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Welcome to the Science Group ! (Please read before posting) 0 eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 Jan 2012 18 59420
A very high temperature thermocouple for measuring temperatures in nuclear fuel pellets. 2 NNadir 7 hrs ago 50 min ago 4 187
Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 4 hrs ago 2 hrs ago 6 233
New water splitting catalyst makes green hydrogen without expensive metals 3 Caribbeans Tuesday 17 hrs ago 5 299
The Deadliest Tsunamis Of All Time Mega Disaster Earth Stories 0 YoshidaYui Tuesday Tuesday 2 316
'Super pod' of 1,500 dolphins captured on drone video as they cavort off California's coast 2 erronis Tuesday Tuesday 10 307
Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 8 nitpicked Tuesday Tuesday 3 424
Scientists stunned to find corals that 'walk' towards light 1 Judi Lynn Monday Monday 4 213
Scientists Unearthed an Unknown Creature with 24 Eyes While Checking the Quality of the Water in a Nature Reserve 11 milestogo Sunday Sunday 10 694
Trump Abruptly Cancels Crucial Science Reviews at NIH, World's Largest Public Funder of Biomedical Research 3 Judi Lynn Saturday Sunday 5 389
Hubble's Photomosaic of Andromeda Galaxy Unveils Hundreds of Millions of Stars 5 Judi Lynn Thursday Sunday 5 365
Scientists discover new, 3rd form of magnetism that may be the 'missing link' in the quest for superconductivity 1 Judi Lynn Thursday Sunday 5 384
The framing of the shrew: California students photograph mammal never caught on film 0 erronis Sunday Sunday 12 357
A Gas Giant 500 Light-Years Away Has the Fastest Winds Ever Recorded: A Staggering 33,000 km/h 4 Judi Lynn Saturday Sunday 4 235
Caltech Scientists Discover the Surprising Speed Limit of Human Thought - Just 10 Bits per Second 0 erronis Sunday Sunday 8 383
Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform 0 sl8 Sunday Sunday 13 380
Astronomers seek global ban on space advertising 3 Judi Lynn Saturday Saturday 6 235
Astronomers Capture Mysterious 'Chorus Waves' Emerging From Deep Space 0 Judi Lynn Saturday Saturday 7 331
Butterfly-inspired robot wings move without batteries or electronics 1 Judi Lynn Saturday Saturday 8 284
Meet The 4 Longest Venomous Snakes. Hint: Mamba And Bushmaster No Longer In Top 3 Due To These 'New' Giants 3 Judi Lynn Saturday Saturday 7 445
AI can now replicate itself -- a milestone that has experts terrified 6 Judi Lynn Saturday Saturday 4 497
A Mother Says an AI Startup's Chatbot Drove Her Son to Suicide. Its Response: the First Amendment Protects "Speech Alleg 2 Judi Lynn Saturday Saturday 3 323
A New Space Telescope is Giving Us New Insights Into Gamma Ray Bursts 0 Judi Lynn Saturday Saturday 3 202
Scientists Document Rich Biodiversity Along Underexplored Chilean Coastline 1 Onthefly Friday Friday 4 246
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Will Detect Millions of Exploding Stars 1 Ptah Friday Friday 2 201
How to make oxygen on the moon 2 muriel_volestrangler Friday Friday 4 310
Current Comet over Chile: *Actually* Visible to Unaided eyes in the Southern Hemisphere 0 SorellaLaBefana Friday Friday 12 384
Trump administration's abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern 7 douglas9 Thursday Thursday 9 533
A Bacterial Protein Can Transport Heavy Highly Radioactive Actinides. 2 NNadir Dec 2023 Thursday 4 1027
'We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars.' President Trump wants astronauts to raise the American flag on Mar 10 Judi Lynn Thursday Thursday 1 314

Science Continued...

