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Science • Jun 04

New study reveals how Stonehenge’s Altar Stone crossed ancient Britain

New research traces Stonehenge's Altar Stone to Scotland and reveals how ancient people moved it across Britain.

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Science • Jun 04

NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope set to launch months ahead of schedule

NASA's latest and greatest space telescope, named after the agency's first female chief astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, is targeted to launch eight months...

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Science • Jun 04

Novel synthetic biomolecule degrades disease-related proteins

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a novel synthetic biomolecular condensate that can degrade intracellular disease-causing proteins,...

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Science • Jun 04

Record ultraviolet quasar wind reaches 30% light speed near supermassive black hole

A team led by York University researchers has discovered the fastest wind near a supermassive black hole ever found at ultraviolet wavelengths,...

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Science • Jun 04

A powerful geomagnetic storm will give a chance to see northern lights in North Carolina

North Carolinians may have a rare chance to see the northern lights as a strong geomagnetic storm looks to impact parts of the Northern Hemisphere later...

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Science • Jun 04

Potential northern lights and planetary sights in DC region Thursday

If the forecasts hold, conditions where are northern lights are visible might, emphasizing “might,” develop Thursday night in the D.C. region.

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Science • Jun 04

Northern lights could be visible in Massachusetts tonight due to large solar flares. Here's how to see them.

The northern lights could be visible in parts of Massachusetts tonight due to several huge solar flares.

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Science • Jun 04

Overlooked DNA structures help organize the genome

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that little-studied DNA structures play a central role in organizing the human genome and controlling gene...

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Science • Jun 04

NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Search 100 Million Stars for New Worlds

This infographic features artist's concept views of our Milky Way galaxy: face-on at the left and edge-on at the right. It highlights different galactic...

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Science • Jun 04

What to know about Artemis III, NASA's next mission in its journey back to the moon — and beyond

The space agency's next big launch will serve as a crucial test of the systems that will take humans down to the lunar surface.

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Science • Jun 04

‘Absurd’ radical reaction keeps stereochemistry intact

According to organic chemistry dogma, if you generate a radical on a chiral carbon, it's going to lose its stereochemistry and racemize.

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Science • Jun 04

Auroras could be visible in more states with forecast 'strong' geomagnetic storm

Northern lights could be seen further south than usual with the expected arrival of three coronal mass ejections, according to NOAA's Space Weather...

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Science • Jun 04

Giant Scorpions Ruled Ancient Britain during Devonian Period

Paleontologists have confirmed that Praearcturus gigas, a creature that prowled shallow waters during the Devonian period, 415 million years ago,...

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Science • Jun 04

Are bumblebees as smart as chimps? A new problem-solving experiment makes the case

Scientists observe bumblebees rolling a ball underneath a flower to get sugar, showing complex problem-solving abilities.

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Science • Jun 04

Ultrathin nanotubes reach 1 nanometer, opening path to smaller electronics

Researchers in Japan have created some of the world's smallest semiconducting nanotubes, structures 100000 times thinner than a human hair.

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Science • Jun 04

Bumble bees show spontaneous problem-solving, challenging big-brain assumptions

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never...

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Science • Jun 04

Bumblebees use tools to solve complex problems—despite not being trained to do so

Bumblebees appear to be capable of coming up with creative solutions to new problems to get a sugary reward—and their strategies include cheating.

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Science • Jun 04

Bumblebees can solve problems on their own

With no training, bumblebees can work out how to use a ball like a ladder to feed on sugar from an out-of-reach flower.

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Science • Jun 04

James Webb telescope discovers most distant 'dormant' black hole in the universe, and it weighs as much as 6 billion suns

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the most distant, dormant black hole in the known universe , hiding in a galaxy more than 10 billion light-years...

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Science • Jun 04

Sun erupts with 3 huge solar flares, increasing chances of northern lights across U.S.

Three solar flares burst from the sun this week, raising the chances of seeing the northern lights for people across the United States.

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