Earth Had a Tiny Second Moon for a Few Months. It Might Be A Chunk of the Moon
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A Gas Giant 500 Light-Years Away Has the Fastest Winds Ever Recorded: A Staggering 33,000 km/h
The fastest planetary winds ever found are tearing across a distant gas giant.
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Researchers made an AI feel pain, because what could go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong with giving machines a taste of suffering? It's not like they'd take over the world...
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Machine learning is bringing back an infamous pseudoscience used to fuel racism
The pseudoscientific practice of physiognomy, dismissed as junk science centuries ago, is seeing a high-tech revival.
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Florida man on “carnivorous diet” starts oozing cholesterol through his hands
The man was eating copious amounts of butter, cheese, and meat.
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Early cosmic explosions may have filled the young universe with water
Young supernovas could have spread water out into the cosmos, causing planet formations earlier than originally thought.
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The Numbers Behind Ancient Rome: Stats that Define *the* Supercity of the Ancient World
Ancient Rome achieved urban milestones centuries ahead of its time, with innovations like shopping malls, public welfare, and even the...
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The Rule of 72: The Simple Math Behind Doubling Your Money
This quick mental calculation can reveal the power of compounding interest.
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Fluoride in water doesn’t affect brain development, another study finds
A study out of Australia finds, again, that fluoride in water is not linked to lower IQ.
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Women Didn’t Live Longer Than Men in Medieval Times. Here’s Why
Bones tell the story of gender and survival in Medieval London.
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The Growing Menace of Space Junk: How a Minefield of Orbiting Debris Threatens Our Future in Space
Low-orbit Earth could become inoperable for spacecraft and satellites if this complacency persists, with dire consequences.
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Real Vs Artificial Christmas Tree: What the science says
The Great Christmas Tree Debate: Real or Artificial — Which is Better for the Planet? The answer is not as...
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Who Invented Russian Roulette? How a 1937 Short Story Sparked the Deadliest “Game” in Pop Culture
Russian Roulette is deadly game that likely spawned from a work of fiction.
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IS AI making us dumb and destroying our critical thinking?
AI is saving money, time, and energy but in return it might be taking away one of the most precious...
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Scientists discover a third type of magnetism that could make some electronics 1,000 times faster
Altermagnetism could transform electronics, offering faster, more efficient, and sustainable alternatives to traditional magnetic materials.
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An Anthropologist Spent 5 Years Infiltrating the Secret World of ‘Broscience’ and Steroid Use. Here’s What She Learned
An Australian researcher went undercover to learn more about how Broscience experiments with dangerous drugs — and found a surprising...
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Curiosity Rover Uncovers 3.7-Billion-Year-Old Ripples That Suggest Mars Once Had Ice-Free Lakes
Ancient ripples suggest a warmer, wetter past for the Red Planet that supported open water on its surface.
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Climate heating is killing the young, not the oldest
Young, healthy, and physiologically robust? That might not be enough to survive extreme heat.
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Seemingly sudden earthquakes may be preceded by a slow creep. Could this be the key to earthquake prediction?
Scientists have discovered a subtle, slow-moving creep in lab experiments that could hold the key to predicting catastrophic earthquakes before...
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Fluoride in water doesn’t affect brain development, another study finds
A study out of Australia finds, again, that fluoride in water is not linked to lower IQ.
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From the vault: Watch the world’s toughest security barrier destroy a speeding truck
At a Texas testing ground, a 15,000-pound truck slammed into a steel barrier at 50 mph—and lost the fight.
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Who Invented Russian Roulette? How a 1937 Short Story Sparked the Deadliest “Game” in Pop Culture
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Astronomers thought mini-Neptunes had atmospheres with water or hydrogen. This one has neither
Shrouded in haze and mystery, GJ 1214b has finally begun to reveal its secrets.
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