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Caltech Scientists Discover the Surprising Speed Limit of Human Thought - Just 10 Bits per Second 0 erronis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 789
Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform 0 sl8 Jan 2025 Jan 2025 13 828
Astronomers seek global ban on space advertising 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 902
Astronomers Capture Mysterious 'Chorus Waves' Emerging From Deep Space 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 716
Butterfly-inspired robot wings move without batteries or electronics 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 741
Meet The 4 Longest Venomous Snakes. Hint: Mamba And Bushmaster No Longer In Top 3 Due To These 'New' Giants 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 1048
AI can now replicate itself -- a milestone that has experts terrified 6 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 1361
A New Space Telescope is Giving Us New Insights Into Gamma Ray Bursts 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 580
Scientists Document Rich Biodiversity Along Underexplored Chilean Coastline 1 Onthefly Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 767
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Will Detect Millions of Exploding Stars 1 Ptah Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 762
How to make oxygen on the moon 2 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 862
Current Comet over Chile: *Actually* Visible to Unaided eyes in the Southern Hemisphere 0 SorellaLaBefana Jan 2025 Jan 2025 13 838
Trump administration's abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern 7 douglas9 Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 1327
A Bacterial Protein Can Transport Heavy Highly Radioactive Actinides. 2 NNadir Dec 2023 Jan 2025 4 1557
'We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars.' President Trump wants astronauts to raise the American flag on Mar 10 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 1164
Repeating Fast Radio Burst Traced to Outskirts of Quiescent Elliptical Galaxy 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 837
Earth's History in a few moments 1 YoshidaYui Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 867
Finland becomes 53rd country to join the Artemis Accords for moon exploration 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 602
One hundred years ago, a solar eclipse line of totality cut through NYC. 1 John1956PA Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 814
'Contagious' peeing may have deep evolutionary roots, chimp study suggests 3 milestogo Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 939
'Big boy' spider becomes Australia's largest and deadliest arachnid after surprise discovery 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 14 1414
Astronomers find hundreds of 'hidden' black holes -- and there may be billions or even trillions more 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 742
Turkey vulture: The bird that vomits acid up to 10 feet and poops antiseptic onto its legs 9 milestogo Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 1396
Scientists say they found oxygen where it shouldn't be. Now, the hunt is on for more answers 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 1055
Extraordinary images reveal the mysteries of Mars 7 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 52 2403
Kilauea volcano enters fourth eruption phase: Watch LIVE 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 796
New solar-powered EV can drive 40 miles daily using the power of the sun -- and it's 50% more efficient than a Tesla 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 831
USGS releases first-ever map of potential for geologic hydrogen in U.S. 4 Caribbeans Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 1072
The sky is falling: Meteorite strike captured in rare video from Canadian home's doorbell camera 2 cbabe Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 1034
Argyria: The rare disease that turns people blue 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 1038

Science Continued...

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UW-Madison paleontologists discover oldest dinosaur in North America 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2025 Jan 2025 14 745
Moon placed on World Monument Fund list of heritage sites in need of protection 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 646
Schrodinger's Cat breakthrough could usher in the 'Holy Grail' of quantum computing, making them error-proof 0 milestogo Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 942
Real-time formation of black hole jets observed for the first time 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 577
'Spooky' quantum entanglement discovered inside individual protons for 1st time ever 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 787
The Science of the Matrix with Laurence Fishburne STARTALK with Neil DeGrasse Tyson 1 YoshidaYui Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 792
The Biggest Simulation Ever: Frontier Supercomputer Models the Universe 1 erronis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 866
How Do Octopuses Control 8 Arms? Scientists Discover Strange Segmented Nervous System 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 17 1132
World's tiniest cat was a palm-sized tiddler that lived in China 300,000 years ago 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 27 1725
"Three Gorges Dam In Space": China Reveals Plans To Build Giant Power Station In Earth's Orbit 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 911
Rare string of 'cosmic pearls' dance together in the universe 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 691
Bill Gates' Terrapower permitted to unleash 345 MW sodium-cooled nuclear reactor 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 844
Cephalopods Pass Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 1178
If you want a brain-aneurysm, watch this. (You have been warned.) 4 DetlefK Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 2306
Serious Head Trauma May Awaken Dormant Viruses Inside Your Body 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 826
Scientists Drill 1.7 Miles Into Antarctic Ice, Revealing 1.2 Million Years of Climate History 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 17 1292
On a long-dormant pad in Florida, a rocket that could challenge SpaceX's dominance is poised to launch 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 978
Space photo of the week: The tilted spiral galaxy that took Hubble 23 years to capture 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 29 1418
Scientists propose new method to detect alien civilizations via black holes 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 1025
Nanoplastics found to disrupt dopamine system and social adaptation 3 Wicked Blue Jan 2025 Jan 2025 18 1139
Spacecraft buzzes Mercury's north pole and beams back stunning photos 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 35 1608
We finally know where the Yellowstone volcano will erupt next 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 1001
An amateur astronomer used an old technique to study Jupiter -- and found something strange 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 16 1863
Scientists discover new kind of cartilage that looks like fat-filled 'Bubble Wrap' 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 770
Cybertruck-looking 'mobile aircraft carrier' developed in China can hide away and launch a 2-person flying car 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 727
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Great Science in a Dark Dictatorship: Separation of Americium from Lanthanides. 4 NNadir Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 1072
The mathematician so strange the FBI thought he was a spy 1 struggle4progress Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 1067
Aircraft Noise Linked to Serious Heart Problems, Study Finds 1 erronis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 902
Scientists create safer lithium-ion batteries with new material 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 712
Super-distant Dragon Arc galaxy pictured in extraordinary detail 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 754
This is cool! 7 lastlib Jan 2025 Jan 2025 14 1465
How astronomers used gravitational lensing to discover 44 new stars in distant galaxy 1 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 690
Unborn Babies Use Genes From Dad to "Remote-Control" Mothers for Extra Food 9 erronis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1735
Different sizes of several cosmic objects. . . 2 Stargleamer Jan 2025 Jan 2025 13 1036
Huge underwater volcano off US coast set to erupt in 2025 after displaying tell-tale 'swelling' 8 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 Jan 2025 26 2156
so, in my quest to remain sane(ish), i'm limiting my news intake. been filling the void w a lot of ngt. 9 mopinko Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 2032
From Cosmic Collision to Fertile Fields: Finland's Hidden Hexagonal Wonder 0 erronis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 32 1608
Quadrantid meteor shower: How to watch the first 'shooting stars' of 2025 rain over Earth tonight 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1111
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ready to transform our understanding of the cosmos 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 1169
The new science of death: 'There's something happening in the brain that makes no sense' 8 littlemissmartypants Dec 2024 Jan 2025 6 1630
Here's your 2025 guide to the night sky and other celestial wow moments 1 littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 Jan 2025 12 963
Boffins ponder paltry brain data rate of 10 bits per second 1 erronis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 819
Archaeologists Found 115,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Where They Shouldn't Be 8 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2024 Jan 2025 55 2908
Q_NLN_Factoring - an extension of Binary Energy Dynamics 6 mikelewis Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 14924
NASA Is Watching a Vast, Growing Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic Field 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 33 1711
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