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Science • Jul 04

Hubble has spotted ‘impossible’ light in deep space, and scientists are trying to explain where it came f

Science News: Astronomers have detected light from a tiny but powerful galaxy that existed when the universe was still emerging from a vast fog of hydrogen...

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Science • Jul 04

Human flight was still 7 years away in 1776. Now, we're headed back to the moon

Humanity made some halting steps toward flight over the centuries, but our species was still firmly rooted on the ground when the United States of America...

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Science • Jul 04

Astronomers may have caught an early galaxy in the process of dying

Astronomers have spotted many "red and dead" galaxies in the early universe. These are massive systems that stopped forming stars surprisingly early in...

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Science • Jul 04

Scientists have found a billion-year-old hidden magma system on Mars that supported life on the Red plane

Science News: Out of all the planets in the solar system, Earth is held at the highest prominence. It's consistent shift of the tectonic plates,...

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Science • Jul 04

NASA is looking for volunteers to live in a space simulator for a year

For the closest thing to spending a year on Mars, without leaving Earth, look no further than Houston. NASA has opened recruitment for the Moon and Mars...

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Science • Jul 04

NASA's Chandra telescope reveals Milky Way's outer reaches may stretch farther than previously known

Milky Way spiral arms may stretch further into space than previously known, according to astronomers who used Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray telescope data to...

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Science • Jul 04

Noted neurobiologist and ex-taekwondo captain Chih-Ying Su leaves US for China

As former faculty vice dean swaps San Diego for Shenzhen, her lab offers jobs, training to researchers interested in sensory signalling.

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Science • Jul 04

What did the night sky look like on the 1st Independence Day 250 years ago?

As America marks its 250th birthday, discover what Benjamin Franklin and other colonists would have seen in the night sky on July 4, 1776.

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Science • Jul 04

The footprints left by Apollo astronauts on the lunar surface will remain there, undisturbed, for at least ten million years — there is no wind, no rain, and almost nothing to erase them

The bootprints that Apollo astronauts pressed into the lunar dust between 1969 and 1972 are still there, and they will stay for a very long time.

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