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Science • Jun 24

Google Used to Ask These Questions at Interviews Before They Got Banned. How Many Can You Answer?

These infamous riddles may not be useful, but they sure were interesting.

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Science • Jun 24

A 650ft Mega-Tsunami Blasted Greenland and Rang the Earth Like a Bell for 9 Days

In September 2023, an apocalyptic event took place in the frozen, isolated wilderness of East Greenland's Dickson Fjord. A mountain peak towering over a...

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Science • Jun 24

Less than a third of the world's ocean floor has been mapped to modern standards, meaning humanity currently knows more about the surface of Mars than about the seabed covering two thirds of its own planet

The Seabed 2030 project has lifted global ocean-floor coverage from 6% to approximately 28.7% since its launch in 2017. Four years remain to close the rest...

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Science • Jun 24

Large asteroid will safely pass by Earth on Saturday

A building-sized asteroid will pass safely by Earth on June 27. Dozens of near-Earth objects like this one routinely pass relatively close to Earth without...

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Science • Jun 24

Human DNA over 2,000 years old found in caves in Spain and Portugal

A research team based in Cáceres has found human DNA more than 2000 years old on cave walls in Spain and Portugal, a discovery that could transform the...

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Science • Jun 24

Euclid View of Milky Way Heart Previews Core Survey by NASA’s Roman

A new look at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy by Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with NASA contributions, overlaps with a region...

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Science • Jun 24

A Strawberry Moon is coming soon. How Wisconsin moon-gazers should prepare

USA TODAY NETWORK June's full moon is coming in right at the end of the month, and this month's moon is called the Strawberry Moon. Unlike some other full.

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Science • Jun 24

Perseverance Finds Complex Organic Compounds in Strange Mars Rocks

We may be one step closer to answering the most tantalizing cosmic question: Are we alone? Our loyal robotic explorers have been scouring Mars for evidence...

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Science • Jun 24

Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? Perseverance rover spots complex carbon in Red Planet rocks

Could Martian mudstones be holding evidence of ancient microbes? New findings strengthen the case that the Red Planet once held life.

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Science • Jun 24

Possible signs of ancient life on Mars are rich in complex carbon

An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the surface of rocks that resemble...

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Science • Jun 24

A Mars rover found organic carbon just sitting on a rock

The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.

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Science • Jun 24

5 best places to watch Sarasota’s Strawberry Moon

Where to watch Sarasota's upcoming Strawberry Moon this month.

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Science • Jun 24

The Soviet Union launched nearly 30 spacecraft at Venus and became the only nation ever to land on its surface and send back pictures — color photographs of a scorched volcanic plain under a yellow-green sky, shot in the few dozen minutes before the heat

Exploring Venus is extremely challenging. A landing probe or lander must withstand crushing pressure, with atmospheric pressure roughly 90 times Earth's,...

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Science • Jun 24

Scientists observe water switching between 2 different molecular structures, boosting decades-old theory

For decades, scientists suspected water secretly behaves like two different liquids. A new AI-powered study has finally caught it happening at the molecular...

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Science • Jun 24

Ancient proteins hint at all-female Homo naledi burial site in Rising Star cave system

Scientists have extracted and analyzed the first-ever ancient proteins from the fossils of Homo naledi, revealing a potential all-female burial site.

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Science • Jun 24

Mike Walton

Mike Walton, 67, Dickinson, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2026 at Benedictine Living Community Dickinson with family by his side.

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Science • Jun 24

A cat-borne fungus infected 11,000 people; the US is next, CDC says

A cat-borne fungus, Sporothrix brasiliensis, causes oozing ulcers and spreads to people. The CDC says the US is next.

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Science • Jun 24

When is Washington's full moon in June? See times for strawberry moon

The first full moon of summer in Washington is coming later this month, but don't be fooled by the deceptive name -- the strawberry moon won't look anything...

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Science • Jun 24

Euclid captures 60 million stars in sharpest broad view of Milky Way's core

For just one day, our dark universe detective, Euclid, turned its gaze toward the light: the extremely bright inner region of our Milky Way galaxy,...

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Science • Jun 24

Fossils of archaic human Homo naledi found in a cave are the same sex. Scientists want to learn why

Scientists studied the remains of a mysterious human relative called Homo naledi found deep in a South African cave and determined they were all female.

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