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Science • May 15

Psyche spacecraft bound for asteroid belt to get speed boost from Mars

NASA's Psyche spacecraft will use Mars' gravity today (May 15) for a crucial boost on its six-year journey to a metallic asteroid.

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Science • May 15

Why is almost everyone right-handed? The answer may lie in how we learned to walk

It is one of the strangest puzzles in human evolution. About 90% of people across every human culture favor their right hand—with no other primate species...

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Science • May 15

New dinosaur weighing as much as 9 elephants identified by scientists

CBS News 24/7 Live. Scientists have identified a massive new dinosaur from remains discovered in Thailand, with the creature estimated to have weighed as...

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Science • May 15

Northern Lights Alert: These States May See The Aurora Friday Night

Areas within eight states have a “low” chance of seeing the northern lights Friday, according to NOAA. The forecast includes northeastern Washington,...

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Science • May 15

For the First Time, Scientists See the Universe’s Skeleton in Incredible Detail Thanks to JWST

For billions of years, the universe has kept its grand design secret. Now, a powerful space telescope is pulling back the curtain, revealing a structure...

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Science • May 15

Skeletal remains of new dinosaur weighing as much as 9 elephants discovered by scientists: "The last titan"

Scientists have identified a massive new dinosaur from remains discovered in Thailand, with the creature estimated to have weighed as much as nine adult...

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Science • May 15

Diagrams of Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt (IMAGE)

Top: A diagram illustrating the Antarctic ice shelf melt interactions between a floating glacier and warm water. Bottom: A heat map depicting the...

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Science • May 15

How Far Has NASA’s Perseverance Rover Traveled on Mars? The Answer May Surprise You

NASA's Perseverance rover is living up to its name as its total distance traveled approaches the length of a marathon. Over the past five years,...

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Science • May 15

Webb Telescope Captures Glimpse Of Universe’s First Galaxies

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have observed one of the earliest galaxies, revealing the chemical fingerprints of the universe's first...

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Science • May 15

NASA maps show Earth's brightest and darkest regions at night

Researchers expected to find "a gradual increase in artificial light at night," but instead saw "much more nuanced patterns," NASA said.

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Science • May 15

New species of giant dinosaur identified from remains found in Thailand

The discovery of some bones at the edge of a pond in Thailand a decade ago has led to the identification of a new type of dinosaur, with a massive size,...

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Science • May 15

Why Chris Hadfield argues that fear is a knowledge problem, and how we might apply it to our own lives

“Okay, I can't see, but I can hear, I can talk, Scott Parazynski is out here with me. He could come over and help me.” That, more or less, is the line Chris...

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Science • May 15

Figure 2: Relationship between Stellar Mass and Oxygen Abundance (IMAGE)

This diagram illustrates the relationship between the total stellar mass (horizontal axis) and the oxygen abundance (vertical axis) of galaxies.

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Science • May 15

The night humans learned to sleep together

Humans became one of the most successful species on Earth while doing something especially odd: we appear to sleep less than we should. Like…a lot less.

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Science • May 15

NASA's Psyche mission set for a brief encounter with Mars

There sure are some clever people on Earth. Richard Speed Richard Speed. Published Fri 15 May 2026 // 14:09 UTC. REG AD. More than two years after launch,...

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Science • May 15

Someone Asked Physicists What They Really Believe About the Universe and… Yikes

The sweeping survey showed significant disagreement over the standard cosmological model among physicists.

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Science • May 15

Someone Asked Physicists What They Really Believe About the Universe and… Yikes

You'd hope that the world's brightest scientific minds would more or less agree on the nature of our reality — but one of the largest physics surveys in...

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Science • May 15

SpaceX is about to launch tallest and most powerful rocket in history

A record-breaking new version of Starship, due to launch within days, could form the basis of NASA's ambitious Artemis programme that aims to put humans...

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Science • May 15

Scientists Identified the DNA ‘Switch’ Behind Every Trait That Makes Us Human

We share up to 99% of our genes with chimpanzees and bonobos, yet a new study shows DNA “switches” may explain why humans differ.

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Science • May 15

A Man Spotted Strange-Looking Rocks Near a Pond in Thailand. They Turned Out to Be the Bones of a Massive New Dinosaur Species

Paleontologists have dubbed the long-necked, plant-eating creature "Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis." It's the 14th named dinosaur from Thailand, and it might be...

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