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Science • May 25

'Butterfly' molecule spotted at last, completing a 20-year quantum zoo hunt

For two decades, physicists have predicted the existence of a remarkable family of exotic molecules: giant atoms bound to ordinary atoms, with an electron...

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Science • May 25

Supercharging solar cells: Quantum dot-molecule hybrid states enable near-maximum efficiency

Solar panels have become more efficient over the years, but even the best designs still lose a large fraction of the energy they absorb.

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Science • May 25

In 1995, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft sent a probe into Jupiter’s atmosphere that kept transmitting for just 58 minutes as it fell, returning the first direct readings from inside the giant planet before rising heat and pressure silenced it for good

On 7 December 1995, a small probe released by NASA's Galileo spacecraft entered the atmosphere of Jupiter and transmitted data as it fell.

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Science • May 25

Structural biologists are first in world to visualize key cell protein

University of Cincinnati structural biologists are the first in the world to visualize a key cell protein as part of newly published research from the...

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Science • May 25

Chaos after queen loss reveals the wasps that keep colonies running

When the loss of a queen wasp triggers a power struggle and social turmoil, colonies can survive the upheaval thanks to helpful wasps that pick up the slack...

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Science • May 25

When a Soviet rover went silent on the Moon in 1971, scientists assumed it was gone for good — but nearly forty years later, the reflector strapped to its back answered a laser pulse from Earth as if no time had passed at all

On November 17, 1970, a Soviet unmanned mission called Luna 17 landed on the Sea of Rains, a vast basalt plain on the near side of the Moon.

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Science • May 25

China Is Growing Artificial Human Embryos In Space To Learn More About Reproduction Beyond Earth

China's Tiangong Space Station is currently occupied by a group of artificial embryos, marking a major step in the quest to understand the ins and outs of...

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Science • May 25

The mystery of T. rex’s tiny arms might finally be solved

An analysis of 85 dinosaur species shows that tiny forearms in meat-eating dinosaurs were the result of an evolutionary trade-off.

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Science • May 25

What is the blue-white star next to the moon tonight?

Look to the southern sky at sunset on May 26 to see the waxing gibbous moon shining close to the sparkling blue-white light of the bright star Spica in the...

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Science • May 25

Universe's most distant 'Hot DOG' yet may owe extreme infrared glow to polar dust, Webb reveals

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed fresh details about one of the most luminous known objects in the universe: the...

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Science • May 25

The Arecibo message — humanity’s most famous deliberate radio message to another civilization — was aimed at a star cluster about 25,000 light-years away in 1974, meaning even an immediate reply would not reach Earth until around 52,000 CE

Imagine standing under a tent on a karst hillside in Puerto Rico, on an afternoon in November 1974, watching the dedication of a remodeled radio telescope.

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Science • May 25

Scientists Discovered the Brutal Reason T. Rex Had Those Tiny Shrimp Arms

Researchers now think there's an actual evolutionary reason explaining why the T. rex evolved those famously pathetic arms.

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Science • May 25

Scientists find a place where time moves backward

Physicists in South Africa ran the math on collapsing neutron stars and landed somewhere odd. Researchers from Durban University of Technology and the...

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Science • May 25

A Benchtop Neutron Generator For The Home Reactor

There are a surprising number of experiments an amateur nuclear physicist can perform, from making a Geiger counter to fusing hydrogen atoms in a fusor.

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Science • May 25

SpaceX launches rocket from Cape Canaveral on Memorial Day morning. See photos

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a batch of Starlink satellites on Memorial Day morning from Florida. See the photos.

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Science • May 25

In 1991, eight people sealed themselves inside a glass world in the Arizona desert for two years, and the experiment nearly unravelled when the oxygen began disappearing from the air they were breathing

On 26 September 1991, eight people were sealed inside Biosphere 2, a three-acre enclosure of glass and steel near Oracle, Arizona. They stayed for two years...

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Science • May 25

NASA Sets Coverage for Expedition 74’s Roscosmos Spacewalk Outside Space Station

On Wednesday, May 27, NASA will provide live coverage as two Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the ISS.

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Science • May 25

SpaceX launches rocket from Cape Canaveral on Memorial Day morning. See photos.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a batch of Starlink satellites Memorial Day morning from Florida. See the FLORIDA TODAY photos.

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Science • May 25

Scientists just found a supercharged supernova — powered up by a magnetic star corpse

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray spacecraft has observed a super-bright, supercharged supernova explosion that may have been powered up by a highly magnetic dead star...

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Science • May 25

We Got A Blue Moon Coming Last Day of May | 93.7 The River | Marc 'The Cope' Coppola

Marc "The Cope" Coppola is a native New Yorker who can be heard on a station near you!

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