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Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

Who Knew A.I. Couldn’t Tell Time (For Analog Clocks)??

Gemini 3.0 thinks this is a clock showing the time as 6:04 !?

Firefly Gemini Flash an classic railroad analog clock with time showing 6:04 PM

 

It does know a few times, like “midnight”…

Firefly Gemini Flash an classic railroad analog clock with time showing midnight

 

But when you request “17 minutes after midnight”, you get:

Firefly Gemini Flash an classic railroad analog clock with time showing 17 minutes after midnight

 

Uh Oh: Male Mosquitoes Can Feed on Our Blood, Too

Starlink Rival Launches Its Largest Satellite Yet for Space-Based Cellular Network

‘Zombie Stars’ Might Be a Beacon in Our Search for Dark Matter

NYC Is Getting Hit Hard by the ‘Super Flu’—and the Worst Is Yet to Come

Clouds Are Weirder at the Top Than We Thought

Russia’s Next Space Station Could Reuse Its ISS Parts—Leaks and All

RAM Prices Are So Bad, PC Builders Are Telling Consumers to BYO Memory

Illinois Health Officials Report First Dog Rabies Case in 31 Years

The U.S. Has Officially Banned New, Foreign-Made Drone Models

The Wegovy Weight-Loss Pill Is Officially Here

Ozempic Is Quietly Reshaping Our Shopping Habits

Report: Starship Debris Came Closer to Airplanes Than SpaceX Admits

Proposed Magnetic Cloak Could Make Sensitive Tech Practically Invisible

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(From December 21, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

Emerging ‘Super Flu’ Strain Is Spreading Fast. Here’s What You Need to Know

Eli Lilly’s Experimental Pill Could Help You Ditch GLP-1 Obesity Shots, Trial Finds

A Starlink Satellite Is Tumbling Toward Earth After a Strange Anomaly in Orbit

OpenAI’s Stargate Data Center Approved in Michigan as American Anger Starts to Boil

Moon Race Heats Up as New NASA Chief Pits One Billionaire Against Another

Tech Billionaires Pledge $1 Billion to CERN for Future Circular Collider

Feds Probe Instacart’s Al-Fueled Pricing Experiments on Groceries

Elon Musk Predicts AGI by 2026 (He Predicted AGI by 2025 Last Year)

What Is a Micro RGB TV and Why You’re Gonna See Them Everywhere

Researchers Tested Herpes Drugs for Alzheimer’s. It Backfired

Astronomers May Have Finally Solved the Mystery of These Freaky Blue Cosmic Flashes

Why NASA’s New $4 Billion Telescope Will Stare at Absolutely Nothing

CEOs Want to Keep Pouring Money Into AI, Despite Weak Returns: Survey

Plasma Turbulence Is Doing Surprising Things Inside Fusion Reactors

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(From December 14, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

You Don’t Want to Miss This Year’s Geminid Meteor Shower

Mind-Bending ‘Einstein Cross’ Reveals Ultrabright Supernova From an Unthinkable Distance

Tanning Beds Are Giving Us Skin Cancer Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine

Sam Altman’s Eyeball-Scanning Startup Launches ‘Super App’

China Launches 34,175-Mile AI Network That Acts Like One Massive Supercomputer

Eli Lilly’s Weight Loss Superdrug Worked So Well During Trials, Some Quit Over Losing Too Much

Newly Discovered ‘Hybrid’ Phase of Matter Blurs the Line Between Solid and Liquid

Elon Musk’s Optimus Robot Collapses in a Hilariously Suspicious Way

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Michaela Benthaus will fly to space this Thursday on the New Shepard rocket.

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(From December 7, 2025)

 

 

AI Still Doesn’t Have A Clue What A Yagi Antenna Looks Like:

Firefly_Gemini – A real three element Yagi-Uda antenna that operates on the 40 meter amateur radio band?????

