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Science • Apr 28

Improvised condom use in a rainforest study helped scientists discover something strange about cicadas

Study that involved condoms helped scientists discover that cicada mud towers protect against predators and regulate the air.

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Science • Apr 28

Antarctica’s ice shelves are vulnerable to melting from below – knowing how far ocean heat reaches is crucial

New research shows tides influence how ocean heat is transported under Antarctica's floating ice shelves, changing the energy available to melt the ice from...

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Science • Apr 27

Paleontologists Discover 62-foot Kraken-like Octopus That Ruled the Cretaceous Ocean

Ancient finned octopuses may have been among the ocean's top predators.

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Science • Apr 27

An unprecedented Antarctic heat wave hit in the dead of winter—what it signals for the decades ahead

In the middle of the Antarctic winter, during months of darkness when temperatures often dip below −30°C, the continent warmed dramatically.

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Science • Apr 27

Amazon to Launch Leo 6 Satellites

Mission advances buildout of low-earth orbit satellite network.

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Science • Apr 27

This ultracold quantum device turns electricity into something far stranger that could unlock sound-based lasers

Researchers at McGill University have developed a novel device that generates sound-like particles known as phonons at extremely cold temperatures.

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Science • Apr 27

NASA ‘received responses’ from SpaceX and Blue Origin on Artemis III, Isaacman says

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told lawmakers Monday the agency “received responses” from both SpaceX and Blue Origin for the planned Artemis III mission...

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Science • Apr 27

Atlas V rocket launch flies past Philly region Monday night

An Atlas V rocket launch took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday night.

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Science • Apr 27

Voyager 1 has little time left in interstellar space. An ambitious ‘Big Bang’ fix may change that

Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft from our planet, has powered down another science instrument as it explores uncharted interstellar space — a move that...

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Science • Apr 27

NASA rover uncovers rock with 7 new organic molecules on Mars — the 'most diverse collection' ever seen

Curiosity found organic molecules on Mars that were so compelling that scientists used a rare process to analyze them.

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Science • Apr 27

Did decaying dark matter help create the universe's first supermassive black holes?

With the James Webb Space Telescope now revealing more supermassive black holes in the early universe, this mechanism may help bridge the gap between theory...

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Science • Apr 27

Positive Feedback Traps New Ideas

Positive reinforcement traps ideas in echo chambers, while weakening connections is key to spreading information.

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Science • Apr 27

At just four nanometers thick, this metal starts behaving in a way physicists did not expect

Researchers in the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have discovered a powerful new way to control the electronic behavior of a metal—by manipulating the...

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Science • Apr 27

Asteroid breakthrough could cut Mars travel time from months to weeks

Science News: Asteroid study, trip duration to Mars, spacecraft propulsion in space, utilisation of asteroids, and NASA's approach to exploring space are...

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Science • Apr 27

Why stars spin down, or up, before they die

From birth to death, stars generally slow by 100 to 1000 times their initial rotation rates; in other words, they "spin down." The sun's total angular...

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Science • Apr 27

Abdominal Movement Flushes Neural Waste

Researchers discover a hydraulic link between abdominal muscles and brain health, showing how core movement flushes neural waste.

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Science • Apr 27

Core stage of NASA’s Artemis III delivered to Kennedy Space Center

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Now that the Artemis II mission has wrapped up, NASA is gearing up for the next mission as the Artemis III's core stage was delivered...

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Science • Apr 27

Neanderthals' brains weren't to blame for their demise, new study suggests

Researchers examining the brains of living people found that they differed more substantially than Neanderthals' brains differed from modern humans',...

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Science • Apr 27

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Came From an Extremely Cold, Lonely Region of the Milky Way Galaxy, New Research Suggests

Our time with our interstellar visitor, comet 3I/ATLAS, is almost up. It's set to leave the solar system soon, after zipping by Jupiter last month.

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Science • Apr 27

Single X-ray photons reveal hidden light-matter interactions in 50-nanometer double slits

A rainbow reveals with colors what otherwise remains hidden: light is "refracted" by transparent matter, in this case water droplets.

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