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Science • Jun 14

Is 'gender gating' the secret to success in online dating?

Digital matching platforms—from professional networking to ride-sharing and accommodation services—add value by bringing supply and demand into balance.

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Science • Jun 14

Global Warming Is Tinkering With Time

You can't feel it, but Earth's spin is easing off the gas. The Wall Street Journal reports the length of a day has been creeping longer, increasing by about...

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Science • Jun 14

Africa is tearing itself in two faster than previously thought say experts - leading to a totally new ocean forming

One of Africa's most important fossil regions is breaking apart faster than previously thought, scientists have discovered.

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Science • Jun 14

'We were astonished': Millions of exoplanets could be born near active supermassive black holes

Scientists have discovered that active galactic nuclei powered by feeding supermassive black holes could be the birthplace of millions of planets.

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Science • Jun 14

Artemis II crew captures rare double-auroras on the dark side of Earth — Space photo of the week

The four astronauts on NASA's Artemis II mission captured more than they bargained for when they photographed the nightside of Earth, right after starting...

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Science • Jun 14

The Apollo astronauts who carried lunar dust back into the cabin kept making the same strange report — fresh Moon dust smelled like spent gunpowder — yet the smell never survived the trip home, and more than fifty years later no one has fully explained wh

The Apollo astronauts who tracked Moon dust back into their cabin kept filing the same odd report. Fresh lunar dust, they said, smelled like spent gunpowder...

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Science • Jun 14

Athletes who go plant-based consistently report the same first change before any strength gain — they can train hard again the next day, and the next, and the cumulative effect over months is enormous

Plant-based athletes from Scott Jurek to Patrik Baboumian consistently describe the same first change: not raw strength, but the ability to train hard on...

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Science • Jun 14

Beneath Oregon’s Blue Mountains, a single honey fungus has been spreading through the roots of the forest for thousands of years, now covering nearly 10 square kilometres. Mostly hidden underground and betrayed at the surface by dying trees and season

Beneath the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon, in the Malheur National Forest, a single honey fungus has been spreading through the roots of the forest for...

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Science • Jun 14

Antarctica’s Hidden ‘Megastructure’ Stuns Scientists With Continent-Size Scale

A team of scientists has uncovered what may be one of the largest hidden geological structures on Earth — a continent-sized “megastructure” buried deep...

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Science • Jun 14

South African telescope detects record‑breaking signal from the early universe

Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected, opening a new radio...

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Science • Jun 13

What NASA Needs to Stay on Track for the Moon

The agency gave a rosy update on Artemis III, a test flight for its goal to return humans to the moon, but experts say the timeline is ambitious.

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Science • Jun 13

JWST Finds Exoplanets Choked by Diesel Smog

It's 2134, and humanity has finally embraced green technologies while ridding the Earth of harmful fossil-burning technologies, most notably gasoline, wood,...

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Science • Jun 13

Converting A Scanning Electron Microscope Into A TEM Is Surprisingly Easy

Although both a SEM and a TEM are electron microscopes, their working principles and images are very different. Whereas an SEM uses secondary electrons...

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Science • Jun 13

This “Zombie” Sea Creature Keeps Growing After Being Cut Apart

Detached sea cucumber tissue survived, healed, and grew for years in natural seawater, revealing a remarkable new model for regeneration and biomedical...

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Science • Jun 13

Autophagy Decline in Older Moms Halts Embryo Development

A new study reveals that age-related autophagy decline blocks embryo development by triggering a lipid-burning crisis.

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Science • Jun 13

Mysterious Predator That Butchered Ancient Birds Is Finally Unmasked

For years, a mysterious predator haunted the fossil beds of Changma Basin in northwest China. The site is known for a stunning aviary of fossilized birds,...

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Science • Jun 13

Revised Artemis lunar lander plans take shape

NASA has provided more details about the revised approaches that Blue Origin and SpaceX are taking to accelerate work on Artemis lunar landers.

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Science • Jun 13

San Andreas Fault stress hits 1,000-year high in Southern California

New research finds the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems are in a “critically loaded” state, with stress levels that could support large...

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Science • Jun 13

Summer Heat and Earth’s Distance from the Sun

While the Sun might have seemed a little closer during this weeks record setting temperatures, the opposite is actually true.

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Science • Jun 13

Lucy’s hunter revealed: Giant crocodile terrorized early human ancestors

A newly identified crocodile species nicknamed “Lucy's hunter” prowled Ethiopia's rivers when Lucy's species walked the Earth more than 3 million years ago.

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