Senators Grill NASA Nominee Over Leaked Plan to Slash Science and Privatize Space

GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Might Have a Side Effect Nobody Expected

Shingles Vaccine Doesn’t Just Lower Dementia Risk, It Could Also Help Treat It

New Baldness Drug Boosted Hair Growth by 539% in Trials

This Telescope’s Final Data Release Just Killed 30 Cosmological Theories

This Might Be the Biggest Thing in the Universe That Spins

Scientists Are Trying to Fix the Worst Sound in the World: the Dentist’s Drill

This Microbe ‘Plays Dead’ in NASA Clean Rooms, and We May Have Sent It to Mars

Flight Radiation Reached 20-Year High During Recent Solar Outburst, Scientists Confirm

Russian Cosmonaut Kicked Off SpaceX Mission Over Alleged National Security Violation

Scientists Created the Blackest Fabric Ever, Then Made a Dress

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Here is the Argonaut patch for their missions. Note the waves on the patch. It spells out LUNA in Morse code.

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(From November 30, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

Get Ready for a Puke-Filled Winter: Norovirus Is Back With a Vengeance

New Evidence Suggests Neanderthals Cannibalized Outsider Women and Children

Chinese Robot Sets Guinness World Record With 66-Mile Walk

Scientists Just Found Another Way Antarctica Is Falling Apart

New View of Iconic Butterfly Nebula Is Shockingly Gorgeous
We’ve Detected Lightning on Mars for the First Time

Controversial New Study Points to the Most Promising Dark Matter Signal Yet

NASA’s $4.5 Billion Starliner Deal With Boeing Cut to Just 4 Flights After Embarrassing Failures

Walgreens Recalls Saline Nasal Spray Over Bacteria Contamination Concerns

A Woman in Thailand Believed to Be Dead Woke up in Her Coffin

Our Solar System Is Moving Faster Than It’s Supposed To, Study Suggests

Ozempic Pill Flops in Major Trials for Alzheimer’s

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(From November 23, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

SpaceX to Tell NASA the Moon Will Have to Wait

SpaceX’s Next-Gen Starship Booster Explodes During Test

Bitcoin Continues Steep Decline, Down 34% Since Early October

A NASA Space Telescope Is Falling Out of the Sky. Can This Startup Save it?

We Finally Know the Birthplace of the Mars-Sized Rock That Spawned Our Moon

Moss Survives 9 Months Outside ISS, Somehow Keeps Growing Once Back on Earth

Yet Another Study Shows That Most Companies Aren’t Making Any Money Off AI

OpenAI Introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teachers’ to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth

New Research Shatters Common Claim About Fluoride and Intelligence

US Approves $1B Loan to Restart Three Mile Island, as Microsoft Data Centers Drive Demand

Tesla Diner Chef and Co-Operator Quits to Open a Jewish Deli

Google CEO Admits ‘Elements of Irrationality’ Have Led to an AI Bubble

Botulism Outbreak Linked to Baby Formula Just Got Even Bigger—Now in 13 States

AI-Powered Teddy Bear Caught Talking About Sexual Fetishes and Instructing Kids How to Find Knives

Ozempic’s Latest Weight Loss Competition Is Like Nothing We’ve Seen Before

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(From November 16, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

NOAA Declares Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Amid Continued Solar Freakouts

A Surprise Flu Variant Threw Off the Vaccine. Get Ready for a Brutal Winter

China’s Stranded Astronauts Return Home, But Its Space Station Crisis Is Far From Over

Man Dies From Burger in First Death Linked to Meat Allergy Spread by Ticks

Oldest RNA Ever Recovered Captures a Woolly Mammoth’s Dying Moments

People With Long Covid Have This Freaky-Looking Thing in Their Blood

NASA’s 230-Foot Antenna Damaged, Further Straining Deep Space Communications

This Engine Sucks Energy From Deep Space Without Leaving the Ground

Congrats, Humanity: We’re on Track for Record CO2 Emissions—Again

Russian Robot Faceplants on Stage During Moscow Showcase

ChatGPT Has Problems Saying No

OpenAI Releases Its ‘More Conversational’ GPT-5.1

America’s Last Penny Is Being Minted Today

This Is What a Star Looks Like Just 26 Hours After It Explodes

That Black Hole Merger That ‘Shouldn’t’ Exist’? Scientists Propose a Wild Explanation

Ozempic’s Surprise Side Effect? Maybe Surviving Cancer

What Would it Take to Convince a Neuroscientist That an AI is Conscious?