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Repeating Fast Radio Burst Traced to Outskirts of Quiescent Elliptical Galaxy 0 Judi Lynn Thursday Thursday 10 394
Earth's History in a few moments 1 YoshidaYui Jan 22 Thursday 9 394
Finland becomes 53rd country to join the Artemis Accords for moon exploration 0 Judi Lynn Thursday Thursday 4 242
Men are getting bigger than women. 1 surfered Jan 21 Thursday 6 532
One hundred years ago, a solar eclipse line of totality cut through NYC. 1 John1956PA Jan 22 Jan 22 6 328
'Contagious' peeing may have deep evolutionary roots, chimp study suggests 3 milestogo Jan 21 Jan 21 2 346
'Big boy' spider becomes Australia's largest and deadliest arachnid after surprise discovery 1 Judi Lynn Jan 20 Jan 20 14 723
Astronomers find hundreds of 'hidden' black holes -- and there may be billions or even trillions more 0 Judi Lynn Jan 20 Jan 20 9 366
Turkey vulture: The bird that vomits acid up to 10 feet and poops antiseptic onto its legs 9 milestogo Jan 19 Jan 19 9 551
Scientists say they found oxygen where it shouldn't be. Now, the hunt is on for more answers 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 18 Jan 19 11 580
Extraordinary images reveal the mysteries of Mars 7 Judi Lynn Jan 17 Jan 19 52 1550
Kilauea volcano enters fourth eruption phase: Watch LIVE 0 Judi Lynn Jan 19 Jan 19 4 433
New solar-powered EV can drive 40 miles daily using the power of the sun -- and it's 50% more efficient than a Tesla 0 Judi Lynn Jan 19 Jan 19 10 419
USGS releases first-ever map of potential for geologic hydrogen in U.S. 4 Caribbeans Jan 18 Jan 18 4 420
The sky is falling: Meteorite strike captured in rare video from Canadian home's doorbell camera 2 cbabe Jan 18 Jan 18 10 533
Argyria: The rare disease that turns people blue 2 Judi Lynn Jan 16 Jan 18 8 573
UW-Madison paleontologists discover oldest dinosaur in North America 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 18 Jan 18 14 380
Moon placed on World Monument Fund list of heritage sites in need of protection 1 Judi Lynn Jan 17 Jan 17 4 255
Schrodinger's Cat breakthrough could usher in the 'Holy Grail' of quantum computing, making them error-proof 0 milestogo Jan 17 Jan 17 11 560
Real-time formation of black hole jets observed for the first time 0 Judi Lynn Jan 17 Jan 17 3 254
'Spooky' quantum entanglement discovered inside individual protons for 1st time ever 0 Judi Lynn Jan 17 Jan 17 5 331
The Science of the Matrix with Laurence Fishburne STARTALK with Neil DeGrasse Tyson 1 YoshidaYui Jan 16 Jan 16 3 323
The Biggest Simulation Ever: Frontier Supercomputer Models the Universe 1 erronis Jan 16 Jan 16 10 407
How Do Octopuses Control 8 Arms? Scientists Discover Strange Segmented Nervous System 3 Judi Lynn Jan 16 Jan 16 17 574
World's tiniest cat was a palm-sized tiddler that lived in China 300,000 years ago 3 Judi Lynn Jan 16 Jan 16 27 1179
"Three Gorges Dam In Space": China Reveals Plans To Build Giant Power Station In Earth's Orbit 2 Judi Lynn Jan 16 Jan 16 4 394
Rare string of 'cosmic pearls' dance together in the universe 0 Judi Lynn Jan 16 Jan 16 8 343
Bill Gates' Terrapower permitted to unleash 345 MW sodium-cooled nuclear reactor 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 15 Jan 15 3 383
Cephalopods Pass Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children 5 Judi Lynn Jan 14 Jan 15 10 619
If you want a brain-aneurysm, watch this. (You have been warned.) 4 DetlefK Jan 12 Jan 14 8 1727

Science Continued...

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Serious Head Trauma May Awaken Dormant Viruses Inside Your Body 0 Judi Lynn Jan 14 Jan 14 3 508
Scientists Drill 1.7 Miles Into Antarctic Ice, Revealing 1.2 Million Years of Climate History 2 Judi Lynn Jan 12 Jan 13 17 770
On a long-dormant pad in Florida, a rocket that could challenge SpaceX's dominance is poised to launch 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 12 Jan 12 4 552
Space photo of the week: The tilted spiral galaxy that took Hubble 23 years to capture 2 Judi Lynn Jan 12 Jan 12 29 948
Scientists propose new method to detect alien civilizations via black holes 3 Judi Lynn Jan 9 Jan 11 9 494
Nanoplastics found to disrupt dopamine system and social adaptation 3 Wicked Blue Jan 9 Jan 10 18 605
Spacecraft buzzes Mercury's north pole and beams back stunning photos 3 Judi Lynn Jan 9 Jan 10 35 1018
We finally know where the Yellowstone volcano will erupt next 2 Judi Lynn Jan 9 Jan 9 6 488
An amateur astronomer used an old technique to study Jupiter -- and found something strange 0 Judi Lynn Jan 9 Jan 9 16 1416
Scientists discover new kind of cartilage that looks like fat-filled 'Bubble Wrap' 1 Judi Lynn Jan 9 Jan 9 5 382
Cybertruck-looking 'mobile aircraft carrier' developed in China can hide away and launch a 2-person flying car 0 Judi Lynn Jan 9 Jan 9 3 400
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Great Science in a Dark Dictatorship: Separation of Americium from Lanthanides. 4 NNadir Jan 5 Jan 9 6 502
The mathematician so strange the FBI thought he was a spy 1 struggle4progress Jan 8 Jan 9 7 669
Aircraft Noise Linked to Serious Heart Problems, Study Finds 1 erronis Jan 8 Jan 8 7 483
Scientists create safer lithium-ion batteries with new material 1 Judi Lynn Jan 8 Jan 8 5 385
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