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Welcome to the Science Group ! (Please read before posting) 0 eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 Jan 2012 18 62378
In a sweet discovery, astronomers find sugar lurking in the space between stars 1 Wicked Blue 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 8 199
Why You Hate Eating Bugs: DNA Reveals a 9,000-Year-Old Legacy 2 erronis Sunday 9 hrs ago 8 515
New Jurassic dinosaur species identified in Thailand 4 KelleyKramer Sunday Sunday 4 279
A Plan to Stop Solar Storms From Sending Us Back to the Stone Age 5 question everything Sunday Sunday 8 377
Scientists have discovered the oldest quasar ever seen, and it shines with the light of a trillion suns 3 KelleyKramer Sunday Sunday 15 464
Edit: He HAS LOST his job for the scale of this retraction. 9 NNadir Thursday Friday 16 1004
How female dolphins know which males to avoid 3 milestogo Wednesday Wednesday 14 707
Underwater Suit-Wearing Cyborg Insect Capable of Hours-Long Diving and Terra-Aqua Travel 6 muriel_volestrangler Wednesday Wednesday 4 530
Free PDF download, neuroanatomy 3 littlemissmartypants Tuesday Wednesday 6 425
Go Dragonfly! To Titan! 1 reACTIONary Tuesday Tuesday 6 457
Gorilla Giggles 3 littlemissmartypants Jun 25 Tuesday 7 756
It's one of the biggest mysteries of the cosmos: What are these little red dots? 4 LymphocyteLover Tuesday Tuesday 7 643
Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately 35 douglas9 Jul 1 Tuesday 62 2582
Planned 1.7 million satellites 'devastating' for astronomy: Study 4 Jim__ Jul 4 Jul 5 12 565
FLASHBACK: Neil deGrasse Tyson on AI, Climate & Conspiracies 0 YoshidaYui Jul 5 Jul 5 3 457
Scientists mull controversial plan to steer hurricanes 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 3 Jul 4 5 464
You can dream while you're awake. The boundary between wakefulness and sleep is a lot blurrier than you'd think 0 erronis Jul 3 Jul 3 5 449
Chinese company unveils humanoid robot to combat loneliness 11 littlemissmartypants Jul 3 Jul 3 7 834
Euclid space telescopes amazing 6-gigapixel glimpse into the centre of our galaxy 1 KelleyKramer Jul 3 Jul 3 18 781
What's Up: July 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA 0 KelleyKramer Jul 3 Jul 3 3 331
What happened this month at European Space Agency (June 2026) 0 KelleyKramer Jul 2 Jul 2 4 399
FAKE paper mill cancer studies GET DOUBLE the number of citations AS GENUINE ONES 1 SorellaLaBefana Jul 2 Jul 2 2 380
Earth's hidden insects: Scientists estimate there could be 20 million species, triple what was thought 5 cbabe Jul 1 Jul 1 10 584
Consciousness: How 'working memory' may mysteriously give rise to it 3 erronis Jun 30 Jun 30 7 595
June's Strawberry Moon is unlike any other full moon. Here's why. 5 milestogo Jun 29 Jun 30 9 736
NASA aims to save a sinking space telescope with a rendezvous in orbit 0 Dulcinea Jun 30 Jun 30 5 451
Researchers identify new superconductors, unlocking process that could yield thousands more 6 OKIsItJustMe Jun 29 Jun 30 8 717
Visualizing the destruction in Ukraine: A years-long project following satellite clues 0 littlemissmartypants Jun 28 Jun 28 6 440
How to See Mars and the 'Seven Sisters Stars' for the Last Time Until 2034 4 SheltieLover Jun 26 Jun 26 9 682

Science Continued...