The Head of the Cybertruck Program Quit Tesla. The Model Y Leader Left Hours Later*

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This is what the first stage of the New Glenn rocket looks like after landing on the 370 foot long ship named Jacklyn. The first stage is as high as a 19 story building.
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(From November 9, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

The Strongest Geomagnetic Storm of the Year Is Here. Auroras Could Shine in These States

Ozempic Without the Nausea or Vomiting? This Drug Might Help

AI Capabilities May Be Overhyped on Bogus Benchmarks, Study Finds

Behold Helios, the Most Powerful Quantum Computer on the Planet

When Thunderstorms Hit, Asthma Can Become an ER Nightmare

Woman With Rare Condition Has Armpits That Leak Milk

Trump’s Billionaire Pick for NASA Is Back. So What Changed?

Physicists Decode Particle Dance That ‘Kills’ Electrical Conductivity

Elon Musk Wants to Block Out the Sun

Microsoft AI Chief Warns Pursuing Machine Consciousness Is a Gigantic Waste of Time

The Scientists Who Want to Rewire Your Past to Fix the Present

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(From November 2, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

Neo Wants to Usher in the Era of ‘Robotics Slop’

Can SpaceX Deliver Starship On Time for NASA’s 2027 Moon Landing?

Trump’s NASA Chief Hits Back at Kim Kardashian Over Fake Moon Landing Conspiracy

Catching Covid-19 During Pregnancy Could Raise Autism Risk in Children, Study Finds

Swarms of Halloween Fireballs Could Threaten Earth in 2032 and 2036, New Study Warns

75 Years Ago, Mysterious Flashes in the Sky Sparked Rumors of UFOs. Now, Researchers Offer Two Startling Explanations

Tesla Recalls Thousands More Cybertrucks, Is Bad at Gluing Things

NASA’s Supersonic Jet Finally Takes off for Its First Super Fast, Super Quiet Flight

Bezos’s Blue Origin Could Leapfrog SpaceX as NASA’s Lunar Lander Pick for Artemis 3

The NASA Power Struggle Has Reached a Fever Pitch

OpenAI Data Shows Hundreds of Thousands of Users Display Signs of Mental Health Challenges

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NASA wants to beat China to the moon. Lockheed has a solution. All they need is a contract with NASA. Here is their version. It’s less expensive and they could beat China.

The brand new Japan built cargo vehicle HTV X, has docked with the ISS.

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(From October 26, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

AI Assistants Get News Wrong 45% of the Time, Study Finds

Semaglutide Helps Your Heart Even If the Scale Doesn’t Budge, Study Shows

Shingles Shots Don’t Just Prevent Pain—They Might Save Your Life

Betelgeuse’s Newfound Sidekick Is Weirder Than We Thought

NASA Is Losing Faith in SpaceX

Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You

6 Times Einstein Missed the Mark, but Still Changed Physics

SpaceX’s Secret ‘Starshield’ Satellites Caught Using Unauthorized Frequencies
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(From October 19, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

Turns Out Your Lungs Love a Good Sigh, Study Claims

Something Weird Is Happening to Earth’s Magnetic Field

A Staggering Number of Americans Are Now Considered Obese Under New Definition

Chicago’s Famous Rat-Shaped Hole Is Actually a Squirrel

Where Are the Aliens? New Study Suggests They’re Stuck Like Us

Ozempic Might Literally Change How Our Bodies Handle Booze, Study Finds

SpaceX’s Secret ‘Starshield’ Satellites Caught Using Unauthorized Frequencies

Constipated? Here’s What Actually Works, According to Scientists

Where Are the Aliens? New Study Suggests They’re Stuck Like Us

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(From October 12, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

Crucial NASA Science Missions Hang in the Balance As U.S. Government Shutdown Drags On

The Incredible Quantum Mechanics That Helps Power Your Smartphone Just Won a Nobel Prize

Scientists Spot Two Black Holes Caught in a Deadly Orbital Dance for the First Time

Scientists Are Testing a Vaccine for Food Poisoning. It Can’t Come Soon Enough

Scientists Just Solved One of the Most Enduring Mysteries of the Easter Island Statues

Astronomers Are Sounding the Alarm Over Dangerous Space Weather. Are We Prepared?

Primeval Star May Be the Most ‘Pristine’ Object Ever Discovered in the Universe

More Kids Are Dying From Seasonal Flu Than Ever

20 Years Worth of Mars Weather Data Reveals the Red Planet Is Way Windier Than We Thought

So, Is Intel Still Making Graphics Cards?

