Animal genomes follow irreversible 'evolutionary highways' across thousands of species - Phys.org
Phys.Org Aug 22

Animal genomes follow irreversible 'evolutionary highways' across thousands of species - Phys.org

A human, an octopus, and a coral could hardly look more different—yet deep inside their cells, their chromosomes still...

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SpaceX sends 27 Starlink satellites to orbit on 100th Falcon rocket launch of the year (photos) - Space
Space.com Aug 22

SpaceX sends 27 Starlink satellites to orbit on 100th Falcon rocket launch of the year (photos) - Space

Ninety-nine of those 100 have been performed by the company's workhorse Falcon 9 vehicle....

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An Ancient Shark Graveyard Has Been Found in The Egyptian Desert - ScienceAlert
ScienceAlert Aug 22

An Ancient Shark Graveyard Has Been Found in The Egyptian Desert - ScienceAlert

The desert sands of Egypt have been dry for thousands of years....

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Earth's magnetosphere might not protect us from superstorms after all - Phys.org
Phys.Org Aug 22

Earth's magnetosphere might not protect us from superstorms after all - Phys.org

Science seems like a straightforward endeavor. You come up with a hypothesis, collect data to prove or disprove it, and ...

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On this day in space! Aug. 22, 1963: X-15 sets world altitude record - Space
Space.com Aug 22

On this day in space! Aug. 22, 1963: X-15 sets world altitude record - Space

On Aug. 22, 1963, U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Walker flew an X-15 rocket plane higher than any pilot had ever flown befor...

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New book reveals preparations for Trinity nuclear test - Live Science
Live Science Aug 22

New book reveals preparations for Trinity nuclear test - Live Science

An excerpt from "Trinity: An Illustrated History of the World’s First Atomic Test," by author Emily Seyl....

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Trees are connected by fungal threads beneath the soil, trading carbon and chemical signals in ways scientists are still arguing over — including whether a dying tree can pass part of itself into the forest before it goes - Space Daily
Space Daily Aug 22

Trees are connected by fungal threads beneath the soil, trading carbon and chemical signals in ways scientists are still arguing over — including whether a dying tree can pass part of itself into the forest before it goes - Space Daily

Beneath the forest floor, trees may be trading resources and secrets through fungal networks—but scientists are still ...

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I'm 53, and my partner is 29. My recent health crisis brought our age gap to the forefront. - Yahoo
Business Insider Aug 22

I'm 53, and my partner is 29. My recent health crisis brought our age gap to the forefront. - Yahoo

I recently tripped and found I have arthritis in the knee, so my younger partner had to care for me. It made us question...

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A black fungus that thrives in damp bathrooms and has been found aboard the ISS was the toughest organism in NASA's new Moon-survival study — even outperforming a bacterium famous for being one of the most radiation-resistant lifeforms on Earth. - Space Daily
Space Daily Aug 22

A black fungus that thrives in damp bathrooms and has been found aboard the ISS was the toughest organism in NASA's new Moon-survival study — even outperforming a bacterium famous for being one of the most radiation-resistant lifeforms on Earth. - Space Daily

A NASA-led model found shaded lunar south-pole niches where Earth microbes could remain viable for days. Aspergillus nig...

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Meet 11-year-old Atharv Sood, the Indian student credited with three preliminary asteroid detections; How - The Times of India
The Times of India Aug 22

Meet 11-year-old Atharv Sood, the Indian student credited with three preliminary asteroid detections; How - The Times of India

For 11-year-old Atharv Sood, the night sky was once simply a source of wonder. He would spend time observing the Moon, J...

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Does tapping on a soda can really stop it from exploding? - Live Science
Live Science Aug 22

Does tapping on a soda can really stop it from exploding? - Live Science

Many people tap their soda cans to prevent them from fizzing over, but does this technique actually work?...

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All Those Nuclear Tests Decades Ago Have Revealed Something New About Our Planet's Core - ScienceAlert
ScienceAlert Aug 22

All Those Nuclear Tests Decades Ago Have Revealed Something New About Our Planet's Core - ScienceAlert

You probably remember learning about Earth's internal layers when you were a kid in Earth Sciences class: a superhot, so...

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China’s new moon mission could unlock secret of lunar ice: Why that matters - Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera English Aug 22

China’s new moon mission could unlock secret of lunar ice: Why that matters - Al Jazeera

The Chang’e-7 seeks to find out more about the water trapped within the moon’s shadowed craters....

