The Moon is airless, radiation-drenched and can swing from about minus 173 to plus 127 degrees Celsius, yet NASA-led modelling found that some common Earth fungi and bacteria—from human skin, soil and damp bathrooms—could survive dormant for we - Space Daily
Space Daily Sep 11

The Moon is airless, radiation-drenched and can swing from about minus 173 to plus 127 degrees Celsius, yet NASA-led modelling found that some common Earth fungi and bacteria—from human skin, soil and damp bathrooms—could survive dormant for we - Space Daily

A NASA-led model identifies cold lunar south-pole shadows where terrestrial fungi and bacteria may remain dormant for da...

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"The more aroused the fly is the harder it tries to shoot" - Google's fully mapped fly brain is now playing Doom, Beat Saber, and more - Eurogamer.net
Eurogamer.net Sep 11

"The more aroused the fly is the harder it tries to shoot" - Google's fully mapped fly brain is now playing Doom, Beat Saber, and more - Eurogamer.net

What do you do with a simulated fly brain? Make it play Doom and Beat Saber, of course....

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The sun may once have swallowed a super-Earth planet and could still be hiding the evidence - Space
Space.com Sep 11

The sun may once have swallowed a super-Earth planet and could still be hiding the evidence - Space

"A super-Earth could have formed and migrated into the young sun."...

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Why Do These Fossil Shells Flip Their Spirals Every Few Millennia? - Quanta Magazine
Quanta Magazine Sep 11

Why Do These Fossil Shells Flip Their Spirals Every Few Millennia? - Quanta Magazine

The mystery of the flipping foraminifera may conceal a rarely observed evolutionary process playing out across the plane...

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New analysis reconstructs the dawn of dinosaurs and other reptiles - Phys.org
Phys.Org Sep 11

New analysis reconstructs the dawn of dinosaurs and other reptiles - Phys.org

About 252 million years ago, at the end of the Permian Period, a large proportion of species on Earth rapidly became ext...

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What happens when quantum mechanics and relativity meet? - Ars Technica
Ars Technica Sep 11

What happens when quantum mechanics and relativity meet? - Ars Technica

Experiment put atoms in a superposition of trajectories to find out....

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Modern humans interbred with Neanderthals before they disappeared, and most people of non-African ancestry still carry roughly 1 to 4 percent Neanderthal DNA today — meaning part of the human population we once thought we simply replaced never actu - Space Daily
Space Daily Sep 11

Modern humans interbred with Neanderthals before they disappeared, and most people of non-African ancestry still carry roughly 1 to 4 percent Neanderthal DNA today — meaning part of the human population we once thought we simply replaced never actu - Space Daily

The fossil record suggested modern humans simply wiped out their evolutionary cousins, but genetic evidence now reveals ...

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The 'American Cheetah' Was Actually a Different Animal All Along - ScienceAlert
ScienceAlert Sep 11

The 'American Cheetah' Was Actually a Different Animal All Along - ScienceAlert

The Ice Age movies get one major thing right: Climate shifts and glaciation caused profound animal migrations and evolut...

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Dinosaur fossil found deep underground in drill core in northern China - The Star
The Star Online Sep 11

Dinosaur fossil found deep underground in drill core in northern China - The Star

BEIJING: Scientists have discovered a dinosaur fossil buried hundreds of metres underground, not at a traditional excava...

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Scientists find signs of extreme aging and youth in the same 117-year-old - Science Daily
Science Daily Sep 11

Scientists find signs of extreme aging and youth in the same 117-year-old - Science Daily

A remarkably detailed study of Maria Branyas, who lived past 117, reveals that extreme longevity may involve both intens...

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We thought the Universe was the same everywhere. But it turns out it could be much stranger than we'd imagined - BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Skyatnightmagazine.com Sep 11

We thought the Universe was the same everywhere. But it turns out it could be much stranger than we'd imagined - BBC Sky at Night Magazine

We assume the Universe looks broadly the same no matter where you are or which way you look. A study is throwing that as...