This New Report Shows Why NASA’s Dependence on Companies Like SpaceX Isn’t Always Such a Great Idea

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(From October 5, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

The Ongoing Measles Outbreak Has Reached a New Peak

4 Dead After Listeria Outbreak Linked to Pasta Sold at Trader Joe’s and Walmart

The Asteroid Belt Is Vanishing

Biologists Turn Skin Cells Into Human Eggs in Groundbreaking Experiment

Physicists Smash Record With Magnetic Field 700,000 Times Stronger Than Earth’s

Scientists Might Be Looking for Consciousness in the Wrong Part of the Brain

NASA Accused of Taking Illegal Steps to Implement Trump’s Budget Proposal

New Discovery Reveals Just How Different the Moon’s Two Sides Really Are

NASA Couldn’t Get Its Rover to the Moon, So Blue Origin Will Do It Instead

Daylight Savings Time Is So Bad, It’s Messing With Our View of the Cosmos

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(From September 28, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

Feds Say Company That Bought RadioShack Was Running $112 Million Ponzi Scheme

This Black Fungus Turns Plastic Waste Into Edible Ingredients

One of These New NASA Astronauts Could Be the First Person to Step on Mars

Cool Chemistry Trick Could Transform Vinegar Into a Powerful Weapon Against Superbugs

SpaceX’s Starship Lunar Lander Could Be ‘Years Late,’ NASA Safety Panel Warns

This Spacecraft Is on a Mission to Hunt Down Space Junk

Why the New Pill to Treat Schizophrenia—the First in 50 Years—Is so Important

An Asteroid Could Smash Into the Moon in 2032. Here’s Why We Should Destroy It

Moon Helium Deal Is the Biggest Space Resource Grab Yet

Daylight Savings Time Is So Bad, It’s Messing With Our View of the Cosmos

Doctors Blame Cannabis for Healthy Woman’s Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Turns Out the First Supermassive Black Holes Weren’t So Supermassive, Research Suggests

Gene Therapy Slows Huntington’s by 75% in ‘Groundbreaking’ Clinical Trial

Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle Is Unbreakable. These Physicists Found a Loophole

First Lunar Crew Since Apollo Could Launch in 4 Months. Seriously?

OpenAI Announces Plans for Five More ‘Stargate’ Data Centers in the US

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(From September 21, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

The Sun Is Entering a New and Unexpected Active Stage

Scientists Find a Tattoo–Cancer Link—But It’s Not What You’d Expect

Russia’s Space Chief Touts ‘Rapid’ Development of Starlink Rival

An Upsetting Number of Americans Are Dying From Alcohol

NASA Mission to Map Sun’s Protective Bubble Could Help Better Predict Dangerous Space Weather

Japan’s Hayabusa2 Is Chasing an Asteroid for a 2031 Landing, but New Data Spells Trouble

Unprecedented ‘Einstein Cross’ Reveals Fifth Ghost Image and a Dark Matter Surprise

Ozempic May Be Less Effective for Emotional Eaters, Study Suggests

Around 90% of an Earthquake’s Energy Doesn’t Do What You Think It Does

Here’s How to Deflect a Dangerous Asteroid Without It Totally Backfiring

Scientists Gather to Confront the Doomsday Risks of ‘Mirror Life’

Farsighted? These Eye Drops Could Eventually Replace Your Reading Glasses

Being Underweight Might Be Deadlier Than Being Overweight

New Nuclear Rocket Concept Could Slash Mars Travel Time in Half

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(From September 14, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

Scientists Finally ‘See’ a Proton Move Through Water, and It Only Took 200 Years

Exxon Says It Invented a New Graphite That Could Boost EV Batteries

Physicists Made a Time Crystal We Can Actually See

Chronic Insomnia Is Bad for the Brain. Like, Really Bad

A 36-Year-Old Woman Developed an Insatiable Craving for Bleach. Scientists Now Know Why

Experimental Cream Could Make ‘Permanent’ Scars a Thing of the Past

LIGO’s Sharpest Detection Yet Confirms Famous Stephen Hawking Theory

U.S. Students Just Scored Their Lowest Marks in History

Cannabis Might Be Messing With Female Fertility

New Bacteria Discovered in Flies Could Sicken Humans

Some Heart Attacks Might Be Triggered by Germs

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(From September 7, 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

