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Science • Jun 16

NASA data reveals weird x-ray changes in the exploded ruins of dead stars

A set of supernovae are behaving in weird ways, more than a decade's worth of data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals. Instead of slowly fading,...

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Science • Jun 16

Deep learning helps discover hundreds of Antarctic earthquakes coming from an unlikely location

Most of the earthquakes we hear about are due to tectonic plates colliding or sliding past each other near plate boundaries. Yet researchers have detected...

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Science • Jun 16

SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule undocks from ISS, heads home to Earth

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station today (June 16), beginning its 20-hour journey back to Earth.

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Science • Jun 16

No More Woke Science Wanted At NASA

Keith's note: NASA put out Amendment 59: Several Updates to the ROSES-25 Summary of Solicitation. BOTH of the official documents cited in this notice issued...

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Science • Jun 16

People on These Pacific Islands Have the Most Ancient Genome of All Humans (and a Lot of Denisovan Genes)

Researchers found the people of Near Oceania carry some of the oldest human genetics.

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Science • Jun 16

In 2018, Scientists Recorded Orcas Mimicking Human Language For The First Time In History

In 2018, scientists recorded the first known instance of an orca imitating the noises of a human, including, but not limited to, fart sounds.

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Science • Jun 16

Did Rocket Lab’s Suborbital Rocket Reach Orbit?

Rocket Lab's latest mission, named Curveball, has earned its title. The company launched a mysterious payload on its suborbital rocket, and it somehow ended...

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Science • Jun 16

Los Angeles' Natural History Museum is home to the world’s only green-boned dinosaur fossil — it's also the largest museum of its kind on the West Coast

The massive long-necked dinosaur, measuring more than 75 feet in length, was discovered in 2007 in southeastern Utah.

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Science • Jun 16

The world's first nuclear clock just ticked on — and it could help detect a fifth fundamental force of physics

By using a rare thorium nucleus as a timekeeper, physicists have demonstrated the first working nuclear clock, a device that could lead to even more precise...

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Science • Jun 16

Yes, the universe's expansion is still accelerating, researchers say

Taking a fresh look at data involving a specific type of stellar explosion, a team of researchers says it has confirmed the long-accepted notion that the...

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Science • Jun 16

Yes, the universe's expansion is still accelerating, researchers say

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - Taking a fresh look at data involving a specific type of stellar explosion, a team of researchers says it has...

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Science • Jun 16

The Butterfly Longevity Diet

Researchers aren't sure why Heliconius butterflies live so long, but pollen may be part of the answer.

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Science • Jun 16

'The system is critically stressed': San Andreas and San Jacinto faults scarily close to major earthquake, study finds

The San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems are at their highest levels of tectonic stress in 1,000 years, raising the threat of a major,...

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Science • Jun 16

Deep Synoptic Array – The World's Most Sensitive Radio Observatory – Has Just Been Greenlit

The next generation of astronomical observatories continues to expand. The Deep Synoptic Array (DSA) has now passed its final design review with Schmidt...

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Science • Jun 16

Could Earth have sent life to Jupiter's moon Europa?

Could Earth have seeded Jupiter's moon Europa with bacterial life, where it could have taken hold in Europa's ocean and perhaps evolved into something more?

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Science • Jun 16

When John McFall lost his right leg at 19, no one could have known the former Paralympic sprinter might one day carry the first amputee body into orbit, where two weeks in microgravity could test what six decades of spaceflight medicine never measured

John McFall lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident at 19, won a Paralympic bronze medal in Beijing, became an orthopaedic surgeon, and may now become...

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Science • Jun 16

Scientists Map Underground Fungal Networks and Find They Cover 62 Quadrillion Miles

Some years ago, scientists dedicated to including the kingdom Fungi into modern conservation set out to measure the total length of fungal networks under...

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Science • Jun 16

SpaceX Dragon to begin journey home from ISS after Florida launch

An uncrewed SpaceX Dragon vehicle that reached the ISS in mid-May following a launch from Cape Canaveral is due to head back to Earth today (June 16.)

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Science • Jun 16

This underground web of fungi is so huge it could reach the sun 1 billion times. Scientists have mapped it for the first time

The worldwide network of mycorrhizal fungi has been mapped out – and its length is astonishing.

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Science • Jun 16

Physicists Created an Entirely New Species of Schrödinger’s Cat

Is the cat dead or alive? Either way, the cat is certainly weird, as a new study demonstrates.

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