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Science • May 04

500-Year-Old Gold Dental Implant Unearthed In Scotland Reveals Surprisingly Advanced Medieval Dentistry

A rare gold dental ligature discovered in Scotland reveals surprisingly advanced medical practices centuries before modern dentistry.

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Science • May 04

After a 40-year wait, technology finally enables three-sided zipper design

In 1985, the Innovative Design Fund placed an ad in Scientific American offering up to $10000 to support clever prototypes for clothing, home decor,...

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Science • May 04

15 Stunning Images From the 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year

Travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has announced the winners of its annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year competition.

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Science • May 04

New Research Shows How the Earliest Humans Got Their Meat

The findings highlight the nuanced ways in which early humans kept themselves well-fed.

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Science • May 04

James Webb Space Telescope directly studies an exoplanet's surface for the 1st time: 'We see a dark, hot, barren rock'

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly analyzed the surface of a distant super-Earth, revealing a dark, airless, Mercury-like world.

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Science • May 04

Astronomers Spot Dozens of Potential ‘Tatooine’ Worlds

The existence of circumbinary planets — exoplanets that orbit binary stars — has only been firmly established over the past 15 years.

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Science • May 04

Optically dark gamma-ray burst reveals an unusually wide jet

Using various telescopes, an international team of astronomers has performed multi-wavelength observations of a recently identified gamma-ray burst source...

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Science • May 04

Portion of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a collision course with the moon

An independent astronomer predicts a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's upper stage will crash into the moon on Aug. 5, 2026, after orbiting Earth for a year.

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Science • May 04

JWST Has Revealed The Surface Composition Of A Rocky Planet 49 Light-Years Away

Despite struggling to determine the atmospheres of rocky planets orbiting nearby stars, the JWST appears to have achieved what would seem a much harder...

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Science • May 04

Astronomers believe they’ve detected an atmosphere around a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto

The finding offers fresh insight into our solar system's farthest, coldest objects in a region known as the Kuiper Belt. 0 seconds of 0 seconds.

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Science • May 04

Symmetry says these crystal vibrations can never mix, but an exotic quantum phase rewrites the rules

Symmetry is one of the most fundamental principles in nature. It describes the rules that make an object look unchanged after a rotation, reflection,...

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Science • May 04

You’re Not Looking Through 12,000 New Artemis Photos, So Here Are Some Of The Best

I suppose that if I were to complain about how NASA is making available the bulk of the photography captured by Artemis astronauts, NASA would tell me to go...

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Science • May 04

Scientists Just Found a Nearly Complete 16-Centimeter Fossil Near a Dinosaur Nest

A fossil no bigger than your hand has just emerged from a site dominated by giant predators. Scientists weren't expecting much from it, yet this tiny...

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Science • May 04

Next SpaceX launch is not for a week: Why Florida rocket launches are quiet

Florida's Space Coast has seen a sudden lull in rocket launches. Here's why SpaceX, Blue Origin, and ULA are launching less.

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Science • May 04

Blue Origin Moon Lander Completes Testing at NASA Vacuum Chamber

Also known as Endurance, MK1 is an uncrewed cargo lander funded by Blue Origin as a commercial demonstration mission to advance Human Landing System.

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Science • May 04

Astronomers Explore the Surface Composition of a Nearby Super-Earth

Cambridge, MA (May 4, 2026) -- A team of researchers led by postdoctoral researcher and NASA Sagan Fellow Sebastian Zieba of the Center for Astrophysics...

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Science • May 04

Detection of an atmosphere on a trans-Neptunian object beyond Pluto

The only trans-Neptunioan object (TNO) with a detected atmosphere so far is Pluto, which has an average surface pressure of 10 μbar.

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Science • May 04

“Whales Do Watch People On A Boat”: Rare Humpback Whale Phenomenon “Gaping” Caught On Video – Scientists Aren’t Sure Why They Do It

Tourists are helping scientists by documenting a rare humpback whale phenomenon whose function is not understood. Known as “gaping” it involves the whale...

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Science • May 04

Deep-Sea Cameras Off Japan Film Mysterious Floating Creature Scientists Can’t Identify

Scientists dropped cameras 30000 feet deep off the coast of Japan and discovered a deep-sea creature so strange they could not identify it.

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Science • May 04

Mars Is Secretly Shaping Earth’s Climate Over Millions Of Years, Scientists Reveal

A new study reveals that Mars subtly reshapes Earth's orbit and deep ocean cycles over millions of years.

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