LSD Could Offer a Next-Gen Treatment for Anxiety

New Study Upends Origin Theory of Mysterious Interstellar Object

Ozempic Is an ‘Essential’ Drug, WHO Says as Agency Calls for Cheaper Generics

Going to Space Could Make Your Cells Age Faster

‘Sexual Parasite’ Ant Queens Enslave Other Species to Create Cloned Hybrid Workers

U.S. Risks Losing the Moon to China if NASA’s Artemis Program Falters, Experts Tell Senate

Canada’s First Moon Mission to Fly Aboard Firefly Spacecraft

Hydrogen-Powered Plasma Torch Decimates Plastic Waste in a Blink

New York’s ‘Big Bang Machine’ Passes Critical First Test

Motion Sickness Sufferers, Rejoice: Scientists Say This Might Actually Help

This Common Heart Attack Drug May Actually Be Worthless for Most People

Stressed Ice Generates Electricity, Researchers Find

Scientists Pinpoint Cause of Mysterious Electrical Surges on Satellites

Researchers Discover Another Place Where People Live Freakishly Long

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(From August 31 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

Our Best Look Yet at a Solar Flare Reveals the Sun’s Wilder Side

95 People Sickened, 18 Hospitalized After Eating These Recalled Eggs

Satellite Companies Like SpaceX Are Ignoring Astronomers’ Calls to Save the Night Sky

China Just Took the Hunt for Elusive ‘Ghost Particles’ to the Next Level

A Pill to Fight Obesity Is on the Verge of Approval

Stop What You’re Doing and Check if Your Ding Dong Is Moldy

Scientists Uncover Unexpected Connection Between Covid and the Common Cold

A Tiny Diamond Defect Could Be Blocking Fusion Breakthroughs

Flamingoes Can Slow Down Aging—But Only If They Embrace This Lifestyle

In a First, a Human Breathed Using an Implanted Pig Lung

Report: RFK Jr. and Trump to Pull Covid-19 Vaccines ‘Within Months’

Scientists Propose a Smarter Way to Hunt for Alien Radio Signals

LASIK Without Lasers? Scientists May Have Found a Way

Most Powerful Fast Radio Burst Ever Detected Hits Telescopes Across North America

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(From August 24 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

REVEALED – Icom IC-7300MK2! Next Gen IC-7300 w/ HDMI + USB-C

Missouri Man Dies After Water Skiing Leads to Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection

Plague Case Confirmed Near Lake Tahoe After Likely Flea Bite

‘Jelly Ice’ Inspired by Tofu Never Melts

White Noise Makes Beer Brew Faster, Scientists Claim

Would an AI Robot Uterus Lead Straight to Real-Life ‘Dune’?

Possible Local Malaria Case Found in New Jersey. Here’s What to Know

This Famous Star Is a Total Fraud, Astronomers Say

People Are Now Seeing ‘Zombie’ Squirrels in Their Backyards

This Newly Launched Satellite Just ‘Bloomed’ a Record-Breaking Antenna in Orbit

Picking a Spot for NASA’s Lunar Nuclear Reactor Is Trickier Than It Sounds

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Here is what the Earth and moon look like from 200 million miles away.
The picture is from the Psyche spacecraft that will orbit the Psyche asteroid 4 years from now.

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(From August 17 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

In a First, Scientists Capture Human Embryo Implantation in Real Time

Scientists Identify a New Glitch in Human Thinking

Private Spaceflight Enters the Wild West as Trump Slashes Regulations

New Brain Interface Interprets Inner Monologues With Startling Accuracy

A Common Virus Causes Cancer, but Most Americans Are Clueless About It

Starlink Rival Announces Plans to Take on Musk With a $1.5 Billion Satellite Push

A Man’s Eye Got Infested by a Worm, so Doctors Vacuumed Out the Eye Juices

The Pandemic Didn’t Actually Spike America’s Anxiety, Study Finds

Star Tries to Swallow a Black Hole, Ignites One of the Strangest Supernovas Ever Seen

Antarctica’s Ghost Hunters: Inside the World’s Biggest Neutrino Detector

Experimental ‘Off-the-Shelf’ Cancer Vaccine Is Already Prolonging Lives, Study Suggests

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(From August 10 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

The biggest black hole ever seen? Scientists find one with mass of 36 billion suns

Man Follows Diet Advice From ChatGPT, Ends Up With Psychosis

New Gel Could Heal Stubborn Diabetic Wounds in Under 2 Weeks

Heaviest Black Hole Ever Found Pushes Limit of What’s Cosmologically Possible

Diabetic Man With Gene-Edited Cells Produces His Own Insulin—No Transplant Drugs Required

