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Forests "Talk" Before a Solar Eclipse: Study Reveals Mysterious Electrical Communication 4 erronis May 2025 May 2025 24 1296
Capuchins have started abducting newborn howler monkeys in bizarre, deadly fad 2 Bayard May 2025 May 2025 6 1034
Forgotten Turing treasure trove rescued from attic goes under the hammer 3 erronis May 2025 May 2025 14 1146
Niels helping Niels. 2 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 5 1279
URGENT science need in Oklahoma 2 TheGreatConspiracy May 2025 May 2025 5 1025
Hospital superbug can feed on medical plastic, first-of-its-kind study reveals 3 Bayard May 2025 May 2025 9 1189
Welcome to the Spectrogram! 4 littlemissmartypants May 2025 May 2025 4 1065
Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed 11 erronis May 2025 May 2025 27 2765
NASA has made it official - the James Webb Space Telescope has detected water outside of Earth 3 Bayard May 2025 May 2025 26 1942
Farewell to Koalas 3 Bayard May 2025 May 2025 19 1464
Space photo of the week: Record-breaking James Webb telescope image captures 1,678 galaxy groups at once 4 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 12 1373
Giant 'white streak' appears over multiple US states as Chinese rocket dumps experimental fuel in space 3 milestogo May 2025 May 2025 13 1354
China's Tiangong space station has some bacteria that are unknown to science 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 May 2025 5 1567
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Bayard May 2025 May 2025 0 512
Watch This Robot Solve a Rubik's Cube in 0.1 Seconds -- It's a Guinness World Record 2 erronis May 2025 May 2025 9 1575
This Tiny Robot Can Jump 10 Feet High - Without Legs 0 erronis May 2025 May 2025 6 1278
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 May 2025 3 1247
Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year 1 k_buddy762 May 2025 May 2025 4 730
Favorite Neurotransmitter/Peptide (Poll) 12 mr715 May 2025 May 2025 4 2469
Celebrating the Birth Centenary of Quantum Mechanics: A Historical Perspective 2 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 5 1054
14,000 years ago, the most powerful solar storm ever recorded hit Earth. 'This event establishes a new worst-case scenar 4 nitpicked May 2025 May 2025 8 1245
Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' 5 nitpicked May 2025 May 2025 32 1983
Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' 0 nitpicked May 2025 May 2025 2 664
What scientists have learned from Mount St. Helens' devastating eruption, 45 years later 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 May 2025 13 1093
Your Brain: Who's in Control? Full Documentary NOVA PBS 2 Uncle Joe May 2025 May 2025 12 1118
The film version of Michael Frayn's "Copenhagen" can be watched on line for free. 4 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 5 1141
This 200-Year-Old Lighter Ignites Without a Spark 8 sl8 May 2025 May 2025 12 2056
Living beings emit a faint light that extinguishes upon death, according to a new study 5 erronis May 2025 May 2025 19 1574
Mars: A Study in Blue (APOD) 0 SorellaLaBefana May 2025 May 2025 2 657
There's likely a test. Would you really want to know the result? 9 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 13 1967

Science Continued...

