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Science • Jul 22

Specific cognitive skills rival general intelligence in predicting socioeconomic success

While general intelligence is known to predict life success, a new study reveals that specific mental skills—like technical knowledge or math ability—play a...

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Science • Jul 22

New multiplexing scheme accelerates long-distance quantum communication

Quantum networks, systems consisting of multiple connected nodes or devices that can transmit quantum information to one another, have the potential to...

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Science • Jul 22

Artemis 2 astronaut advocates for equatorial lunar landings

The pilot of the Artemis 2 mission says NASA's return to the moon should start with human landings in less challenging equatorial regions.

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Science • Jul 22

Private mission launches to extend life of out-of-gas communication satellites

A two-armed space robot blasted off on a private salvage operation Tuesday to slap life-extending jetpacks on old satellites running low on fuel thousands...

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Science • Jul 22

Science word of the day: Abiogenesis

Science word of the day: Abiogenesis. Pronunciation: Ay-bye-oh-JEN'-ih-sis. What it means: Abiogenesis is the emergence of life from nonliving matter...

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Science • Jul 22

A black bear's heart drops from roughly 55 beats per minute to as few as 8 during hibernation, yet it emerges in spring with almost no muscle or bone loss: a biological trick space agencies are studying to protect astronauts on long missions

In summer, an American black bear's heart beats around 55 times a minute. Deep in hibernation it can fall to as few as nine, with the better part of a...

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Science • Jul 22

"I didn’t know what I was looking at": drone films one of the strangest and rarest animals on the planet

The bizarre-looking wedgefish was one of several animals spotted swimming in a group through Shark Bay, says Wildlife videographer Jake Mason.

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Science • Jul 22

What are the strange little red dots seen in the early Universe? Scientists have come up with an intriguing new theory

Using a model that places a light black hole in an envelope of dense gas, they get results that match much of what we see in little red dots.

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Science • Jul 22

The Rock That Killed The Dinosaurs Was One of The Rarest Types in The Solar System – Which Made It Even Deadlier

The dinosaurs had a good run, but when their time was up, it was very much up.

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Science • Jul 22

Rivers of magma once bubbled beneath crust of Mars, research suggests

Mars once had rivers of magma bubbling beneath its crust, new research suggests. The surprise find makes it more probable that Mars could have supported...

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Science • Jul 22

Private mission launches to extend life of out-of-gas communication satellites

A two-armed space robot is on its way to give extra life to out-of-gas satellites thousands of miles up.

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Science • Jul 22

Private mission launches to extend life of out-of-gas communication satellites

A two-armed space robot is on its way to give extra life to out-of-gas satellites thousands of miles up.

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Science • Jul 22

NASA’s Psyche probe snaps new Mars photos on its way to asteroid

The probe used the planet's gravity to pick up speed on its journey to a metal-rich asteroid, but NASA also took the opportunity to grab photos of Mars'...

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Science • Jul 22

Does dark energy really exist? Our work identifies cracks in the foundations of today's cosmological model

According to current understanding, the universe is expanding—and is doing so at an accelerating rate. This is believed to be caused by something called the...

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Science • Jul 22

Milky Way flipped in collision with dwarf galaxy 10bn years ago, astronomers say

Durham University researchers find cataclysmic direct hit with Gaia Sausage sent Milky Way into its current position.

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Science • Jul 22

Astronomers found a planet 63 light-years away that appears as blue as Earth from space—but its colour comes from a scorching atmosphere where glass may rain sideways in 4,500-mile-per-hour winds

It is blue. Not merely imagined as blue in an artist's palette, but measured as blue in visible light. Seen from a distance, NASA says, the planet would...

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Science • Jul 22

The ISS toilet costs $23 million and separates urine into a centrifuge that recycles 98% of it back into drinking water — a closed-loop system that took NASA 40 years to perfect

The $23 million toilet on the International Space Station feeds a centrifuge-driven water recycler that reclaims 98 percent of urine, sweat, and cabin...

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Science • Jul 22

Every winter, a single beluga whale in the Arctic will dive to 700 metres and stay under for 25 minutes on a lungful of air compressed to 1/70th its surface volume, sustained by muscles so oxygen-rich they run nearly black when cut

A beluga whale slipping under the winter pack ice off western Greenland can descend to great depths, hold its breath for extended periods, and surface at a...

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Science • Jul 22

Science thought the human lifespan was 122 years. A new model says we could live decades longer.

A July 2026 paper published in the journal "npj Aging" suggests that humans may have the potential to live up to 156 years.

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Science • Jul 22

New spider species ‘catapults’ ants into its web at bullet speed

A newly discovered spider, found in the Australian rainforest, has a unique hunting method: a spring-loaded silk trap that launches its prey into its web.

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