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Science • Jul 01

Sleep protects complex neural networks from drifting into states of permanent instability

Every animal that has ever been studied closely, from the fruit fly to the philosopher, surrenders each day to a state that looks, from the outside,...

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Science • Jul 01

Astronomers Discover Another Galaxy With No Dark Matter

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have discovered the third known galaxy apparently lacking dark matter,...

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Science • Jul 01

A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer

NEW YORK — Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, tucked away for decades in a drawer. The bone comes from the tail of a...

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Science • Jul 01

Scientists Find a Razor-Sharp Line of Earthquakes Hidden Beneath Alaska

Back in 2002, a massive earthquake in central Alaska was felt as far away as Seattle.

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Science • Jul 01

Antarctica's Blood Falls Hides a Hidden World That's Never Seen The Sun

In an arid world of ice and snow, a glacier is 'bleeding'. A deep red flow of water stains the white landscape surrounding it, remaining liquid even at...

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Science • Jul 01

NASA awards Astrobotic two contracts worth roughly $298 million

NASA needs Pittsburgh for its mission to inhabit the moon. On Tuesday, NASA awarded North Side-based space company Astrobotic two contracts worth roughly...

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Science • Jul 01

The unsettling possibility raised by quantum gravity is that time may not be a basic ingredient of reality. It may be something that emerges only inside the universe, from entanglement, entropy, and relationships between physical systems — while the deeper qu

The unsettling possibility in quantum gravity is not just that our clocks might be inaccurate. It is that the clock may not belong in the deepest...

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Science • Jul 01

The 29 Finalists for Astronomy Photographer of the Year

The Royal Observatory Greenwich and ZWO have unveiled the shortlisted photographs for their 18th annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year.

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Science • Jun 30

This Is Awkward: Mushrooms That Cause 'Tiny Human' Hallucinations Don't Contain Psychedelics

If you consumed a wild mushroom and suddenly started seeing tiny people around you, you might reasonably assume it contained a familiar psychedelic.

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Science • Jun 30

Abundant catalyst converts methane into valuable liquid chemicals

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and their collaborators have demonstrated a promising new approach for...

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Science • Jun 30

Time Running Short For Starliner Ops At ISS, OIG Warns

Boeing and NASA are running out of time to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station aboard CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.

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Science • Jun 30

Astronauts ‘operate’ on space station’s broken robot arm

Two NASA astronauts floating outside the International Space Station carried out a bit of orbital surgery Tuesday, successfully replacing a broken 200-pound...

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Science • Jun 30

World-first gene editing application unveils master regulator of human embryo development

For the first time, researchers have used base editing to identify a master gene that is essential for human embryo development.

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Science • Jun 30

NASA barrels ahead with moon base plans, doling out nearly $600 million in new contracts

The announcement is the latest in a stream of funding contracts NASA has awarded private companies in its effort to establish a permanent presence on the...

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Science • Jun 30

Scientists assumed every cave on Mars formed from ancient lava, but a team from Shenzhen University has now found eight that water carved through soluble rock — a process never before confirmed on the Red Planet

For years, the simplest explanation for Martian caves was lava. Mars has enormous volcanic provinces, long lava flows and many pit-like openings that look...

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Science • Jun 30

NASA considers sending a spare Mars rover to the moon to rev up preparations for lunar base

Space agency provides updates on lunar lander missions — and teases a World Cup soccer-ball moonshot.

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Science • Jun 30

Curiosity, Perseverance and Now Promise? NASA May Send a Mars Rover to the Moon.

As part of plans to establish a lunar base, the space agency may send to the moon a spare test version of the rover — as well as a soccer ball.

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Science • Jun 30

June research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed

Also, the science of poop's distinctive shape, boron buckyballs, and the secret to a soccer feint.

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Science • Jun 30

Sun Releases Strong Flare

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 4:50 p.m. ET on June 30. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an.

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Science • Jun 30

A Dazzling Census of Our Cosmos Begins

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is beginning the widest, deepest survey yet of the southern sky.

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