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From avalanche's shadow, a sea dragon emerges for one fossil hunter.
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Astronomers just found planets puffier than cotton candy.
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These diving insects reveal new ocean possibilities.
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A "Smith hat" shape just gave mathematicians a new twist on an old puzzle.
Tokyo scientists just cracked a new angle on the Einstein problem! An optical "Smith hat" structure revealed diffraction behaviors unlike any seen before in quasicrystals.
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China's new power system lightens the path for future moon explorers.
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Yale scientists glimpse how your brain knows what it's doing.
Ever moved something with no memory of doing it? Yale's Hal Blumenfeld did, sparking a new study into what your brain does when you're unaware of your own actions.
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Tiny reactors are learning from nature to give us cleaner energy.
Mimicking cells, a new nanoreactor efficiently produces hydrogen peroxide using visible light.
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Charcoal in ancient cave art quietly reveals its 13,000-year story.
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Underwater drones reveal 30,000 deep-sea corals thriving in "dead" zones.
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Our earliest ancestors might reveal how life thrives elsewhere.
Earth's oldest eukaryotic fossils could unlock secrets to complex life's origins and guide the search for extraterrestrial life.
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What if dark matter isn't so dark after all?
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Did ancient rituals truly vanish, or did they just hide in plain sight?
Indigenous Australians brought grasses into a cave for ritual burning during the last Ice Age. Perfectly preserved plant crystals reveal this ancient practice.
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Forget the old maps: scientists just rewrote ancient geography.
Ever wonder where you'd be in ancient times? New open-access tech converts modern locations to ancient coordinates with near-desktop accuracy.
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The secret ingredient powering NASA's solar eclipse science?
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Today's Hope-Up: Little Ideas That Grow Up Fast
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Does space travel make Earth feel even more like home?
After 241 days and 102 million miles, NASA astronaut Chris Williams and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are back! They orbited Earth 3,856 times aboard the ISS.
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Imagine Jupiter's magnetic field protecting its growing moons.
Jupiter's magnetic field likely shielded its moons, fostering their survival. Saturn lacked this protection, possibly explaining why Titan is its only large moon.
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How matter's hidden memories could reshape future tech.
Stirring a thick liquid? Tiny particles within it remember both the direction and strength of your stir, but one memory can overwrite the other.
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The unexpected material revealing quantum heat at room temperature.
Cooler electronics, faster quantum computing. This discovery could revolutionize thermal management and next-gen tech.
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A quantum engine defies physics, cooling as it works.
Quantum systems just broke a fundamental law of physics! Researchers observed an anomalous thermal effect, allowing them to absorb heat from cold reservoirs and build a quantum engine that both cools and works.
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Imagine 3D-printed tissue growing organs and powering AI.
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VR technology just gave 1,000 fish a new voice in conservation.
VR now reveals how artificial light at night makes coral reef fish vulnerable to predators. This groundbreaking study combines metabolic research with immersive virtual reality.
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From "rocket science" to human well-being: NASA's new focus for deep space.
At NASA's Johnson Space Center, Dr. Suzanne Bell, an organizational psychologist, leads the Behavioral Health and Performance Laboratory. Her secret to success? A strict 5 AM start.
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Welcome home this astronaut after 3,856 orbits above us.
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What an 8,000-year-old rock shelter reveals about humanity's big shift.
Catalan rock shelter reveals a rare record: the dramatic shift from hunter-gathering to farming, etched in stone.
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74 bee species navigate with hidden internal compasses.
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From mystery to method: Scientists unveil love's hidden equations.
Scientists say love isn't just an emotion—it follows mathematical patterns. Could algorithms predict your next romance?
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Ants nurture their young, and we just learned how.
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This frozen fiber could secure tomorrow's quantum internet.
Frozen-core optical fiber just unlocked a powerful new way to control light and sound interactions. This breakthrough could revolutionize photonics.
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A decades-old puzzle inside the atom just found its answer.
Unlocking cosmic secrets: FRIB experiment reveals atomic nuclei structure, explaining how elements formed in space.
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Once out of reach, now scientists grow "impossible" nanocrystals.
UChicago & Argonne researchers developed a molten salt method. It could create more durable materials for printed electronics and flexible devices.
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Earth's thermostat quietly regulates climate.
Ocean conditions maximized carbon burial for millions of years. Researchers found a narrow range of factors drove this ancient carbon sequestration.
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A 240-million-year-old fossil, overlooked for decades, reveals a new ancient reptile.
Brazilian bones reveal a new Triassic reptile, a close relative to the lineage that gave rise to both dinosaurs and crocodiles.
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A 518-million-year-old creature reveals the surprising origin of spider fangs.
Ancient chelicerates, a group including spiders and scorpions, just got a new, ancient relative. Scientists from Leicester and Yunnan universities identified a new species.
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A new chip slows light by 1,000 times, unlocking fresh possibilities.
Store light on a chip? New tech lets you control, delay, and store light in a single photonic chip, unlocking low-power AI computing and next-gen optical comms.
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From backyard toy to physics marvel: A silly sprinkler solves a complex riddle.
Backyard sprinklers just cracked a decades-old mystery: how flowing water makes objects spin.
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That "barren" exoplanet just revealed its atmosphere.
A faint helium stream reveals an atmosphere on a distant rocky world. This marks a major milestone in the search for life beyond our solar system.
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