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Science • May 28

Explaining cosmic expansion without dark energy

Mathematicians are challenging the idea that dark energy is responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe.

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Science • May 28

Leigh-on-Sea Pilates instructor banned from free beach sessions

A Pilates instructor fears she could have to stop running her free community sessions after being told she must now pay the local council £85 per week.

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Science • May 28

Africa on the ropes: a new tectonic plate is forming in the south of the continent

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Earth Science by researchers from the University of Oxford has identified unmistakable signs of deep...

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Science • May 28

A radio amateur decodes the signal from China's Tianwen-2 probe on its way to an asteroid

Daniel Estévez is what you'd call a high-flying radio amateur. Specializing in decoding satellite signals and space probe telemetry, the Spaniard has been .

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Science • May 28

⚛️ An anomaly discovered at the LHC, contradicting the Standard Model of particle physics

An unexpected behavior in a particle decay seems to disagree with the predictions of the Standard Model, despite its...

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Science • May 28

Are Electrons Real?

A deceptively simple question spurred an exploration of physicists' views on whether their theories describe reality.

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Science • May 28

The World Cup Is a Petri Dish

Millions of international visitors are coming to North America for the competition, and the odds are that quite a few will be unwell.

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Science • May 28

A Shift in What’s Shaping U.S. Landscapes

Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing.

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Science • May 28

Scientists Discover a Completely Unexpected Way T Cells Kill Cancer

Researchers found that lowering MHC I can expose cancerous or foreign cells to CD4+ T cell attack, reshaping assumptions about immune targeting.

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Science • May 28

Bizarre beaked reptile from New Mexico turns out to be a toothless cousin of crocodiles

A newly identified prehistoric reptile from what is now New Mexico is drawing attention for looking a bit like a dinosaur while belonging to a very...

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Science • May 28

Earth is quietly dusted with thousands of tonnes of space material every year, most of it as grains smaller than sand — and some of it can be sifted from the grit of ordinary roof gutters, tiny meteorites hiding in plain sight in cities.

Extraterrestrial dust falls on every part of the Earth, including the parts covered in cities. Most of it arrives as grains a few hundredths to a few tenths...

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Science • May 28

NASA Spacecraft Snaps Stunning Mars Views During Flyby

NASA's Psyche spacecraft successfully used Mars' gravity to boost its speed by 1000 mph during a close flyby last week, while capturing stunning images of...

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Science • May 27

Scientists Discover New Giant Virus That Replicates in a Totally Unique Way

Researchers have discovered a new type of giant virus, which replicates in a way we've never seen before.

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Science • May 27

Cosmonauts Complete Multitask Space Station Spacewalk

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev conducted a 6-hr., multitask spacewalk outside the International Space Station on May 27.

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Science • May 27

Autopsy Of A Failed Vintage Carbon Resistor

Although resistors are hardly among the most exciting components, they are arguably one of the most important ones, as anyone who has done any amount of...

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Science • May 27

Spacewalk boosts ISS research | Discover how cosmonauts upgraded space tech!

Two Roscosmos cosmonauts successfully wrapped up a six-hour, five-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station this afternoon, completing a...

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Science • May 27

αKG-mediated carnitine synthesis drives DNA repair via histone acetylation

Homologous recombination (HR) deficiency increases sensitivity to DNA-damaging agents that are commonly used to treat cancer1. In HR-proficient cancers,...

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Science • May 27

Spatiotemporal transcriptome atlas of human embryos after gastrulation

The comprehensive spatiotemporal atlas of gene expression during early human embryonic development is critical for insights into embryogenesis1,...

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Science • May 27

‘Are we just going to give up and die like every other generation?’

At a longevity festival, founders and biohackers swap blood tests, brain scans, and plans to live forever: How cheating death became big business.

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Science • May 27

β-Arrestin condensates regulate G-protein-coupled receptor function

β-Arrestins 1 and 2 are multifunctional adaptor proteins1 that regulate the signalling of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the largest class of...

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