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Science • Jun 24

Possible signs of ancient life on Mars are rich in complex carbon

An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the surface of rocks that resemble...

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Science • Jun 24

A Mars rover found organic carbon just sitting on a rock

The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.

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Science • Jun 24

5 best places to watch Sarasota’s Strawberry Moon

Where to watch Sarasota's upcoming Strawberry Moon this month.

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Science • Jun 24

The Soviet Union launched nearly 30 spacecraft at Venus and became the only nation ever to land on its surface and send back pictures — color photographs of a scorched volcanic plain under a yellow-green sky, shot in the few dozen minutes before the heat

Exploring Venus is extremely challenging. A landing probe or lander must withstand crushing pressure, with atmospheric pressure roughly 90 times Earth's,...

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Science • Jun 24

Scientists observe water switching between 2 different molecular structures, boosting decades-old theory

For decades, scientists suspected water secretly behaves like two different liquids. A new AI-powered study has finally caught it happening at the molecular...

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Science • Jun 24

Ancient proteins hint at all-female Homo naledi burial site in Rising Star cave system

Scientists have extracted and analyzed the first-ever ancient proteins from the fossils of Homo naledi, revealing a potential all-female burial site.

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Science • Jun 24

Mike Walton

Mike Walton, 67, Dickinson, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2026 at Benedictine Living Community Dickinson with family by his side.

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Science • Jun 24

A cat-borne fungus infected 11,000 people; the US is next, CDC says

A cat-borne fungus, Sporothrix brasiliensis, causes oozing ulcers and spreads to people. The CDC says the US is next.

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Science • Jun 24

When is Washington's full moon in June? See times for strawberry moon

The first full moon of summer in Washington is coming later this month, but don't be fooled by the deceptive name -- the strawberry moon won't look anything...

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Science • Jun 24

Euclid captures 60 million stars in sharpest broad view of Milky Way's core

For just one day, our dark universe detective, Euclid, turned its gaze toward the light: the extremely bright inner region of our Milky Way galaxy,...

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Science • Jun 24

Fossils of archaic human Homo naledi found in a cave are the same sex. Scientists want to learn why

Scientists studied the remains of a mysterious human relative called Homo naledi found deep in a South African cave and determined they were all female.

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Science • Jun 24

How Physicists Track and Trap the Elusive Neutrino

The hunt for these ghostly particles has required some of the most audacious experimental setups ever built.

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Science • Jun 24

Asteroid zooming past Earth on Saturday visible to stargazers

A large asteroid that will zoom harmlessly past Earth on Saturday will be visible to stargazers using a small telescope or large binoculars, the European...

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Science • Jun 24

Scientists found 20 Homo naledi in a cave. Why are they all female?

Around 300,000 years ago, a cave in South Africa became the final resting place of at least 20 human cousins from the ancient species Homo naledi.

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Science • Jun 24

World's Only Known Homo Naledi Burial Site May Be Entirely Female

An entire ancient human species, Homo naledi, is known from specimens found at just one site in South Africa, back in 2013.

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Science • Jun 24

'A weird result from an already weird hominin': Archaeologists discover all Homo naledi skeletons found in South African cave are female

A cutting-edge analysis of the teeth from Homo naledi skeletons in a South African cave system found no males within the group. Experts are unsure what to...

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Science • Jun 24

Vast ‘Structures’ In Space Reveal the Universe Isn't What We Thought

Physicists have discovered that the dark matter structures that scaffold the universe—known as the “cosmic web”—are far larger and more persistent than...

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Science • Jun 24

All known Homo naledi skeletons seem to be female

An analysis of tooth proteins suggests all 23 Homo naledi individuals found in the Rising Star cave in South Africa were female, which strengthens the case...

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Science • Jun 24

Burial site of all-female extinct human relatives baffles scientists

In archeology, the truth lies in the teeth. Our hearty chompers can withstand the test of time, preserving precious genetic data that can help tell the...

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Science • Jun 24

Quantum squeezing sidesteps the limits on mechanical transducers

From detecting the ripples of colliding black holes to imaging individual chemical bonds, mechanical transducers have repeatedly transformed our...

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