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31 New Species Discovered in Two Weeks of Deep-Sea Exploration 1 highplainsdem Jun 26 Jun 26 10 669
What if the bacteria living in our digestive tracts could produce compounds that help us live longer? 1 littlemissmartypants Jun 24 Jun 26 6 567
Apes and humans have been sharing a laugh for 15 million years 4 erronis Jun 25 Jun 25 8 693
The 24-hour hotline helping save the world's biggest freshwater fish 1 littlemissmartypants Jun 24 Jun 25 12 626
No one believed it': how a YouTube video accidentally proved Libya's sand cat really does exist 7 littlemissmartypants Jun 24 Jun 24 44 1645
10 Minute Morning Routine That Rewires Your Brain 9 littlemissmartypants Jun 23 Jun 24 26 1530
MIT Explains the 12 Possible Endings for AI 4 Uncle Joe Jun 23 Jun 23 4 1014
Why Communities are Revolting Against Data Centers 4 littlemissmartypants Jun 22 Jun 22 5 707
Interstellar comet may be oldest object seen in our solar system, scientists say 0 muriel_volestrangler Jun 22 Jun 22 6 479
Craving something for dinner? Your mind may be 'tasting' food before you eat it 0 erronis Jun 22 Jun 22 2 426
A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading 1 littlemissmartypants Jun 20 Jun 20 15 748
The Refracting Pool 3 LessAspin Jun 20 Jun 20 8 971
A secretive Chinese probe has just arrived at one of Earth's 'quasi-moons' and will soon attempt a first-of-its-kind lan 5 Judi Lynn Jun 17 Jun 18 14 980
Ancient DNA provides evidence of earliest known plague outbreak 1 muriel_volestrangler Jun 17 Jun 17 5 664
How eight beavers solved a Tube flooding problem engineers have been trying to fix for years (The Independent, 6/14/26) 23 highplainsdem Jun 15 Jun 17 85 2979
A Bill Before Congress to Put the Last Nail in the Coffin of American Science: Write Your Congressperson. 31 NNadir Jun 14 Jun 17 81 3567
Update Further Remarks on the Administration's Efforts to Destroy American Science. Where to Comment. 5 NNadir Jun 16 Jun 17 5 765
A submersible ride revealed a vast whale graveyard. And it holds more than just bones 5 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 14 Jun 15 54 1709
James Webb Space Telescope discovers 'galaxy-killing' wind that may explain why some early galaxies lived f... 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 12 Jun 12 3 660
Prenatal exposure to phthalates is associated with decreased anogenital distance and penile size in male newborns 4 littlemissmartypants Jun 11 Jun 12 12 878
Screwworm in Texas Was Announced June 3 But EUAs Began in August 2025 (?!) 5 GreatGazoo Jun 11 Jun 11 5 909
Welsh scientists create biodegradable plastic from seaweed. . . 2 Stargleamer Jun 7 Jun 11 8 715
Report of gene-edited human embryos sparks worries about the technology's future uses 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 11 Jun 11 2 551
First global map of mycorrhizal fungi reveals true scale of underground networks across the planet 4 erronis Jun 11 Jun 11 13 887
YouTube is a Research Library Here's How to Search It Like One 2 littlemissmartypants May 31 Jun 10 13 1000
Federal science agencies facing a 'generational loss,' nonprofit says 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 10 Jun 10 16 1203
Glucosamine Supplements May Speed Memory Loss from Alzheimer's New Research Suggests 4 GreatGazoo Jun 9 Jun 9 8 1127
Science in a Totalitarian State: This has been tried, and failed, long before MAGA 1 SorellaLaBefana Jun 8 Jun 8 11 623
Science Astronomers are capturing video of a black hole for the first time 0 Jilly_in_VA Jun 7 Jun 7 13 729
Something is jamming GPS over Europe. Here's what we found 2 Uncle Joe Jun 7 Jun 7 11 1048

Science Continued...

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Scientists are creating a new nasal vaccine that may provide antiviral protection. . . 3 Stargleamer Jun 7 Jun 7 11 826
NASA lifts order for International Space Station astronauts to shelter in Dragon spacecraft amid ongoing air leaks 0 Dulcinea Jun 5 Jun 5 1 557
How to Clean Your House Like an Oncologist 4 littlemissmartypants Jun 4 Jun 5 20 1162
'Severe' Northern Lights Alert For 23 States On Thursday And Friday 5 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 4 Jun 4 26 1790
'In an unrecoverable state': NASA confirms MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead after loss of signal behind Mars 6 Eugene Jun 3 Jun 4 8 986
Massive booms shook the East Coast for over 300 years. Scientists finally found the source of the sonic explosions. 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 3 Jun 3 20 1259
How a Richard Feynman formula could explain your dining habits in a new city 3 erronis Jun 2 Jun 2 6 911
Vaccine Shows Promise Against Aggressive Brain Cancer 3 Matthew28 May 30 Jun 2 11 934
Not only is this the first day of Hurricane Season, but it's also Sargassum weed season 3 surfered Jun 1 Jun 1 5 691
Neural correlates of hate 5 littlemissmartypants Jun 1 Jun 1 31 1489
Lets imagine using gene editing in the future in order to allow for the growth of wombs in all biological males. Just t 5 Matthew28 May 30 May 30 2 1193
This Battery Doesn't Need Lithium and It Just Hit Mass Production 2 Uncle Joe May 30 May 30 18 1395
Breaking News: Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes during launch pad testBreaking News: Blue Origin New Glenn rocket e 6 Warpy May 28 May 29 7 1058
NASA's Curiosity rover has found organic molecules on Mars that may be billions of years old 4 Bayard May 28 May 28 12 1077
A physicist made this cool sculpture of an astronaut. 3 BootinUp May 27 May 27 7 881
'Never seen anything like it.' Scientists discover brand new species of octopus. 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 27 May 27 12 1004
Monkey see, monkey do: Study sheds light on cooperative decision-making 0 erronis May 27 May 27 3 542
Nasa unveils next steps to build permanent Moon base 9 Eugene May 26 May 27 2 1036
One of Neptune's 16 moons is not like the others, James Webb telescope finds -- and it could be key to fully understandin 4 Judi Lynn May 22 May 24 15 1097
Physicists confirm 'negative time' is real by asking the atoms themselves 2 Judi Lynn May 21 May 23 11 906
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