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Very different mammals follow the same rules of behavior: Research hints at an underlying architecture 6 erronis May 2025 May 2025 7 1459
Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon? 1 k_buddy762 May 2025 May 2025 2 714
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 k_buddy762 May 2025 May 2025 0 393
Hmm...Anyone with enough chemistry kmowledge to guess why some scientists think Mars water broke down into.... 12 electric_blue68 May 2025 May 2025 2 2040
Scientists hail new 'industrially viable technology' that can squeeze hydrogen from seawater 9 Caribbeans May 2025 May 2025 2 1580
Another view of our Home from Gaia: This from the Top Down (APOD) 2 SorellaLaBefana May 2025 May 2025 11 1086
Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon? 1 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 6 716
Have astronomers found Planet Nine? 2 William Seger May 2025 May 2025 12 1110
Earliest-known 'reptile' footprints discovered by amateur fossil hunters in Victoria 0 canetoad May 2025 May 2025 7 935
The Biggest Chemical Cover-up in History - Veritasium (teflon and "forever chemicals") 1 sl8 May 2025 May 2025 7 1320
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 sl8 May 2025 May 2025 1 493
Chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds 0 Jilly_in_VA May 2025 May 2025 10 894
Flamingos Make Tiny Tornadoes In Water To Trap Their Prey 1 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 8 861
JWST Captures Jupiter's Auroras 'Fizzing And Popping With Light' 0 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 6 712
Chimpanzees are practising first aid--and not just on themselves 0 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 20 1142
Brain activity of slumbering bees may inform human sleep and memory disorders 0 erronis May 2025 May 2025 4 665
Versatile fungi-based living material is tear-resistant and can even be safely eaten 2 erronis May 2025 May 2025 7 1008
Stepping Way Back from how our World is seen: Our Galaxy from the outside on the side (APOD) 3 SorellaLaBefana May 2025 May 2025 32 1858
Parrot-to-Parrot Video Calls 9 CloudWatcher May 2025 May 2025 10 1659
First surface rupture ever filmed..3.28.25. Seeing the Earth moving in different directions 3 Demovictory9 May 2025 May 2025 29 2828
Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought 9 erronis May 2025 May 2025 13 1773
Wily parasite kills human cells and wears their remains as disguise 3 erronis May 2025 May 2025 8 1121
Eric Topol: *multiple* studies show a relationship between shingles vaccine and reduced dementia 3 scipan May 2025 May 2025 4 972
A Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Back to Earth After Being Stuck in Orbit for 53 Years - Smithsonian Magazine 11 Rhiannon12866 May 2025 May 2025 17 2312
Origins of language: Wild chimps mirror linguistic structures in human language 0 Jim__ May 2025 May 2025 6 879
'Big One' coupled with rising ocean could leave many in Northwest living in flood zones, study finds 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 May 2025 4 866
Would a musical triangle of any other shape sound as sweet? -- phys.org 3 erronis May 2025 May 2025 7 1022
Mile-wide underwater volcano ready to erupt off the West Coast 6 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 May 2025 18 1846
Journal investigating placebo effect study following Retraction Watch inquiry 0 erronis May 2025 May 2025 4 836
'The parasite was in the driver's seat' 7 Bayard May 2025 May 2025 9 1899

Science Continued...

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Rare genetic mutation lets some people thrive on just 4 hours of shut-eye 5 milestogo May 2025 May 2025 7 1298
Prescription Drug Combinations May Slow Alzheimer's, Study Suggests 1 Bayard May 2025 May 2025 13 1137
And the winner of this year's 'Dance Your Ph.D.' contest is 4 cbabe May 2025 May 2025 8 1051
The History behind Hyper-Catalan Series Solutions to Polynomial Equations -- with Dean Rubine 2 xocetaceans May 2025 May 2025 4 842
New study shows that birds form bonds that look a lot like friendship 2 erronis May 2025 May 2025 6 947
After 856 'Snake Bites', Man's Blood Could Unlock Universal Antivenom 5 Ponietz May 2025 May 2025 10 1313
Lianas are taking over the rainforests, and it's visible from space -- phys.org 1 erronis May 2025 May 2025 12 1172
Dimension 126 Contains Strangely Twisted Shapes, Mathematicians Prove -- Quanta Magazine 1 erronis May 2025 May 2025 8 1080
Possible evidence found of cuttlefish waving to each other as a form of communication 1 erronis May 2025 May 2025 3 804
New quantum theory of gravity developed 1 jgo May 2025 May 2025 10 1314
Huge fossilised claws discovered by scientists belong to mysterious new species 8 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 32 1999
Who is Nancy Grace Roman? 0 turbinetree May 2025 May 2025 17 854
New theory about spinning universe could be the answer to "Hubble tension" 1 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 7 841
Scientists Direct Cyborg Cicadas to Play a Horrendous Droning Rendition of "Pachelbel's Canon" 4 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 2 1194
Cell division myths busted: What we've taught for 100 years is wrong 2 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 11 1139
New data from NASA's Juno mission shows winds beneath Jupiter and Io surfaces 1 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 4 837
More people are permanently changing their eye color. How risky is it? 4 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 4 1074
Surprisingly simple method makes a low-cost, tuneable liquid lens 0 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 4 707
New research traces heavy elements to collapsing stars 1 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 4 657
Mobi & Kisumu: A Silverback's Gentle Love for His Daughter 4 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 May 2025 23 1644
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