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The Universe has changed by the time you finish this sentence. 0 BootinUp Apr 3 Apr 3 7 764
PBS Terra: The Cascadia Megaquake Is Inevitable. And It Will Reshape America Forever 1 catbyte Apr 3 Apr 3 32 2314
How Do Snakes 'Stand' Upright Nearly Stick-Straight? New Research Points to How They Pull Off the Gravity-Defying Feat 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 11 909
Watch Unprecedented Footage of Sperm Whales Helping a Newborn Calf Take Its First Breaths 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 14 687
Stunning new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal 'hidden' stars being born 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 11 756
In a First, an Astronomer May Have Witnessed a Comet Stop Its Spin--Then Reverse Its Rotation 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 8 724
'Magic mushroom' may boost brain flexibility for weeks 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 17 974
Thirty previously unpublished verses by Empedocles discovered on a papyrus from Cairo 6 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 52 2066
South Africa's MeerKAT telescope is mapping previously invisible spaces between galaxies - and it's found 60 new cosmic 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 14 878
NASA Artemis II Launch (9min video) - And off to the Moon!! 3 KelleyKramer Apr 1 Apr 1 8 739
Link to NASA feed of Artemis II launch 2 QED Apr 1 Apr 1 9 779
This star-forming galaxy is blowing out powerful winds topping 2 million mph 11 Judi Lynn Apr 1 Apr 1 15 1112
We're about to send people to the moon! 7 lastlib Apr 1 Apr 1 9 955
Scientists Create Plant That Produces Ayahuasca, Shrooms, and Toad Psychedelics All At Once 5 erronis Apr 1 Apr 1 13 920
Who built the Artemis II vehicle? Bezos? 2 question everything Apr 1 Apr 1 0 763
Your WiFi Can See You. Here's How. 0 Uncle Joe Apr 1 Apr 1 14 886
Giant Dragonflies With 2-Foot Wingspans Ruled the Skies 300 Million Years Ago -- But Oxygen May Not Explain Why(Discover) 1 eppur_se_muova Apr 1 Apr 1 4 676
11,000-Year-Old Volcanic Ash Layer Could Rewrite Early Human History in the Americas (Discovermagazine) 0 eppur_se_muova Apr 1 Apr 1 13 734
Forest soil on doormats rebalances urban homes' indoor microbiome, study suggests 3 erronis Mar 31 Mar 31 13 866
Professor Brian Cox: How To Find Your Place In The Universe 0 BootinUp Mar 31 Mar 31 4 808
Rheumatic Fever Is An Autoimmune Syndrome Leading to Heart Disease: Strep Throat and Antibiotic Access. 4 NNadir Mar 28 Mar 31 10 959
In case you want to see just how stupid I look when talking about science.... 4 cab67 Mar 30 Mar 30 5 926
NASA's Lead Electrostatics Scientist claims hes discovered a "new force" that counteracts gravity with no fuel necessary 14 Mr. Sparkle Mar 30 Mar 30 9 1579
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 cab67 Mar 30 Mar 30 5 532
A 1977 Time Capsule, Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder 9 usonian Mar 29 Mar 29 13 1072
Video of Sperm Whale Birth 1 milestogo Mar 29 Mar 29 9 671
The Secret Spy Tech Inside Every Credit Card 3 Uncle Joe Mar 28 Mar 29 19 1368
Scientists Just Broke the Solar Power Limit Everyone Thought Was Absolute 30 erronis Mar 25 Mar 25 86 4633
The Lancet retracts half-century-old unsigned commentary on talc for undisclosed industry ties 0 erronis Mar 25 Mar 25 4 637
Geneva's CERN hails delicate test on transporting antimatter as a scientific success 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 24 Mar 25 7 677

Science Continued...

