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Science • Jun 25

Apes and humans have been sharing a laugh for 15 million years

Great apes may have been laughing with a similar rhythm to modern humans for at least 15 million years, a University of Warwick study reveals.

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Science • Jun 25

'F9' took a car into space, but 5 years on, just how ridiculous was the scene? We asked the experts

Even Universal Pictures thought it was silly when Fast & Furious took a car into space in 2021. Pump the brakes on the jokes, though, as the experts reveal...

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Science • Jun 25

What really controls water chemistry in nanoscale spaces

Water is the most studied molecule on Earth, yet a surprisingly basic question has gone unanswered for decades: When water is squeezed into gaps just a few...

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Science • Jun 25

Every Homo naledi we know of is female, and the implications are fascinating

There is no natural explanation," says paleoanthropologist John Hawks.

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Science • Jun 25

Tiny water droplets transmutate aniline into pyridine in ambient and catalyst-free conditions

Water microdroplets convert aniline into pyridine at the air–water interface under ambient conditions, without added catalysts, oxidants, or extra reagents.

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Science • Jun 25

How an ancestral shift to eating more meat changed the course of human history — for the better

Our prehistoric ancestors experienced a rapid growth spurt between 2 and 2.5 million years ago, coinciding with increased meat consumption and more...

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Science • Jun 25

Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: "Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam"

The featherweight pair — orbiting a star 1110 light-years away — are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.

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Science • Jun 25

The dark side of living on the moon

NASA has published its latest plans for a moon base, but do they have too much gravity? Will Wiles looks for more delight in the details.

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Science • Jun 25

A thermodynamic approach to gravity could explain cosmic acceleration without dark energy

Gravity, the force that attracts objects toward each other, is currently framed by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.

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Science • Jun 25

NASA to save Swift spacecraft from plunging back to Earth

NASA plans to save the Swift spacecraft with a rescue mission that will boost the spacecraft higher into orbit. Currently, its orbit is decaying quickly.

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Science • Jun 25

Canceled NASA exploration projects suffered billions of dollars in overruns

Four NASA exploration projects that the agency stopped earlier this year as part of Artemis changes suffered overruns that saw their costs more than double.

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Science • Jun 25

SpaceX has quietly launched a spacecraft almost no one knew existed

Rumours have circulated that it could be used to transport military hardware.

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Science • Jun 25

Quantum waves reveal one-sided motion marking elusive critical states

Sound waves, light waves and other types of waves, generally spread freely through space and over time. In 1958, physicist Philip W. Anderson first...

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Science • Jun 25

Milky Way's Heart Shines Like a Diamond in Record-Breaking New Photos

The Euclid space telescope has captured the largest and most detailed photo ever taken of our galaxy's crowded heart, a dazzling image packed with 60...

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Science • Jun 25

3 billion years old! This Australian crater is the oldest known asteroid impact site on Earth

The oldest known asteroid impact site on Earth was created 3.02 billion years ago in what's now Western Australia, scientists find.

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Science • Jun 25

Astronauts on the Moon, with no atmosphere above them, looked up and saw a white sun — the yellow colour we see from Earth is not the sun's real colour but an artefact our own atmosphere paints onto it by scattering blue wavelengths sideways into the sky

The yellow Sun of ordinary Earth life is partly an atmospheric effect: Rayleigh scattering sends blue light into the sky and leaves the direct solar beam...

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Science • Jun 25

NASA Mars rover finds record-breaking trove of organic molecules buried in Bright Angel rock formation

Data from NASA's Perseverance rover confirms the presence of macromolecular carbon on Mars – another potential piece of the puzzle in the search for life.

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Science • Jun 25

SC skies host Strawberry Moon, slow-motion meteors and Blaze Star exploding 3,000 light years away

The Strawberry Moon will rise above South Carolina on Monday, June 29. Here's how it got its name.

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Science • Jun 25

Report links Starliner problems to overconfidence and unrealistic schedules

A new report links the problems with Boeing's Starliner to a combination of overconfidence, unrealistic schedules and lack of insight into the vehicle.

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Science • Jun 25

Scientists Finally Solve a 100-Year Mystery About France’s Famous Ice Age Cave Paintings

A new analysis detected hidden charcoal in black cave paintings at Font-de-Gaume, allowing scientists to accurately date the artworks for the first time.

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