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Kai Bird at the Institute of Advanced Study Interviewed About of his Book on Oppenheimer 0 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 3 754
Hybrid termite colonies confirmed in Florida, raising concerns over spread and damage 4 DBoon May 2025 May 2025 8 1368
RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals 7 douglas9 May 2025 May 2025 15 1825
A wireless forehead e-tattoo for mental workload estimation -- Cell Press / Device 8 erronis May 2025 May 2025 4 1591
Spiral Galaxy UGC 10214 1 BootinUp May 2025 May 2025 11 986
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How Paradoxical Questions and Simple Wonder Lead to Great Science 1 erronis May 2025 May 2025 5 901
In nature's math, freedoms are fundamental 0 erronis May 2025 May 2025 6 768
Bedbugs may have been one of the first urban pests 0 Onthefly May 2025 May 2025 4 861
Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 May 2025 9 1110
The Chemistry of Antihydrogen. 2 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 5 1107
'Raindrops in the sun's corona': New adaptive optics shows stunning details of our star's atmosphere 1 erronis May 2025 May 2025 10 1092
The Dark Universe: Why we're about to solve the biggest mystery in science 1 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 11 1004
The Dark Universe: Why we're about to solve the biggest mystery in science 2 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 3 912
An Important Force of the Universe Appears to Be Changing, Scientists Find 1 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 20 1393
"We've Got a New Mystery on Our Hands": Scientists Stumped by Unexplained Motion in Titan's Atmosphere 2 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 10 1238
Scientists Develop Infrared Contacts That Enable Sci-Fi-Style Night Vision--Even With Eyes Closed 1 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 2 942
Expert urges calm over mosquito disease found in UK 0 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 3 774
The Joys of Being Wrong, the diligence of DUer "SunSeeker", and the Elimination of the Penny 4 Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 May 2025 5 1495
Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test 3 sl8 May 2025 May 2025 8 1098
'Very odd' 40-foot-long marine reptile stalked prehistoric Canada 0 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 9 953
Forests "Talk" Before a Solar Eclipse: Study Reveals Mysterious Electrical Communication 4 erronis May 2025 May 2025 24 1420
Capuchins have started abducting newborn howler monkeys in bizarre, deadly fad 2 Bayard May 2025 May 2025 6 1141
Forgotten Turing treasure trove rescued from attic goes under the hammer 3 erronis May 2025 May 2025 14 1281
Niels helping Niels. 2 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 5 1463
URGENT science need in Oklahoma 2 TheGreatConspiracy May 2025 May 2025 5 1118

Science Continued...

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Hospital superbug can feed on medical plastic, first-of-its-kind study reveals 3 Bayard May 2025 May 2025 9 1317
Welcome to the Spectrogram! 4 littlemissmartypants May 2025 May 2025 4 1203
Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed 11 erronis May 2025 May 2025 27 3043
NASA has made it official - the James Webb Space Telescope has detected water outside of Earth 3 Bayard May 2025 May 2025 26 2082
Farewell to Koalas 3 Bayard May 2025 May 2025 19 1611
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 1488
Giant 'white streak' appears over multiple US states as Chinese rocket dumps experimental fuel in space 3 milestogo May 2025 May 2025 13 1510
China's Tiangong space station has some bacteria that are unknown to science 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 May 2025 5 1788
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Bayard May 2025 May 2025 0 582
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 1705
This Tiny Robot Can Jump 10 Feet High - Without Legs 0 erronis May 2025 May 2025 6 1467
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 1359
Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year 1 k_buddy762 May 2025 May 2025 4 831
Favorite Neurotransmitter/Peptide (Poll) 12 mr715 May 2025 May 2025 4 3005
Celebrating the Birth Centenary of Quantum Mechanics: A Historical Perspective 2 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 5 1159
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 1369
Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' 5 nitpicked May 2025 May 2025 32 2132
Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' 0 nitpicked May 2025 May 2025 2 718
What scientists have learned from Mount St. Helens' devastating eruption, 45 years later 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 May 2025 13 1173
Your Brain: Who's in Control? Full Documentary NOVA PBS 2 Uncle Joe May 2025 May 2025 12 1219
The film version of Michael Frayn's "Copenhagen" can be watched on line for free. 4 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 5 1254
This 200-Year-Old Lighter Ignites Without a Spark 8 sl8 May 2025 May 2025 12 2251
Living beings emit a faint light that extinguishes upon death, according to a new study 5 erronis May 2025 May 2025 19 1728
Mars: A Study in Blue (APOD) 0 SorellaLaBefana May 2025 May 2025 2 726
There's likely a test. Would you really want to know the result? 9 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 13 2187
Very different mammals follow the same rules of behavior: Research hints at an underlying architecture 6 erronis May 2025 May 2025 7 1621
Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon? 1 k_buddy762 May 2025 May 2025 2 793
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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 2349
Scientists hail new 'industrially viable technology' that can squeeze hydrogen from seawater 9 Caribbeans May 2025 May 2025 2 1817

Science Continued...

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Another view of our Home from Gaia: This from the Top Down (APOD) 2 SorellaLaBefana May 2025 May 2025 11 1198
Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon? 1 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 6 782
Have astronomers found Planet Nine? 2 William Seger May 2025 May 2025 12 1185
Earliest-known 'reptile' footprints discovered by amateur fossil hunters in Victoria 0 canetoad May 2025 May 2025 7 1027
The Biggest Chemical Cover-up in History - Veritasium (teflon and "forever chemicals") 1 sl8 May 2025 May 2025 7 1415
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Chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds 0 Jilly_in_VA May 2025 May 2025 10 1005
Flamingos Make Tiny Tornadoes In Water To Trap Their Prey 1 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 8 940
JWST Captures Jupiter's Auroras 'Fizzing And Popping With Light' 0 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 6 773
Chimpanzees are practising first aid--and not just on themselves 0 Judi Lynn May 2025 May 2025 20 1203
Brain activity of slumbering bees may inform human sleep and memory disorders 0 erronis May 2025 May 2025 4 726
Versatile fungi-based living material is tear-resistant and can even be safely eaten 2 erronis May 2025 May 2025 7 1093
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 1967
Parrot-to-Parrot Video Calls 9 CloudWatcher May 2025 May 2025 10 1833
First surface rupture ever filmed..3.28.25. Seeing the Earth moving in different directions 3 Demovictory9 May 2025 May 2025 29 2949
Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought 9 erronis May 2025 May 2025 13 1977
Wily parasite kills human cells and wears their remains as disguise 3 erronis May 2025 May 2025 8 1218
Eric Topol: *multiple* studies show a relationship between shingles vaccine and reduced dementia 3 scipan May 2025 May 2025 4 1097
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 2599
Origins of language: Wild chimps mirror linguistic structures in human language 0 Jim__ May 2025 May 2025 6 940
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