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Science • May 26

Can AI do scientific research? Billions are pouring in to find out

A crop of new startups has raised billions to see if AI can upend how scientific research is conducted.

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Science • May 26

Gold glitters around Ghana's 'lake of souls' thanks to catastrophic meteor strike — Earth from space

This shimmering satellite image shows tendrils of gold surrounding Ghana's sacred "lake of souls," which was carved out by a devastating asteroid strike...

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Science • May 26

In 1998 ground controllers lost contact with the Sun-watching SOHO spacecraft and feared it might be gone for good, until the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico pinged the silent, slowly tumbling craft — beginning a months-long effort to coax it back to life.

At 01:16 Paris time on 25 June 1998, during routine maintenance operations, controllers lost contact with the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory,...

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Science • May 26

Crocodile ancestors stood upright like dinosaurs

Toothless 'Witch Croc' with tiny arms discovered in New Mexico highlights 'weirdness' of life in the late Triassic period.

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Science • May 26

Large Hadron Collider detects strange particle behavior that could rewrite physics

Scientists working at CERN's Large Hadron Collider may be seeing the strongest hints yet of physics beyond the Standard Model — the decades-old theory that...

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Science • May 26

New heat-resistant material could help astronauts build on the Moon

Researchers at Nasa have discovered a new material with extreme heat resistance that could be used in future lunar structures and vehicles.

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Science • May 26

Just 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang, galaxies were already shaped by where they lived

A large protocluster of galaxies that existed 12.6 billion years ago, first discovered with the Subaru Telescope, has been examined in detail using the...

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Science • May 26

Scientists Discovered Remains of the Earliest Animals on Earth. They May Have Made a Big Mistake.

They looked like traces left behind by tiny creatures, but were most likely microbes.

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Science • May 26

Could a cosmic uncertainty principle help explain dark matter?

The universe may have its own version of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, and that might be enough to explain dark energy without invoking any new...

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Science • May 26

‘Roly-poly’ robot and tiny drones could unlock hidden Mars lava tube secrets soon

Dandelion and roly-poly drones could drift through tunnels to map layouts, measure temperatures, and collect a wealth of data.

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Science • May 26

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

Update May 26, 12:21 p.m. EDT (1621 UTC) SpaceX confirms deployment of its 24 Starlink satellites. SpaceX followed up a picturesque Falcon 9 launch from...

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Science • May 26

Scientists found a dead whale 1,288m deep in the Pacific. They filmed it for 20 years – and discovered this

Researchers studied a whale decomposing at the bottom of the ocean and found that its body sustains deep-sea creatures for decades.

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Science • May 26

In 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa carried hundreds of tree seeds around the Moon in his personal kit, and the ordinary-looking seedlings that came home were planted in courthouses, schools and parks where many grew for decades with their flight hi

In 1971, Apollo 14 command module pilot Stuart Roosa carried roughly 500 tree seeds in his personal kit on a lunar flight. The seedlings grew into normal...

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Science • May 26

Mercury's water ice may have been deposited by a larger, slower impactor than previously thought—in only one day

The source of the significant water ice deposits hidden in Mercury's polar regions has been a topic of debate among researchers. A new study, published in...

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Science • May 26

Something Made Earth's Molten Core Reverse Direction in 2010

Something strange is going on, deep below the ground beneath our feet. In the molten ocean of iron churning in Earth's outer core, a section deep beneath...

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Science • May 26

Triassic-era crocodile relative walked on 2 legs, had a beaked mouth

Fossilized remains of a bizarre crocodile ancestor were unearthed from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.

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Science • May 26

What a toothless, two-legged crocodile cousin reveals about life before dinosaurs dominated

In the Triassic, the modern animals we know were just beginning to diversify into a menagerie of forms and body plans that rhyme with the lifestyles of...

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Science • May 26

Bizarre ‘witch croc’ that looks just like a dinosaur discovered in New Mexico

It might look like a dinosaur, but this strange, newly-discovered Triassic reptile belongs to the evolutionary lineage that led to crocodiles…

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Science • May 26

A toothless, beaked, bipedal crocodile cousin roamed Earth 200 million years ago

Like modern crocodiles, this bizarre ancient reptile was likely a carnivore, but otherwise it bears little resemblance to them.

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Science • May 26

This Toothless, Beaked Crocodile Ancestor Walked on Two Legs

This Toothless, Beaked Crocodile Ancestor Walked on Two Legs: It came on the scene during a time of evolutionary experimentation.

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