A Jupiter-size planet that escaped its star’s death
WD 1856 b is the only confirmed case of a planet that survived the death of…
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When the ability to smell goes away
About 14 years ago, Chrissi Kelly lost her sense of smell. She had traveled to the…
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Threads of underground fungal networks are long enough to reach beyond the Solar System
The study only covers living arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks, Stewart said, and doesn’t include dead fungal…
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Some ancient microbes frozen with Ötzi the Iceman are still growing
Two mountaineers (one of them Reinhold Messner) with Otzi, Europe’s oldest natural human mummy, in the…
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Grifters, cynics, and true believers: The family tree of vaccine opponents
Stanley Plotkin, 93, was instrumental in developing a number of vaccines over the course of his…
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Artemis II broke Fred Haise’s distance record, but he is happy to pass it on
The bottom line: Astronauts likely won’t exceed Artemis II’s distance from Earth on most lunar landing…
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Great white sharks are overheating
This will disrupt ecosystems as mesotherms are typically apex predators that exert disproportionate control on species…
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Trump proposes steep cut to NASA budget as astronauts head for the Moon
This is not a new idea. After the successful launch of the Artemis II mission this…
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Getting formal about quantum mechanics’ lack of causality
The results were 18 standard deviations away from what you’d expect based on Bell’s theorem, which…
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We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what’s it telling us?
On Monday, a paper announcing that all four DNA bases had been found on an asteroid…
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A unicorn-like Spinosaurus found in the Sahara
But there was one thing that made S. mirabilis different from S. aegyptiacus. The word “mirabilis”…
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Have we leapt into commercial genetic testing without understanding it?
In 2020, a company called Genomic Prediction started offering genomic scores for diabetes, skin cancer, high…
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Under Trump, EPA’s enforcement of environmental laws collapses, report finds
Another signal of declining enforcement: Through September of last year, the EPA issued $41 million in…
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Managers on alert for “launch fever” as pressure builds for NASA’s Moon mission
“Putting crew on the rocket and taking the crew around the Moon, this is going be…
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Embark on a visual voyage of art inspired by black holes
Gamwell sees echoes of Mitchell’s dark stars, for instance, in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “A…
