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Science • May 15

Psychology suggests people who still navigate by memory instead of relying on GPS usually aren't being stubborn — they've kept a relationship with the physical world that the rest of us quietly outsourced about fifteen years ago and haven't quite figured out h

There is a particular kind of adult who, in 2026, still navigates by memory and feel rather than by GPS. They are now a minority. They are easy to identify...

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Science • May 15

The Most Powerful Eruption in a Century Just Revealed a Hidden Way to Fight Climate Change

The 2022 Tonga eruption blasted something unexpected into the stratosphere, and satellites caught it destroying a powerful greenhouse gas.

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Science • May 15

Scientists Found Massive Dinosaur Footprints on a Cave Ceiling From a 165-Million-Year-Old World Turned Upside Down

A routine trip underground in southern France turned into one of paleontology's most bizarre finds; giant prints from the age of dinosaurs, hiding in plain...

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Science • May 15

Geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Michigan and Maine tonight and over the weekend

A fast stream of solar wind could trigger G1 geomagnetic storm conditions overnight, boosting aurora chances across parts of the northern U.S..

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Science • May 15

We still can't see dark matter. But what if we can hear it?

Dark matter may well be invisible, but what if scientists could hear it in the cacophony of gravitational waves from colliding black holes?

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Science • May 15

Mathematical method calculates most efficient Earth-moon route yet

Researchers have developed a mathematical method that enables more precise calculations of the most economical travel routes between the orbits of celestial...

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Science • May 15

Scientists dig up Southeast Asia’s largest dinosaur

Researchers have unearthed skeletal remains of Nagatitan, a member of the dinosaur lineage called sauropods known for having a long neck, long tail,...

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Science • May 15

This asteroid is as big as a basketball court and it's about to skim past Earth, even closer than the Moon

An asteroid about as big as a basketball court is due to swing close to Earth this Monday, and will pass well within the orbit of the Moon.

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Science • May 15

Dark Matter May Have Left Its Fingerprint in a Gravitational Wave.

Dark matter is everywhere. It accounts for the vast majority of matter in the universe, yet it has no interaction with light, magnetism, or any other force...

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Science • May 15

Ask Ethan: Is the Universe the same age everywhere?

Today, in the here-and-now, a full 13.8 billion years have elapsed since the start of the hot Big Bang. But would that be true for everyone?

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Science • May 15

Picturing Earth in a New Light

A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished.

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Science • May 15

NASA's Psyche Is About to Use Mars as a Slingshot to a Rare Metal Asteroid

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures...

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Science • May 14

You could see the Northern Lights in these states due to a geomagnetic storm

A fast stream of solar wind from a colossal coronal hole in the sun's atmosphere could spark a geomagnetic storm, bringing with them the potential to see...

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Science • May 14

Q&A: Is it time to expand our thinking about dark matter? A new study says yes

We may be more in the dark about dark matter than previously thought, according to a new analysis of distant galaxy clusters. Yale astrophysicist Priyamvada...

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Science • May 14

One of the World’s Most Popular Weedkillers May Be Fueling Deadly Superbugs

Scientists have uncovered evidence that one of the world's most widely used weedkillers may also help dangerous bacteria survive antibiotic treatments.

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Science • May 14

330-Million-Year-Old Shark Remains Unearthed In Ireland Reveal A Lost Prehistoric Ocean

Ancient shark fossils uncovered in Ireland are offering scientists a rare glimpse into marine life that existed more than 330 million years ago.

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Science • May 14

Scientists Discover a “Shy” Plant That Can Count Without a Brain, and It May Be Smarter Than We Thought

A brainless plant appears to count light like a tiny living machine, and the strange discovery may rewrite what scientists thought plants could do.

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Science • May 14

The trillion-dollar asteroid: NASA is chasing an asteroid that contains more gold than exists on Earth

Science News: Somewhere between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, a giant metallic world drifts silently through deep space. Unlike ordinary rocky asteroids,...

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Science • May 14

Did Scientists Just Find the First Stars? A Troubling Cosmic Clue Emerges

Buckle up for a mind-bending journey across space and time! Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers might have just stumbled upon a...

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Science • May 14

Webb discovers one of the universe's first galaxies

Scientists have discovered a galaxy as it was 13 billion years ago, 800 million years after the Big Bang. It contains possible evidence of the universe's...

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