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Science • May 31

Your Blood May Carry a 700-Million-Year-Old Secret

A new evolutionary analysis suggests that modern blood and immune cells may preserve a 700-million-year legacy inherited from ancient single-celled...

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Science • May 31

Chinese physicists achieve 20x laser interaction boost without extra power using quantum tech

Chinese researchers have reportedly demonstrated a new way to dramatically enhance ultrafast laser interactions without increasing overall laser power.

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Science • May 31

Strange Event Might Have Been A Primordial Black Hole Winking At Us

In 2019, astronomers recorded a distant star doing something unexpected.

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Science • May 31

Minnesota Starwatch for June

Summer arrives with the solstice at 3:25 a.m. Sunday, June 21, when the sun reaches a point above the Tropic of Cancer.

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Science • May 31

'Astonishing': James Webb telescope spots the most chemically primitive galaxy in the ancient universe

One of the greatest achievements of the James Webb Space Telescope is how it has allowed scientists to push the boundaries of astronomy by observing...

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Science • May 31

Cortical Labs trains brain cells to play Doom

Multiple outlets report that Australian startup Cortical Labs used a "biological computer" to teach lab-grown human neurons to play the 1990s shooter "Doom.

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Science • May 31

Researchers Say Moon Dust Could Be A Future Energy Source

In a quiet laboratory in Louisiana, researchers are developing technologies that could transform the Moon from a distant destination into a place where...

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Science • May 31

Before anyone can live on Mars, they have to learn to breathe on Moon first

Researchers have tested a solar-powered vacuum pyrolysis system that melts lunar soil at 3632°F to extract breathable oxygen and structural metals.

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Science • May 31

FAA documents outline SpaceX plans for Starfall reentry vehicles

FAA documents have provided new details about a SpaceX project for reentry vehicles that could be used to support in-space manufacturing projects.

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Science • May 31

The Moon is stealing time from the Earth, and it has been getting away with it for billions of years. Our planet spins so much slower than it once did that a single day has stretched from just 19 hours to the 24 we live by, and the Moon is still creeping away from u

Earth's spin is slowing, the day is getting longer, and the Moon is drifting outward at about 3.8 centimetres a year, a figure measured by bouncing lasers...

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Science • May 31

How to watch Jupiter and Venus as they join in the sky this week

You may have noticed two bright "stars" in the west after sunset. Those aren't stars, but two planets: Jupiter and Venus. And they're on their way to a...

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Science • May 31

There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way. A major global estimate put the planet’s tree count at about three trillion, while NASA gives the Milky Way’s star count as roughly 100 to 400 billion.

The most cited global estimate puts the number of trees on Earth at about three trillion. NASA gives the Milky Way somewhere between 100 and 400 billion...

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Science • May 31

The bootprints left by the Apollo astronauts will still be sitting on the Moon a million years from now, because there is no wind and no rain to wear them away.

The claim is true, and a million years is plausible, though not guaranteed for every individual print. The Apollo tracks, first pressed into the lunar...

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Science • May 31

Watch the Blue Micromoon rise online tonight. Astronomers announce free livestream of the full Moon rising

Watch the 31st May 2026 Blue Micromoon rise live online, courtesy of a livestream by the Virtual Telescope Project.

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Science • May 31

Scientists shatter 30-year superconductivity record with zero-resistance material that works at normal pressure

A team at the University of Houston says it has set a new superconductivity record, producing a material that can carry electricity with zero resistance at...

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Science • May 31

CWG Live updates: Beautiful with a bright moon tonight. More nice days to come.

Welcome to cwg.live, updated around-the-clock by Capital Weather Gang meteorologists. Happening now: Enjoy a beautiful evening and almost-full moon.

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Science • May 31

Journey to the centre of a galaxy cluster

The focus of today's ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of years. The galaxy Messier 88...

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Science • May 31

Is extracting oxygen from lunar soil the future of space exploration?

A new race to the moon is emerging between the United States and China. Unlike fifty years ago, the goal is no longer just about landing and leaving,...

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Science • May 31

Stanford, IAS professors awarded $1.2M Shaw Prize for mathematics breakthroughs

French statistician Emmanuel Candes and Italian mathematician Camillo De Lellis have won the 2026 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences for breakthroughs that...

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Science • May 31

Clear skies give Metro Detroit perfect Blue Moon viewing weather

4Warn Weather - After a gorgeous Saturday, wonderful weather will continue for Metro Detroit for the second half of the weekend and into next week.

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