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Science • May 28

Bizarre beaked reptile from New Mexico turns out to be a toothless cousin of crocodiles

A newly identified prehistoric reptile from what is now New Mexico is drawing attention for looking a bit like a dinosaur while belonging to a very...

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Science • May 28

Earth is quietly dusted with thousands of tonnes of space material every year, most of it as grains smaller than sand — and some of it can be sifted from the grit of ordinary roof gutters, tiny meteorites hiding in plain sight in cities.

Extraterrestrial dust falls on every part of the Earth, including the parts covered in cities. Most of it arrives as grains a few hundredths to a few tenths...

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Science • May 28

NASA Spacecraft Snaps Stunning Mars Views During Flyby

NASA's Psyche spacecraft successfully used Mars' gravity to boost its speed by 1000 mph during a close flyby last week, while capturing stunning images of...

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Science • May 27

Scientists Discover New Giant Virus That Replicates in a Totally Unique Way

Researchers have discovered a new type of giant virus, which replicates in a way we've never seen before.

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Science • May 27

Cosmonauts Complete Multitask Space Station Spacewalk

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev conducted a 6-hr., multitask spacewalk outside the International Space Station on May 27.

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Science • May 27

Autopsy Of A Failed Vintage Carbon Resistor

Although resistors are hardly among the most exciting components, they are arguably one of the most important ones, as anyone who has done any amount of...

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Science • May 27

Spacewalk boosts ISS research | Discover how cosmonauts upgraded space tech!

Two Roscosmos cosmonauts successfully wrapped up a six-hour, five-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station this afternoon, completing a...

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Science • May 27

αKG-mediated carnitine synthesis drives DNA repair via histone acetylation

Homologous recombination (HR) deficiency increases sensitivity to DNA-damaging agents that are commonly used to treat cancer1. In HR-proficient cancers,...

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Science • May 27

Spatiotemporal transcriptome atlas of human embryos after gastrulation

The comprehensive spatiotemporal atlas of gene expression during early human embryonic development is critical for insights into embryogenesis1,...

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Science • May 27

‘Are we just going to give up and die like every other generation?’

At a longevity festival, founders and biohackers swap blood tests, brain scans, and plans to live forever: How cheating death became big business.

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Science • May 27

β-Arrestin condensates regulate G-protein-coupled receptor function

β-Arrestins 1 and 2 are multifunctional adaptor proteins1 that regulate the signalling of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the largest class of...

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Science • May 27

Russian cosmonauts install sun-watching telescope on ISS during 6-hour spacewalk

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev worked to install and retrieve science experiments while on a spacewalk outside the International...

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Science • May 27

Russian cosmonauts install sun-watching telescope on ISS during 6-hour spacewalk

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev worked to install and retrieve science experiments while on a spacewalk outside the International...

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Science • May 27

The Weirdness of Early Universe SMBHs Gets Even Weirder

The JWST has shown us some strange things about supermassive black holes (SMBH) in the early Universe. Many of them are far more massive than we think they...

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Science • May 27

Spacewalkers Back Inside Station After Science Hardware Work

Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 4:24 p.m. EDT after...

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Science • May 27

NASA Detects Bizarre Solar Radio Burst That Wouldn’t Stop

The Sun unleashed a bizarre radio signal that kept broadcasting for 19 straight days, leaving NASA scientists stunned.

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Science • May 27

Scientists hung onto woolly mammoth fossils for 70 years — then discovered a huge mistake: 'Something was amiss'

The fossils were believed to be mammoth bones for 70 years until tests revealed that they belonged to two species of whales.

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Science • May 27

Why Do T-Rex Dinosaurs Have Mini Arms? Scientists May Have Discovered the Reason

It's a known fact that Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs have small arms — but why? Scientists now believe they have cracked the mystery.

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Science • May 27

This Plasma Gun Could Save Astronauts From Filthy Underwear

For the sake of science and exploration, astronauts give up basic comforts—including clean laundry. This "laundry gun" might help.

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Science • May 27

Russian cosmonauts conduct ISS spacewalk

The spacewalk will last five hours as the duo performs routine maintenance.

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