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NASA's Next Big Step In Space Travel Will Be A Nuclear-Powered Mission To Mars

NASA has plans for a giant leap in its method of space travel, beginning with a nuclear-powered mission to Mars that's projected to launch in 2028.

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Science • Apr 30

8 night sky events to see in May, from a blue moon to a Milky Way showstopper

The night sky brims with spectacles this May, from a meteor shower and planet-moon conjunctions to not one but two full moons. The month also brings longer...

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Science • Apr 30

Earth Is Breaking Apart Under the Pacific Northwest Across a Fault That Is Ripping Deeper Than Anyone Expected

A massive fault is tearing the Juan de Fuca plate apart deep beneath the seafloor, and the quietest parts of the crack are the most unsettling.

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Science • Apr 30

'The Martian' becomes real life: Meet 'Spudnik,' the space potato

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is showing off his pride and joy: a potato named "Spudnik."

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Science • Apr 30

Buried in soil, a 100-million-year-old bacterial toxin could reshape pest control and antibiotic discovery

In every backyard, park, and playground on Earth, the ground is teeming with a type of bacteria called Streptomyces—one of the most abundant organisms on...

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Science • Apr 30

What’s faster than light? Darkness

The speed of light in a vacuum has been known as both a universal constant and a hard speed limit for all matter in the universe ever since Albert Einstein...

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Science • Apr 30

Pink rocks found in Antarctica lead to the discovery of an enormous structure under the ice

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica's ice, solving a decades-old geological mystery.

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Science • Apr 30

Antarctic seismic data points to an ancient structure circling Earth’s core

Seismic data from Antarctica suggests ancient ocean floor may form a thin, dense layer along Earth's core-mantle boundary.

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Science • Apr 30

Pervasive and programmed nucleosome distortion on single chromatin fibres

Despite decades of biochemical and structural studies of the nucleosome1, researchers lack genome-scale methods to determine variability in nucleosome...

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Science • Apr 30

First-ever 3D view shows how killer T cells destroy cancer

The body's “killer” T cells don't just attack—they strike with astonishing precision, forming a tiny, highly organized contact zone that lets them destroy...

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Science • Apr 30

Winter’s End Is Written in the Clouds

As winter turned to spring, the skies over the Gulf of Alaska displayed textbook examples of numerous cloud formations.

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Science • Apr 30

Evolvable AI: are we on the brink of the next major evolutionary transition?

What happens when natural selection, the most powerful process driving change in the living world, shapes artificial intelligence (AI), perhaps the most...

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Science • Apr 29

'No pit stops': Crew delivers Artemis III core stage to Kennedy Space Center

NASA's Pegasus barge officially arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Monday, offloading pressure cargo for the Artemis III mission. “We don't do any pit stops...

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Science • Apr 29

A used SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon, report warns

Part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is likely to crash into the moon this summer, a new report finds. It poses no danger, but does highlight a worrying trend.

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Science • Apr 29

NASA’s Pegasus Barge: Delivering the hardware to power Artemis

NASA's Pegasus barge, which was originally built to carry space shuttle parts, is now playing a critical role in the Artemis program.

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Science • Apr 29

GLP-1R–GIPR–PPARα/γ/δ quintuple agonism corrects obesity and diabetes in mice

There are increasing numbers of effective drugs to improve obesity-linked metabolic dysfunction; GLP-1R–GIPR co-agonism is effective in the management of...

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Science • Apr 29

Massive crack will one day split the continent of Africa, researchers say

The African continent will one day break in two, with a new ocean filling the void between the separation, scientists say.

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Science • Apr 29

Engineering tough blood clots for rapid haemostasis and enhanced regeneration

Blood clots are pivotal for haemostasis and regeneration, but they are mechanically weak and form slowly, posing risks for life-threatening haemorrhage and...

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