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Science • May 17

Sea levels may keep rising for centuries due to low clouds

Scientists warn that sea levels could continue to rise for centuries due to heat trapped in the oceans and low-level clouds.

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Science • May 17

James Webb Spots Strange Structure at Core of Distant Galaxy

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a stunning image of the Squid Galaxy, revealing its dazzlingly luminous center.

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Science • May 17

Antarctic Sea Ice Enters 'Shock' Decline as Ocean Heat Breaks Through

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming.

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Science • May 17

If you compressed the entire history of the universe into a single year, all of recorded history would fit in the final 14 seconds — and a single human lifetime would last only 0.2 seconds

Map 13.8 billion years onto a calendar and the entire human story collapses into the final heartbeats of December 31st — a scale so brutal it changes what...

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Science • May 17

Africa may be splitting apart along a newly active rift in Zambia

Helium gases from deep inside Earth were found in Zambia's hot springs. This proves the Kafue Rift may be forming a new plate boundary.

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Science • May 17

People overestimate how confident AI systems are in their responses, experiments reveal

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, particularly conversational agents such as ChatGPT or Gemini, are now used daily by a growing number of people...

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Science • May 17

New spacecraft will watch Earth's shield take the hit as solar storms come roaring in

A joint European-Chinese spacecraft is set to blast off Tuesday to investigate what happens when extreme winds and giant explosions of plasma shot out from...

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Science • May 17

Watch NASA's new Mars helicopter rotor break the speed of sound (video)

NASA is testing the limits of future Mars aircraft as it works to develop a next-generation fleet of helicopters that will fly through the thin atmosphere...

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Science • May 17

NASA's Psyche Probe Completes Make-or-Break Mars Slingshot, On Course for Metal Asteroid in 2029

On May 15, 2026, at approximately 3:28 PM Eastern time, NASA's Psyche spacecraft reached its closest point to Mars: 4500 kilometres above the Martian...

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Science • May 17

Scientists Discover Massive Underground Lava Tube On Venus

Radar data confirms the first known underground lava tube on Venus, revealing a vast hidden volcanic world.

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Science • May 17

A simple at-home sexual fantasy exercise increases pleasure and reduces distress

A new study reveals that regularly writing down partner-focused sexual fantasies can significantly boost sexual desire. The brief cognitive exercise also...

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Science • May 17

'Last titan' of Thailand discovered, and it's the longest-necked dinosaur on record from Southeast Asia

Gigantic fossils discovered in Thailand reveal the "last titan," a long-necked dinosaur that lived up to 120 million years ago when the region was semi-arid...

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Science • May 17

The hole in the ice at the end of the Earth

1. The glacier's rippling mass sprawled from the hills and volcanoes of the Antarctic interior out into the Southern Ocean, covering an area the size of...

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Science • May 17

SpaceX Dragon capsule delivers science and supplies to space station

A SpaceX Dragon capsule carry tons of science and supplies for the International Space Station crew successfully docked to the orbiting outpost on Sunday...

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Science • May 17

Astronomers Uncover Interstellar Comet Hiding In Earlier Telescope Images

Astronomers discovered that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was imaged by the Rubin Observatory ten days before its official detection.

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Science • May 17

Scientists Unearth a Dinosaur Bone From a 4-Ton Predator in New Mexico Dating Back 74 Million Years

Scientists have uncovered an enormous dinosaur fossil in New Mexico that may belong to a predator far older than expected.

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Science • May 17

Neutrino flavor flips could be key to triggering supernovae

Despite being so elusive, neutrinos are produced in abundance in some of the most violent events in the universe. One of their strangest properties is that...

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Science • May 17

There is no sound in space, but NASA records the electromagnetic vibrations of planets and converts them to audio, and Saturn sounds genuinely haunting

NASA's sonification program turns electromagnetic data from spacecraft into audio you can actually hear — and the Saturn recordings expose something strange...

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Science • May 17

Forget the Roars: This Exceptional Fossil Reveals Dinosaurs Communicated More Like Birds Than Movie Monsters

Scientists have recently discovered evidence suggesting that some dinosaurs communicated in the same way as modern birds.

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Science • May 17

Scientists Say $600,000 Lab-Grown "T-Rex Leather" Handbag Is Actually Something Laughable

In April, Polish fashion brand Enfin Levé dropped a bombshell straight from the late cretaceous period: a handbag they claim is made of “lab-grown T-rex...

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