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RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals 7 douglas9 May 28 May 29 15 1073

A wireless forehead e-tattoo for mental workload estimation -- Cell Press / Device 8 erronis May 29 May 29 4 821

Spiral Galaxy UGC 10214 1 BootinUp May 28 May 29 11 595

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How Paradoxical Questions and Simple Wonder Lead to Great Science 1 erronis May 28 May 28 5 517

In nature's math, freedoms are fundamental 0 erronis May 28 May 28 6 443

Bedbugs may have been one of the first urban pests 0 Onthefly May 28 May 28 4 448

Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 28 May 28 9 723

The Chemistry of Antihydrogen. 2 NNadir May 27 May 28 5 667

'Raindrops in the sun's corona': New adaptive optics shows stunning details of our star's atmosphere 1 erronis May 27 May 27 10 691

The Dark Universe: Why we're about to solve the biggest mystery in science 1 Judi Lynn May 26 May 26 11 638

The Dark Universe: Why we're about to solve the biggest mystery in science 2 Judi Lynn May 26 May 26 3 500

An Important Force of the Universe Appears to Be Changing, Scientists Find 1 Judi Lynn May 26 May 26 20 982

"We've Got a New Mystery on Our Hands": Scientists Stumped by Unexplained Motion in Titan's Atmosphere 2 Judi Lynn May 26 May 26 10 755

Scientists Develop Infrared Contacts That Enable Sci-Fi-Style Night Vision--Even With Eyes Closed 1 Judi Lynn May 26 May 26 2 515

Expert urges calm over mosquito disease found in UK 0 Judi Lynn May 26 May 26 3 476

The Joys of Being Wrong, the diligence of DUer "SunSeeker", and the Elimination of the Penny 4 Bernardo de La Paz May 26 May 26 5 792

Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test 3 sl8 May 25 May 26 8 592

'Very odd' 40-foot-long marine reptile stalked prehistoric Canada 0 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 9 591

Forests "Talk" Before a Solar Eclipse: Study Reveals Mysterious Electrical Communication 4 erronis May 25 May 25 24 888

Capuchins have started abducting newborn howler monkeys in bizarre, deadly fad 2 Bayard May 23 May 25 6 651

Forgotten Turing treasure trove rescued from attic goes under the hammer 3 erronis May 24 May 24 14 717

Niels helping Niels. 2 NNadir May 24 May 24 5 617

URGENT science need in Oklahoma 2 TheGreatConspiracy May 23 May 23 5 719

Hospital superbug can feed on medical plastic, first-of-its-kind study reveals 3 Bayard May 23 May 23 9 749

Welcome to the Spectrogram! 4 littlemissmartypants May 22 May 23 4 627

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Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed 11 erronis May 22 May 23 27 1920

NASA has made it official - the James Webb Space Telescope has detected water outside of Earth 3 Bayard May 22 May 22 26 1308

Farewell to Koalas 3 Bayard May 22 May 22 19 979

Space photo of the week: Record-breaking James Webb telescope image captures 1,678 galaxy groups at once 4 Judi Lynn May 4 May 22 12 845

Giant 'white streak' appears over multiple US states as Chinese rocket dumps experimental fuel in space 3 milestogo May 22 May 22 13 907

China's Tiangong space station has some bacteria that are unknown to science 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 21 May 22 5 821

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Watch This Robot Solve a Rubik's Cube in 0.1 Seconds -- It's a Guinness World Record 2 erronis May 21 May 21 9 1117

This Tiny Robot Can Jump 10 Feet High - Without Legs 0 erronis May 21 May 21 6 562

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 21 3 791

Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year 1 k_buddy762 May 21 May 21 4 433

Favorite Neurotransmitter/Peptide (Poll) 12 mr715 May 20 May 20 4 1250

Celebrating the Birth Centenary of Quantum Mechanics: A Historical Perspective 2 NNadir May 18 May 19 5 663

14,000 years ago, the most powerful solar storm ever recorded hit Earth. 'This event establishes a new worst-case scenar 4 nitpicked May 19 May 19 8 846

Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' 5 nitpicked May 19 May 19 32 1520

Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' 0 nitpicked May 19 May 19 2 415

What scientists have learned from Mount St. Helens' devastating eruption, 45 years later 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 18 May 18 13 764

Your Brain: Who's in Control? Full Documentary NOVA PBS 2 Uncle Joe May 18 May 18 12 792

The film version of Michael Frayn's "Copenhagen" can be watched on line for free. 4 NNadir May 15 May 17 5 704

This 200-Year-Old Lighter Ignites Without a Spark 8 sl8 May 17 May 17 12 1395

Living beings emit a faint light that extinguishes upon death, according to a new study 5 erronis May 17 May 17 19 979

Mars: A Study in Blue (APOD) 0 SorellaLaBefana May 17 May 17 2 405

There's likely a test. Would you really want to know the result? 9 NNadir May 16 May 16 13 1325

Very different mammals follow the same rules of behavior: Research hints at an underlying architecture 6 erronis May 16 May 16 7 965

Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon? 1 k_buddy762 May 16 May 16 2 437

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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 15 May 16 2 1169

Scientists hail new 'industrially viable technology' that can squeeze hydrogen from seawater 9 Caribbeans May 15 May 15 2 889

Another view of our Home from Gaia: This from the Top Down (APOD) 2 SorellaLaBefana May 13 May 15 11 663

Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon? 1 Judi Lynn May 14 May 15 6 466

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Have astronomers found Planet Nine? 2 William Seger May 15 May 15 12 793

Earliest-known 'reptile' footprints discovered by amateur fossil hunters in Victoria 0 canetoad May 14 May 14 7 541

The Biggest Chemical Cover-up in History - Veritasium (teflon and "forever chemicals") 1 sl8 May 14 May 14 7 883

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Chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds 0 Jilly_in_VA May 14 May 14 10 418

Flamingos Make Tiny Tornadoes In Water To Trap Their Prey 1 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 8 491

JWST Captures Jupiter's Auroras 'Fizzing And Popping With Light' 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 6 433

Chimpanzees are practising first aid--and not just on themselves 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 20 907

Brain activity of slumbering bees may inform human sleep and memory disorders 0 erronis May 13 May 13 4 397

Versatile fungi-based living material is tear-resistant and can even be safely eaten 2 erronis May 13 May 13 7 637

Stepping Way Back from how our World is seen: Our Galaxy from the outside on the side (APOD) 3 SorellaLaBefana May 12 May 13 32 1410

Parrot-to-Parrot Video Calls 9 CloudWatcher May 12 May 12 10 985

First surface rupture ever filmed..3.28.25. Seeing the Earth moving in different directions 3 Demovictory9 May 12 May 12 29 2308

Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought 9 erronis May 12 May 12 13 1126

Wily parasite kills human cells and wears their remains as disguise 3 erronis May 12 May 12 8 770

Eric Topol: *multiple* studies show a relationship between shingles vaccine and reduced dementia 3 scipan May 11 May 12 4 584

A Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Back to Earth After Being Stuck in Orbit for 53 Years - Smithsonian Magazine 11 Rhiannon12866 May 2 May 11 17 1374

Origins of language: Wild chimps mirror linguistic structures in human language 0 Jim__ May 9 May 9 6 518

'Big One' coupled with rising ocean could leave many in Northwest living in flood zones, study finds 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 7 May 9 4 520

Would a musical triangle of any other shape sound as sweet? -- phys.org 3 erronis May 6 May 9 7 630

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