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Science • Jun 25

The US and China are planning Moon bases. It could help improve life on Earth

Lunar architecture isn't just an engineering challenge. At its heart, it is about understanding human experience at the extremes.

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Science • Jun 25

In one drilled Martian rock, Curiosity found 21 organic molecules — seven never before detected on Mars — including a nitrogen-bearing ring structure that belongs to the same chemical family as precursors to RNA and DNA.

Curiosity's Mary Anning 3 sample contained the most diverse collection of organic molecules yet found in a Martian rock, including seven first detections on...

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Science • Jun 25

News - Genomes of Europe’s Last Neanderthals Analyzed

LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS—According to a statement released by Leiden University, Marie Soressi of Leiden University and her colleagues analyzed the genomes...

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Science • Jun 25

News - Genetic Material Recovered from 300,000-Year-Old Homo naledi Teeth

LEIPZIG, GERMANY—Live Science reports that proteomic analysis of 20 Homo naledi teeth determined that all of the individuals to whom they belonged were...

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Science • Jun 25

A 'direct wave' from colliding black holes reveals signature of a whirlpool in spacetime

Black holes are some of the most mysterious objects in the universe, but they aren't always silent. When two black holes are close enough to each other,...

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Science • Jun 25

223-Megapixel Photo Shows 16.5 Million Stars and Took Three Days to Capture

The James Webb Space Telescope observed Messier 82, also known as the Cigar galaxy, for nearly three days and captured 16.5 million stars.

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Science • Jun 25

What an ape’s laugh can teach us about human language

A new study offers a glimpse into the evolutionary path toward human language—through laughter.

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Science • Jun 25

Perseverance rover finds even more signs of extinct life on Mars

Scientists remain skeptical, plead for someone to bring the rocks home.

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Science • Jun 25

Scientists find molecular-level evidence for two structures in liquid water

A study published in Nature Physics provides new molecular-level evidence from simulations that liquid water is not a single uniform substance,...

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Science • Jun 25

Planet orbits so close to its star that their magnetic fields connect

For most of human history, our view of “close to the Sun” was defined by the orbit of Mercury, with its 88-day orbit and barren, baking surface.

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Science • Jun 25

James Webb Space Telescope catches 6 galaxies merging into one of the largest galaxies in the universe

An intense demolition derby of at least six galaxies smashing into one another has been found lurking in the early universe by the James Webb Space...

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Science • Jun 25

What Happens When You Throw a Paper Plane From Space? These Physicists Found Out

What would happen if you threw a paper airplane from the International Space Station? It's just the sort of idea that might emerge from a curious child — or...

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Science • Jun 25

The universe should look the same in all directions at large scales, but DESI data suggest otherwise

Earlier this year, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) completed observations that mapped 47 million galaxies across 11 billion light-years,...

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Science • Jun 25

Rhythm and timing in laughter reveal that human vocal plasticity falls on a hominid continuum | Communications Biology

Laughter is an important, universal form of human non-linguistic vocal expression and, being shared by all extant great apes, offers a valuable proxy for...

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Science • Jun 25

Scientists Turn Ordinary Sunlight Into UV Light in Major Energy Breakthrough

Sunlight just got an upgrade: Scientists have developed a material that converts ordinary sunshine into UV light, opening new possibilities for...

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Science • Jun 25

NASA’s Swift Boost mission readies for launch

An airplane began its journey across the Pacific on Thursday, June 18, with a rocket strapped to its belly. Inside that rocket was a rescue mission — a...

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Science • Jun 25

How Virginia powered a 1st-of-its kind space telescope rescue mission

NASA mission to rescue its Swift Observatory from the brink has relied on Virginia, with Northrop Grumman supplying the rocket and Wallops for where the...

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Science • Jun 25

Scientists studied the laughter of apes – and discovered something incredibly human-like

Sound doesn't leave a fossil record behind, making it difficult to trace the origins of song, speech and language – but researchers have found a way.

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Science • Jun 25

Orangutans, Gorillas, Chimps, And Bonobos All Laugh Just Like Humans. That Means We’ve Been Chuckling This Way For 15 Million Years

Ever wondered what it's like to tickle an ape? Turns out, they bloody love it, and lose their minds laughing just like we do.

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Science • Jun 25

To Reveal the Rhythmic Roots of Laughter, Just Tickle an Ape

A study of chimps, gorillas and other great apes, including human children, sheds light on how laughter has evolved.

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