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Science • Jun 15

Starwatch: Sliver of moon and bright Venus create delightful twilight conjunction

A silver sliver of moon joins the bright beacon of Venus this week for a delightful twilight conjunction. The moon will be just over three days old and only...

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Science • Jun 15

Devoted dads and citizen science: The evolution of parental care in harvestmen spiders is uncovered

Citizen science data from the popular platform iNaturalist has helped uncover the evolution of parental guarding behavior in harvestmen spiders,...

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Science • Jun 15

5 female mathematicians whose discoveries reshaped science

From laying the foundations of modern physics to transforming space exploration and geometry, these five pioneering women overcame barriers to make...

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Science • Jun 15

Icebergs Are Transforming Deep-Sea Ecosystems, Scientists Discover

Greenland's glaciers are releasing four times more icebergs than 25 years ago as a result of climate change, with implications extending to maritime traffic...

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Science • Jun 15

Earthquakes can be destructive for distant cities built on top of basins – now we know why

Flat basins are favoured places to build cities. But seismic waves can get trapped in these basins, putting cities at risk from distant earthquakes.

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Science • Jun 15

Ask Ellen: Will the June planetary alignment be visible in West Michigan?

The midpoint of June will host a brilliant alignment just after sunset in the western sky, if clouds stay clear enough to spot them.

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Science • Jun 15

New Study Assesses Titan's Resources and their Potential Uses

In a recent NASA-supported study, researchers assessed Titan's resource base and how it could be leveraged for ISRU. Compared with other locations under...

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Science • Jun 14

How Plants "Talk" to Each Other Through Underground Root Networks

Image credits: Unsplash Beneath every forest floor, every grassland, and every garden bed, there is a world that most of us have never seen.

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Science • Jun 14

When less is more: Scaling law explains why ultrathin materials get stronger as they get thinner

One of the most fascinating aspects of physics is that nature often behaves in ways that seem completely counterintuitive. A good example comes from...

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Science • Jun 14

Southern California Faults Hit a 1,000-Year Stress Peak. Is a Megaquake Next?

Californians have been worried about “the Big One” for decades. That one massive, apocalyptic earthquake that will rip the state to shreds.

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Science • Jun 14

Is Planet Nine Real? New Discovery at the Edge of the Solar System Adds a Twist

The hunt for Planet Nine continues as new discoveries make the Solar System's biggest mystery even harder to solve. What is this? Report Ad.

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Science • Jun 14

68 quadrillion underground miles of fungi

A hidden circulatory system pulses just beneath the planet's surface. There, embedded in the soil, are dense networks of microorganisms known as arbuscular...

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Science • Jun 14

Here Is What NASA's Artemis III Mission Will Do

Now that NASA's Artemis II mission has successfully taken human beings farther from Earth than ever before, the time has come for the space agency to get...

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Science • Jun 14

The hidden physics complicating interstellar lightsails

If we're to reach another star, chemical propulsion will not get us there in any reasonable time frame. We're going to need a different propulsion...

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Science • Jun 14

Scientists Mapped Every Neuron in a Fruit Fly and the Brain Wasn’t Running the Show

Scientists have created the first complete brain-to-body wiring map of a fruit fly, revealing that complex behavior may arise from distributed neural...

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Science • Jun 14

Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley’s comet, twice? It’s complicated

University of Leicester historian thinks Eilmer of Malmesbury saw two different comets: in 1018 and 1066...

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Science • Jun 14

The giant viruses that orchestrate life in the polar regions

Long overlooked because of their size, giant viruses are now redefining the frontiers of microbiology.

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Science • Jun 14

Scientists Investigate Strange Rumbling Beneath Utah

"It's sort of a mystery in terms of fundamental physics."

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Science • Jun 14

Scientists Detected Strange Rumbling Beneath Utah Almost 50 Years Ago. They Just Figured Out What It Was

A mysterious earthquake deep below northern Utah had scientists scratching their heads back in 1979. The rumble seemingly occurred far lower beneath the...

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Science • Jun 14

Catch Mercury shining at its best on June 15 before it slips back into the sun's glare

Mercury reaches greatest elongation on June 15, placing the elusive planet at its farthest apparent distance from the sun in the evening sky.

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