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In 1991, hikers in the Alps found a body melting out of a glacier and called the police, assuming it was a lost mountaineer — it turned out to be a 5,300-year-old man with 61 tattoos, an unfinished bow, and an arrowhead lodged in his shoulder, making his deat - Space Daily
Space Daily Aug 22

In 1991, hikers in the Alps found a body melting out of a glacier and called the police, assuming it was a lost mountaineer — it turned out to be a 5,300-year-old man with 61 tattoos, an unfinished bow, and an arrowhead lodged in his shoulder, making his deat - Space Daily

A prehistoric man's violent death, preserved in ice for five millennia, remains unsolved—and the mystery deepens with ...

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Voyager 2 discovered ten moons when it flew past Uranus in 1986. Nearly 40 years later, James Webb found one it missed: Uranus's 29th known moon, a tiny world only about 10 kilometres wide hiding among the planet's inner moons. - Space Daily
Space Daily Aug 22

Voyager 2 discovered ten moons when it flew past Uranus in 1986. Nearly 40 years later, James Webb found one it missed: Uranus's 29th known moon, a tiny world only about 10 kilometres wide hiding among the planet's inner moons. - Space Daily

Webb's ten long infrared exposures found S/2025 U1 between Ophelia and Bianca, extending a moon census begun by Voyager ...

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Astronomers Discover Rare ‘Mega-Earth’ Exoplanet: Gliese 523b - Sci.News
Sci.news Aug 22

Astronomers Discover Rare ‘Mega-Earth’ Exoplanet: Gliese 523b - Sci.News

Gliese 523b (GJ 523b) is a young, ultra-dense planet that orbits almost perpendicular to its star’s spin, according to...

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A PhD student in Sydney just found a “Rosetta Stone” for years of unexplained radio bursts from the Milky Way: a dead star is stripping material from its companion in a 1.4-hour orbit, giving astronomers their clearest look yet at what produces at least some of t - Space Daily
Space Daily Aug 21

A PhD student in Sydney just found a “Rosetta Stone” for years of unexplained radio bursts from the Milky Way: a dead star is stripping material from its companion in a 1.4-hour orbit, giving astronomers their clearest look yet at what produces at least some of t - Space Daily

ASKAP J1745−5051 links a 1.34497-hour radio pulse to an accreting white dwarf binary, giving astronomers a reference c...

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SciTechDaily Aug 21

Common Supplements Show Antibiotic-Like Benefits Against Severe Gum Disease - SciTechDaily

A study suggests that combining the two compounds with conventional treatment could reduce the need for antibiotics....

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China is about to launch an ambitious moon mission to hunt for ice in one of the solar system’s coldest places - NBC News
NBC News Aug 21

China is about to launch an ambitious moon mission to hunt for ice in one of the solar system’s coldest places - NBC News

China is poised to launch Chang’e-7, its most technologically complex lunar mission to date, ​in search of frozen w...

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68 Strange Things Happening On Earth That Look Almost Too Incredible To Be Real (New Pics) - Bored Panda
Boredpanda.com Aug 21

68 Strange Things Happening On Earth That Look Almost Too Incredible To Be Real (New Pics) - Bored Panda

No matter how well-read or well-traveled you are, you will always learn something new about the world. Even in this day ...

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Hidden Structures in Clouds May Solve a Longstanding Mystery About Rainfall - ScienceAlert
ScienceAlert Aug 21

Hidden Structures in Clouds May Solve a Longstanding Mystery About Rainfall - ScienceAlert

It's well known that where there's smoke there's fire, but did you know that where there's rain there's ice? Or so the c...

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What happens when a galaxy's supermassive black hole turns off? These dying radio galaxies could show us - Space
Space.com Aug 21

What happens when a galaxy's supermassive black hole turns off? These dying radio galaxies could show us - Space

Astronomers have discovered a hitherto unknown population of galaxies with fading radio jets....

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Thunder + fiber-optic cabling used for seismic imaging - Ars Technica
Ars Technica Aug 21

Thunder + fiber-optic cabling used for seismic imaging - Ars Technica

Thunderstorms make seismic waves that can be used to find sub-surface features....

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The Biggest Known Galaxy Is 1.7 Million Light-Years, And We Can't Comprehend The Scale - ScienceAlert
ScienceAlert Aug 21

The Biggest Known Galaxy Is 1.7 Million Light-Years, And We Can't Comprehend The Scale - ScienceAlert

The Universe can pull some wild monkeyshines, especially when it comes to scale....

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