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Science • May 08

Paleontologists Reconstruct Ecology of Archaeopteryx

A comprehensive new review by Field Museum of Natural History paleontologists draws together the latest fossil evidence to offer the most complete portrait...

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Science • May 08

Discovery Redefines the Architecture of Thought

Researchers discover decision-making signals in the brain's early sensory regions, suggesting bidirectional feedback loops are key to natural intelligence...

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Science • May 08

NASA Is Fascinated by “Flashes” Seen by Artemis II Astronauts

The world was buzzing when NASA successfully launched Artemis II. The ship carried a handful of astronauts into space for a record-breaking mission that...

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Science • May 08

Watch Out, SpaceX—NASA Is Already Training on Blue Origin’s Moon Lander Prototype

As the U.S. races to beat China to a crewed Moon landing, SpaceX and Blue Origin are locked in a space race of their own. Each company is developing a crew...

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Science • May 08

Brazilian dinosaur discovery points to an ancient route from Europe to South America

A giant dinosaur lay buried about eight meters below a construction site in northeastern Brazil, hidden in sediments so old that the first people to see its...

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Science • May 08

Plant Found in Obscure Brazilian Rainforest Seems Weirdly Good at Fighting Covid-19

Nearly a quarter of all plant species on Earth—or roughly 55,000 unique flora, by some estimates—currently call Brazil their home.

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Science • May 08

NASA finds X-ray dot linking to supermassive black hole growth

Astronomers have identified enigmatic little red dots, ancient cosmic objects possibly linked to a rare supermassive black hole phase resembling a colossal,...

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Science • May 08

NASA confirms Mars helicopters could survive Mach 1.08 to boost lift by 30 percent

JPL engineers have demonstrated that next-generation rotor blades can spin at supersonic tip speeds without structural failure, a result with direct...

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Science • May 08

NASA's new generation of rotor blades, with supersonic tips, is set to equip the SkyFall project: a Martian helicopter designed to carry instruments and sensors in support of future human and robotic missions on Mars.

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Science • May 08

NASA Fires Up Record-Breaking Plasma Thruster for Future Mars Missions

NASA has fired up a record-breaking lithium plasma thruster that could transform future missions to Mars. The powerful new engine may one day help...

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Science • May 08

East Africa Might Break Off From the Continent Sooner Than Scientists Thought—and a New Ocean May Fill the Gap

A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water may flood it in a few million...

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Science • May 08

Scientists Think the Fifth Dimension May Exist—and It’s Hiding Behind the Universe We Know

On the latest episode of “The Astounding Pop Mech Show,” Shawn Gorman and John Gilpatrick discuss how reality may have been missing an entire layer all...

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Science • May 08

NASA’s Psyche Mission to Fly by Mars for Gravity Assist

The spacecraft is using the Red Planet's gravity to increase speed and tilt its trajectory on the journey to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche.

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Science • May 08

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Was Stuck in a Rock: Watch It Free Itself

Problems in space can be complex and dangerous. But NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spent the end of April embroiled in a much simpler problem: It got stuck in...

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Science • May 08

Academics led by Uni of Southampton on research ship looking at collapsing Antarctic sea ice

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of...

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Science • May 08

Antarctic sea ice defied global warming for decades – now, hidden ocean heat is breaking through

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the seasonal growth and retreat of...

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Science • May 08

A ‘triple whammy’ of chaos has triggered a downward spiral in Antarctica, scientists discover

For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from the kind of rapid ice melting unfolding in the Arctic. But in 2015, that changed when the sea ice...

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Science • May 08

A ‘triple whammy’ of chaos has triggered a downward spiral in Antarctica, scientists discover

For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from the kind of rapid ice melting unfolding in the Arctic. But in 2015, that changed when the sea ice...

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Science • May 08

Antarctica sea ice collapse driven by triple whammy of climate chaos, scientists find

Antarctica is being ravaged by a triple-whammy of climate chaos that has melted sea ice to record lows, a new study has revealed.

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Science • May 08

Galactic Islands of Tranquility: How “Little Red Dots” May Brew Life’s Building Blocks

What: An exploration of "little red dots," a new class of compact, high-redshift galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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