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Welcome to the Science Group ! (Please read before posting) 0 eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 Jan 2012 18 59917
'Raindrops in the sun's corona': New adaptive optics shows stunning details of our star's atmosphere 1 erronis 5 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 9 295
The Dark Universe: Why we're about to solve the biggest mystery in science 1 Judi Lynn 22 hrs ago 20 hrs ago 11 364
The Dark Universe: Why we're about to solve the biggest mystery in science 2 Judi Lynn 22 hrs ago 20 hrs ago 3 230
An Important Force of the Universe Appears to Be Changing, Scientists Find 1 Judi Lynn 22 hrs ago 20 hrs ago 20 643
"We've Got a New Mystery on Our Hands": Scientists Stumped by Unexplained Motion in Titan's Atmosphere 2 Judi Lynn 23 hrs ago 23 hrs ago 10 422
Scientists Develop Infrared Contacts That Enable Sci-Fi-Style Night Vision--Even With Eyes Closed 1 Judi Lynn Yesterday Yesterday 2 260
Expert urges calm over mosquito disease found in UK 0 Judi Lynn Yesterday Yesterday 3 281
The Joys of Being Wrong, the diligence of DUer "SunSeeker", and the Elimination of the Penny 4 Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday Yesterday 4 418
Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test 3 sl8 Sunday Yesterday 8 317
'Very odd' 40-foot-long marine reptile stalked prehistoric Canada 0 Judi Lynn Sunday Sunday 9 416
Forests "Talk" Before a Solar Eclipse: Study Reveals Mysterious Electrical Communication 4 erronis Sunday Sunday 24 537
Capuchins have started abducting newborn howler monkeys in bizarre, deadly fad 2 Bayard Friday Sunday 6 387
Forgotten Turing treasure trove rescued from attic goes under the hammer 3 erronis Saturday Saturday 14 426
Niels helping Niels. 2 NNadir Saturday Saturday 5 290
URGENT science need in Oklahoma 2 TheGreatConspiracy Friday Friday 5 423
Hospital superbug can feed on medical plastic, first-of-its-kind study reveals 3 Bayard Friday Friday 9 416
Welcome to the Spectrogram! 4 littlemissmartypants Thursday Friday 4 303
Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed 11 erronis Thursday Friday 27 1047
NASA has made it official - the James Webb Space Telescope has detected water outside of Earth 3 Bayard Thursday Thursday 26 902
Farewell to Koalas 3 Bayard Thursday Thursday 19 643
Space photo of the week: Record-breaking James Webb telescope image captures 1,678 galaxy groups at once 4 Judi Lynn May 4 Thursday 12 541
Giant 'white streak' appears over multiple US states as Chinese rocket dumps experimental fuel in space 3 milestogo Thursday Thursday 13 594
China's Tiangong space station has some bacteria that are unknown to science 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday Thursday 5 489
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Bayard Thursday Thursday 0 116
Watch This Robot Solve a Rubik's Cube in 0.1 Seconds -- It's a Guinness World Record 2 erronis Wednesday Wednesday 9 810
This Tiny Robot Can Jump 10 Feet High - Without Legs 0 erronis Wednesday Wednesday 6 396
A Mother Says an AI Startup's Chatbot Drove Her Son to Suicide. Its Response: the First Amendment Protects "Speech Alleg 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Wednesday 3 574
Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year 1 k_buddy762 Wednesday Wednesday 4 242
Favorite Neurotransmitter/Peptide (Poll) 12 mr715 Tuesday Tuesday 4 427

Science Continued...

