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Science • May 07

Scientists Have Created The First Ever 'Smell Map', And It's Stunning

Smell is a powerful sense. It signals to your body whether something will taste good (or terrible), that you are finally home, that it's about to rain,...

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Science • May 07

Testing quantum collapse theory with the XENONnT dark matter detector

Theories of quantum mechanics predict that some particles can exist in superpositions, which essentially means that they can be in more than one state at...

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Science • May 07

These Two Companies Found a Brilliant Plan to Remove Space Debris, Here’s How They Plan to Do It

Space debris is piling up, but two companies have found a way to turn the tide.

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Science • May 07

Fungal strains in space spark worry

NASA found fungal strains that survive even its most stringent sterilization efforts, suggesting Earth microbes may already be living on Mars.

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Science • May 07

Former NASA chief takes helm of national security space firm

Before he became NASA administrator in 2018, Jim Bridenstine was a naval aviator who then served as a US representative from Oklahoma for three terms,...

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Science • May 07

Ice Age butcher's tools are a sign of ancient humans' creativity during hard times

In central China, scientists have spent over a decade excavating and studying an archaeological site where ancient humans butchered animals.

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Science • May 07

Should Saturn's huge moon Titan be humanity's next destination, after the moon and Mars?

Next month, a first-of-its-kind gathering will blueprint an eventual crewed trek to tantalizing Titan, the largest of Saturn's many moons.

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Science • May 07

Satellite quantification of enhanced methane oxidation applied to the stratospheric plume following Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas whose atmospheric sink remains uncertain, and emerging strategies to enhance its removal will require quantification...

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Science • May 07

New NASA telescope poised to reveal dozens of neutron stars

NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could help shed light on hidden neutron stars across the Milky Way.

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Science • May 07

Rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelves may cause global sea levels to rise far faster than expected

Global sea levels may rise faster than previously expected, suggests a new study in Nature Communications. The reason is that warming oceans appear to be...

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Science • May 07

New water battery could last until the 24th century — and it can be safely discarded in the environment

With no toxic elements to dispose of, the new aqueous battery design could dramatically improve the safety and longevity of battery energy-storage systems.

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Science • May 07

NASA rover captures weird 'spiderwebs' on Mars, giving scientists fresh hope of finding ancient life on the Red Planet

NASA's Curiosity rover captured detailed images of spiderweb-like formations on Mars. New evidence groundwater shaped the Red Planet surface.

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Science • May 07

Scientists accidentally discover DNA that breaks the rules of life

A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers stumbled upon a bizarre genetic...

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Science • May 07

The Apophis asteroid is whizzing past Earth in 2029. Here's what you need to know

Where will you be on April 13th, 2029? If the skies are clear that evening, step outside just after sunset. Somewhere in the fading light, a small point...

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Science • May 07

Scientists Gave ‘Aggressive’ Fish Psychedelic Drugs. A Breakthrough Came Next

We really had no idea what we were getting ourselves into,” said one researcher involved in the first-of-its-kind study that dosed fish with psilocybin,...

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Science • May 07

A Sea of Spinning Clouds

Icy, isolated Peter I Island stirred up a show in the atmosphere off the West Antarctic coast.

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Science • May 07

Dog-sized dinosaur discovered that lived among monsters 166 million years ago

A 166-million-year-old Middle Jurassic herbivorous dinosaur, the size of a large dog and bipedal, was discovered on the Isle of Skye.

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Science • May 07

Bioluminescent algae’s blue light harnessed to make 3D-printed shapes

Scientists suggest algae could be embedded within biosensors that glow when toxins detected in the environment.

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Science • May 07

Nature study defines 1,785 new peptideins as promising cancer therapy targets

Scientists are defining a new class of small, protein-like molecules with largely unknown functions, called 'peptideins,' and are beginning to search for...

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Science • May 07

Tianzhou-9 cargo craft re-enters atmosphere

China's Tianzhou-9 cargo craft has re-entered the atmosphere in a controlled manner at 7:49 a.m. (Beijing Time) Thursday, according to the China Manned...

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