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Astronomers used 69 fast radio bursts as cosmic backlights to complete the clearest census yet of the universe’s missing ordinary matter, finding that roughly 76% resides as extremely diffuse ionized gas in the vast spaces between galaxies — while only 9% re - Space Daily
Space Daily Sep 11

Astronomers used 69 fast radio bursts as cosmic backlights to complete the clearest census yet of the universe’s missing ordinary matter, finding that roughly 76% resides as extremely diffuse ionized gas in the vast spaces between galaxies — while only 9% re - Space Daily

A 69-burst analysis estimates that 76% of ordinary matter lies in diffuse intergalactic gas, with 15% in galactic halos ...

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A 14-year-old in New York folded 54 variations of the same origami crease pattern and stacked dumbbells on them to see which collapsed — the winning fold held more than 9,000 times its own weight, the design is aimed at flat-pack disaster shelters, and it to - Space Daily
Space Daily Sep 11

A 14-year-old in New York folded 54 variations of the same origami crease pattern and stacked dumbbells on them to see which collapsed — the winning fold held more than 9,000 times its own weight, the design is aimed at flat-pack disaster shelters, and it to - Space Daily

A teenager's systematic crushing of folded paper revealed an origami design that could revolutionize emergency sheltersďż˝...

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After more than 50 years, a solar telescope in New Mexico is being pulled down, after liquid mercury from the bearing that let its 250-ton optical system turn was found inside the tower. Crews found the metal on January 5. - Space Daily
Space Daily Sep 11

After more than 50 years, a solar telescope in New Mexico is being pulled down, after liquid mercury from the bearing that let its 250-ton optical system turn was found inside the tower. Crews found the metal on January 5. - Space Daily

A half-century-old innovation—liquid mercury that let a massive telescope glide frictionlessly—has become an environ...

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Can You Draw a T. Rex Correctly? - nationalgeographic.com
National Geographic Sep 11

Can You Draw a T. Rex Correctly? - nationalgeographic.com

Over the last 25 years, a pair of professors have collected thousands of students' drawings trying to accurately depict ...

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First-ever adult Tyrannosaurus rex trackway discovered in North Dakota badlands - Valley News Live
Valley News Live Sep 10

First-ever adult Tyrannosaurus rex trackway discovered in North Dakota badlands - Valley News Live

Paleontologists have discovered the first known trackway made by a full-grown Tyrannosaurus rex in Western North Dakota....

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Exceptionally Preserved Bird Feathers Found in 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Coprolite - Sci.News
Sci.news Sep 10

Exceptionally Preserved Bird Feathers Found in 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Coprolite - Sci.News

Paleontologists in Montana have discovered remarkably preserved feathers of an ancient aquatic bird inside a fossilized ...

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Abcnews.com Sep 10

10,000-year-old fossilized mastodon found in creek - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

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Scientists Tried Recreating Uranian and Neptunian Ice. Here’s What Happened - Gizmodo
Gizmodo.com Sep 10

Scientists Tried Recreating Uranian and Neptunian Ice. Here’s What Happened - Gizmodo

When you crank up the temperature and pressure, ice gets really wonky....

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On the night of May 18–19, 1910, Earth passed through the tail of Halley’s Comet, three months after astronomers detected the poisonous gas cyanogen within it. Sensational reports helped entrepreneurs sell anti-comet pills, mouth inhalers and even comet in - Space Daily
Space Daily Sep 10

On the night of May 18–19, 1910, Earth passed through the tail of Halley’s Comet, three months after astronomers detected the poisonous gas cyanogen within it. Sensational reports helped entrepreneurs sell anti-comet pills, mouth inhalers and even comet in - Space Daily

Halley’s poisonous cyanogen was detectable but harmlessly dilute, while the 1910 tail crossing created a market for pi...

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Cat With Smushed Ears From Life On The Streets Just Wants A Family To Love Him - The Dodo
Thedodo.com Sep 10

Cat With Smushed Ears From Life On The Streets Just Wants A Family To Love Him - The Dodo

He's a survivor....

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Europe will go it alone on Venus mission after NASA yanks radar instrument - Ars Technica
Ars Technica Sep 10

Europe will go it alone on Venus mission after NASA yanks radar instrument - Ars Technica

Europe is looking inward, and perhaps to China, as the White House tries to cancel some NASA partnerships....

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Google News Sep 10

Humanity’s 3rd Visit to Mercury Kicks Off with the Successful Arrival of BepiColombo Mission - Good News Network

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A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived - NPR
NPR Sep 10

A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived - NPR

An extremely well preserved fossil feather could reveal why some birds survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid, and other...

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