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Celebrating the Birth Centenary of Quantum Mechanics: A Historical Perspective 2 NNadir May 18 May 19 5 391
14,000 years ago, the most powerful solar storm ever recorded hit Earth. 'This event establishes a new worst-case scenar 4 nitpicked May 19 May 19 8 566
Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' 5 nitpicked May 19 May 19 32 1176
Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' 0 nitpicked May 19 May 19 2 278
What scientists have learned from Mount St. Helens' devastating eruption, 45 years later 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 18 May 18 13 598
Your Brain: Who's in Control? Full Documentary NOVA PBS 2 Uncle Joe May 18 May 18 12 547
The film version of Michael Frayn's "Copenhagen" can be watched on line for free. 4 NNadir May 15 May 17 5 434
This 200-Year-Old Lighter Ignites Without a Spark 8 sl8 May 17 May 17 12 972
Living beings emit a faint light that extinguishes upon death, according to a new study 5 erronis May 17 May 17 19 749
Mars: A Study in Blue (APOD) 0 SorellaLaBefana May 17 May 17 2 274
There's likely a test. Would you really want to know the result? 9 NNadir May 16 May 16 13 742
Very different mammals follow the same rules of behavior: Research hints at an underlying architecture 6 erronis May 16 May 16 7 567
Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon? 1 k_buddy762 May 16 May 16 2 282
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 k_buddy762 May 16 May 16 0 86
Hmm...Anyone with enough chemistry kmowledge to guess why some scientists think Mars water broke down into.... 12 electric_blue68 May 15 May 16 2 679
Scientists hail new 'industrially viable technology' that can squeeze hydrogen from seawater 9 Caribbeans May 15 May 15 2 439
Another view of our Home from Gaia: This from the Top Down (APOD) 2 SorellaLaBefana May 13 May 15 11 453
Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon? 1 Judi Lynn May 14 May 15 6 336
Have astronomers found Planet Nine? 2 William Seger May 15 May 15 12 612
Earliest-known 'reptile' footprints discovered by amateur fossil hunters in Victoria 0 canetoad May 14 May 14 7 407
The Biggest Chemical Cover-up in History - Veritasium (teflon and "forever chemicals") 1 sl8 May 14 May 14 7 673
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 sl8 May 14 May 14 1 157
Chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds 0 Jilly_in_VA May 14 May 14 10 322
Flamingos Make Tiny Tornadoes In Water To Trap Their Prey 1 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 8 386
JWST Captures Jupiter's Auroras 'Fizzing And Popping With Light' 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 6 337
Chimpanzees are practising first aid--and not just on themselves 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 20 811
Brain activity of slumbering bees may inform human sleep and memory disorders 0 erronis May 13 May 13 4 278
Versatile fungi-based living material is tear-resistant and can even be safely eaten 2 erronis May 13 May 13 7 419
Stepping Way Back from how our World is seen: Our Galaxy from the outside on the side (APOD) 3 SorellaLaBefana May 12 May 13 32 1222
Parrot-to-Parrot Video Calls 9 CloudWatcher May 12 May 12 10 649

Science Continued...

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First surface rupture ever filmed..3.28.25. Seeing the Earth moving in different directions 3 Demovictory9 May 12 May 12 29 2114
Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought 9 erronis May 12 May 12 13 721
Wily parasite kills human cells and wears their remains as disguise 3 erronis May 12 May 12 8 597
Eric Topol: *multiple* studies show a relationship between shingles vaccine and reduced dementia 3 scipan May 11 May 12 4 405
A Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Back to Earth After Being Stuck in Orbit for 53 Years - Smithsonian Magazine 11 Rhiannon12866 May 2 May 11 17 923
Origins of language: Wild chimps mirror linguistic structures in human language 0 Jim__ May 9 May 9 6 400
'Big One' coupled with rising ocean could leave many in Northwest living in flood zones, study finds 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 7 May 9 4 397
Would a musical triangle of any other shape sound as sweet? -- phys.org 3 erronis May 6 May 9 7 431
Mile-wide underwater volcano ready to erupt off the West Coast 6 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 9 May 9 18 966
Journal investigating placebo effect study following Retraction Watch inquiry 0 erronis May 9 May 9 4 379
'The parasite was in the driver's seat' 7 Bayard May 9 May 9 9 862
Rare genetic mutation lets some people thrive on just 4 hours of shut-eye 5 milestogo May 9 May 9 7 588
Prescription Drug Combinations May Slow Alzheimer's, Study Suggests 1 Bayard May 9 May 9 13 613
And the winner of this year's 'Dance Your Ph.D.' contest is 4 cbabe May 8 May 8 8 465
The History behind Hyper-Catalan Series Solutions to Polynomial Equations -- with Dean Rubine 2 xocetaceans May 7 May 7 4 358
New study shows that birds form bonds that look a lot like friendship 2 erronis May 7 May 7 6 450
After 856 'Snake Bites', Man's Blood Could Unlock Universal Antivenom 5 Ponietz May 6 May 6 10 590
Lianas are taking over the rainforests, and it's visible from space -- phys.org 1 erronis May 6 May 6 12 621
Dimension 126 Contains Strangely Twisted Shapes, Mathematicians Prove -- Quanta Magazine 1 erronis May 5 May 6 8 495
Possible evidence found of cuttlefish waving to each other as a form of communication 1 erronis May 5 May 6 3 409
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