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90-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals a Fully Grown Dinosaur That Weighed Less Than 2 Pounds (Discovermagazine) 3 eppur_se_muova Mar 24 Mar 24 15 948
Galileo's Handwritten Notes Found in Ancient Astronomy Text 5 GreatGazoo Mar 2 Mar 24 20 1210
Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers 1 nitpicked Mar 24 Mar 24 8 617
Too Late to Apologize! James Webb Telescope New study just made the "crisis in cosmology" WORSE... [View all] 54 Sancho Feb 24 Mar 23 81 7675
Female caribou grow antlers as a built-in postbirthing snack (Scientific American) 6 eppur_se_muova Mar 22 Mar 23 12 905
Energy Department merges nuclear and particle physics programs, unsettling researchers (Science.org) 2 eppur_se_muova Mar 23 Mar 23 8 776
A 25-Inch Crocodile Relative Walked on Two Legs in Late Triassic Forests 225 Million Years Ago (Discovermagazine) 3 eppur_se_muova Mar 22 Mar 23 21 915
A Hidden Fossil Tooth Reveals How a Giant Predatory Fish Attacked a Plesiosaur in Prehistoric Alabama (Discovermagazine) 0 eppur_se_muova Mar 22 Mar 22 11 642
Possible meteorite crashes into Houston area home, officials say 5 question everything Mar 22 Mar 22 14 988
Raccoons solve puzzles for the fun of it, new study finds 3 erronis Mar 9 Mar 22 14 964
The seven hour explosion nobody could explain 1 highplainsdem Mar 21 Mar 21 19 912
Culture Shift - Asimov Press 2 BootinUp Mar 20 Mar 20 10 704
This Paradox Splits Smart People 50/50 3 Uncle Joe Mar 20 Mar 20 7 1261
NASA Confirms Loud Boom Triggered By Asteroid Seen Over At Least 10 States 3 Dulcinea Mar 18 Mar 19 10 924
Interview With A Real Psychopath 2 BootinUp Mar 18 Mar 18 10 1237
A Mind on Strike - Remembering John Nash 2 NNadir Mar 16 Mar 18 5 772
Oldest known whale recording could unlock mysteries of the ocean 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 17 Mar 17 8 660
Sonic boom from a meteor shakes Ohio and Pennsylvania 1 werdna Mar 17 Mar 17 8 738
Brain scans reveal link between thinner brain cortex regions and higher psychopathic traits 8 erronis Mar 15 Mar 17 12 1196
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 NNadir Mar 16 Mar 16 0 368
A Scientist's View of War - StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson 1 BootinUp Mar 13 Mar 16 11 753
The Closest Real Images of Jupiter - What Have We Found? 6 BootinUp Mar 11 Mar 16 44 1854
So I did a thing (new fossil crocodile that ate our ancestors) - 4 cab67 Mar 12 Mar 12 19 922
The Amazing Women Radio Pioneers 0 orangecrush Mar 12 Mar 12 1 577
Artemis II: Nasa targets early April for Moon mission 2 muriel_volestrangler Mar 12 Mar 12 4 654
The Most Isolated Tribe On Earth Has DNA That Changes Human History 10 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 11 Mar 12 19 2289
Why street layouts may matter for aging brains: Brain scans link walkability to memory 2 erronis Mar 11 Mar 11 8 812
Open 3D Human Organ Atlas lets users explore anatomy in unprecedented detail 3 erronis Mar 11 Mar 11 8 943
NASA satellite reentering atmosphere after years in orbit 1 nitpicked Mar 10 Mar 10 3 698
Remote village where people walk on all fours 60 Minutes Australia 11 Uncle Joe Mar 8 Mar 9 5 1716

Science Continued...

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Spectacular fireball over Europe sends meteorite crashing through roof of German home 0 DBoon Mar 9 Mar 9 15 821
What science reveals about polyamorous relationships 0 stopdiggin Mar 8 Mar 8 0 722
Asteroid-Smashing NASA Mission Sped Up Space Rocks' Journey Around the Sun 3 reACTIONary Mar 6 Mar 7 4 834
Dead Reckoning - The Asimov Press 2 BootinUp Mar 7 Mar 7 5 1023
Transplanted neural stem cells help preserve vision in retinal degeneration 0 erronis Mar 7 Mar 7 11 877
Predicting onset of symptomatic Alzheimerʼs disease with plasma p-tau217 clocks 0 BadgerKid Mar 6 Mar 6 6 600
Questions asked by 13 and 14 year old kids at a science lecture yesterday. 8 NNadir Mar 1 Mar 5 75 3460
Did Life Hitch a Ride to Earth? Scientists Smashed the Living Crap Out of Microbes to Find Out 4 highplainsdem Mar 3 Mar 3 7 864
Late scientist's notebooks help finish study of rare 55-million-year-old tarpon fossil 0 erronis Mar 3 Mar 3 10 641
NASA has 'cancelled' the Artemis III moon landing. Here's why 4 nitpicked Mar 3 Mar 3 11 1383
Foundation AI model uses MRI data to predict multiple brain disorders 3 erronis Mar 1 Mar 1 5 804
It doesn't lie. So who are you?' 3 question everything Feb 27 Feb 28 30 1357
World-first supercomputer discovers invisible flaw in all jet engines that no human had spotted 12 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 27 17 2172
Flood Control Monitoring, Homeless People, and Covid Virus Mutant Spike Protein. 0 NNadir Feb 27 Feb 27 4 616
Nasa astronauts' moon mission likely to be delayed due to rocket issue 1 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2026 Feb 27 5 650
Astronomers Wake Up to 800,000 Notifications From a Vera Rubin 8 usonian Feb 27 Feb 27 28 1354
How a one-eyed creature gave rise to our modern eyes 4 erronis Feb 25 Feb 26 16 960
Paediatricians' blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds 1 muriel_volestrangler Feb 25 Feb 25 10 797
The Human Cost of Trump's War on Science 3 douglas9 Feb 23 Feb 24 9 927
How Can Infinity Come in Many Sizes? -- Quanta Magazine 7 erronis Feb 23 Feb 24 13 990
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