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Science • May 04

Science Just Found a Hidden State of Water. It Clashes with Physical Limits.

A new study could explain why water is arguably the weirdest liquid on Earth.

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Science • May 04

Babies may share adults' sense of beauty, and it appears to sharpen with age

Humans tend to be captured by things around them that they perceive as pleasurable and aesthetically pleasing. This "sense of beauty" has been widely...

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Science • May 04

These 300kg Stones Have Been Moving On Their Own In This Valley For Years, And Scientists Have Finally Explained How

After decades of mystery, scientists explain how stones moved across the desert, leaving trails without human or animal interaction.

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Science • May 04

An 8-Year-Old Boy Spotted "Seeds" in His Backyard and Accidentally Broke a 100-Year-Old Biology Rule

An 8-year-old's backyard find exposed a biological con game hiding in plain sight across every oak forest on earth.

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Science • May 04

Plant Seeds Do Something Incredible When The Sound of Rain Strikes

Plant seeds can sense the vibrations generated by falling raindrops and respond by waking from their state of dormancy to welcome the water, new research...

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Science • May 04

Eta Aquariid meteor shower: Your guide to peak times and viewing tips

What is often considered the world's most famous comet is leaving its mark on the night sky this week. Peak activity for the Eta Aquariid meteor shower...

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Science • May 04

First look at distant rocky planet reveals moon-like world

The surface of a distant rocky planet about 30% bigger than the Earth may resemble a larger version of the moon or the planet Mercury, according to a new...

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Science • May 04

NASA Releases Thousands of Unseen Artemis II Photos

NASA has released tens of thousands of previously unseen photographs from the successful Artemis II mission.

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Science • May 04

'Beautiful streaks': Eta Aquariids meteor shower to light up skies over Britain

These fragments collide with the Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds of up to 43 miles (70km) per second, producing streaks of light as they...

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Science • May 04

NASA Accelerates Toward Mars With a More Powerful Engine Than Anything It Has Tested Before

NASA has completed a new series of tests on a high-power plasma engine fueled by liquid lithium, reaching record performance levels.

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Science • May 04

Darwin’s Islands Still Evolving: Giant Daisies Rewrite the Rules of Evolution

Galápagos plants show repeated evolution and emerging species, emphasizing evolution's flexibility and active role today. The Galápagos Islands have long...

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Science • May 04

Meet Moya: The World's First "Biomimetic Robot" That Can Bend, Smile and Holds Eye Contact With Chilling Human-Like Accuracy

This robot from Shanghai moves, smiles, and holds eye contact in a way that made thousands of viewers deeply uncomfortable, and that was entirely the point.

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Science • May 04

Why were galaxies so active in the early universe? We may be getting close to the answer

Early galaxies were star-forming machines, gobbling up gas and spitting out stars with a furious intensity. A new model helps explain why things were so...

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Science • May 04

NASA Prepares To Get The Roman Space Telescope Ready For Launch

As part of the preparations to the integrate the Roman Space Telescope, NASA is bringing new HVAC and other equipment into the PHSF.

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Science • May 04

Dozens of Star Wars Tatooine-like planets discovered in new space survey

A new satellite survey has found nearly 30 unusual planets orbiting two stars instead of one, similar to Tatooine, the fictional home of Star Wars...

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Science • May 04

Dozens of new Star Wars Tatooine-like planets discovered

There could potentially be thousands of similar planets waiting to be found, researchers say.

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Science • May 04

Evolution isn’t random. Scientists find the same genes used for 120 million years

Evolution seems to follow a script more often than expected. Researchers found that distantly related butterflies and moths have reused the same pair of...

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Science • May 04

Timelapse from NASA's Curiosity rover has a clever scientific purpose

A timelapse video from NASA's Curiosity shows the rover traversing Mars over six years. The montage also has a scientific purpose.

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Science • May 04

Record-Setting Retreat of Hektoria Glacier

Scientists relied on satellite data to understand how the Antarctic glacier lost so much ice so rapidly.

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Science • May 04

Scientists discover 27 potential new planets that orbit two stars in solar systems far, far away | Astronomy

On 'Star Wars day', researchers more than double the number of potential known 'circumbinary' planets like the fictional Tatooine, home to Luke Skywalker.

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