This Already-Approved Drug Could Stop Food Allergies’ Worst Reactions

Astronomers Discover the Earliest Black Hole Ever Confirmed

Daring New Plan Lays Out Mission to a Black Hole

Our Brains Contain Lithium—and Its Loss Might Help Drive Alzheimer’s, Study Finds

Trump Administration Moves to Destroy Satellite That Monitors Greenhouse Gases

A ‘Flesh-Eating’ Germ Is on the Rise This Summer

NYC Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak: Cases and Deaths Double, as Officials Pinpoint the Cause

Acting NASA Chief Tells Agency to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon, Before China Does It First

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(From August 3 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

Feds Launch Experiment to Have Medicare Cover GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

Twist on Famous Double-Slit Experiment Deals a Blow to Einstein’s Quantum Doubts

The Space Station’s Russian Segment Won’t Stop Leaking Air

Hibernation’s Hidden Healing ‘Superpowers’ Could Be Locked in Our DNA

A Deadly Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease Is Hitting NYC

Potatoes Evolved From Tomatoes, Study Reveals

Australia’s First Rocket Crashes and Burns Seconds After Liftoff

Physicists Catch ‘Ghost Particles’ Bouncing Off Matter in Record-Breaking Experiment

A Rare Flu Complication Is Killing More U.S. Children

Survey of 1,000 Experts Shows Quantum Physicists Still Can’t Agree on Anything

Fertility Rate in the U.S. Reached an All-Time Low in 2024, CDC Data Reveals

SpaceX Is Gearing Up for Starship’s Next Flight After a String of Explosive Setbacks

Robo-Bunnies Are the Latest Weapon Against Florida’s Invasive Pythons

This Dinosaur Probably Chirped Like a Bird

Non-Hormonal Male Birth Control Pill Passes Key Test

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(From July 27 2025)

 

 

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Physicists Create First-Ever Antimatter Qubit, Making the Quantum World Even Weirder

Startup Claims Its Fusion Reactor Concept Can Turn Cheap Mercury Into Gold

Interstellar Visitor Zipping Through Our Solar System Could Be a Hostile Probe, Alien-Hyping Scientists Warn

This Experimental Weight Loss Drug Works Without the Nausea or Vomiting

SpaceX Has the Nerve to Be Mad About a Competitor’s Massive Satellites Littering Earth Orbit

Newly Discovered Gut ‘Sense’ Could Change How We Think About Hunger and Health

Gluten Could Be Wrongly Blamed for Americans’ Stomach Troubles

Astronomers Spot Companion Star in Orbit Around Iconic Star Betelgeuse, Confirming Suspicions

Hidden Sensors Reveal Filthy Truth About Handwashing in Hospital Bathrooms

Radical New Theory Rewrites the Story of the Earliest Universe

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(From July 20 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

Congress is about to MANDATE AM Radios in Cars

This Simple Strategy Could Curb One of Semaglutide’s Worst Side Effects

NASA Staff To Mark Moon Landing Anniversary with a Protest Against Trump

Gastrointestinal Cancers Are Surging Among Young Americans, and No One Is Quite Sure Why

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Have Already Killed Four People in Florida This Year

8 Healthy ‘Three-Parent’ Babies Born in UK Using Pioneering IVF Technique

Colossal Eruption Carves ‘Canyon of Fire’ Onto the Sun’s Surface

Most Cats Sleep on Their Left Side, and Scientists Think They Know Why

CERN Physicists Find Key Piece of the Matter-Antimatter Puzzle

‘Extremely Severe’ Obesity in American Kids Is Surging, Study Finds

Iconic NASA Probe That Visited Pluto Could Go Dark Thanks to Trump Cuts

A Solar System Internet? Space Laser Test Moves Us Closer

Biggest Martian Meteorite Ever Found Could Fetch $4 Million at Auction

Need a Testosterone Boost? Maybe Try Some Ozempic

This Common Pain Med Could Be Raising Dementia Risk

Why the Weather Is Literally Giving You a Headache

Aliens Can Detect Earth’s Airports From 200 Light-Years Away

Hot Tick Summer Is Here. Here’s What You Need to Know and How to Stay Safe

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(From July 13 2025)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

Behold the Closest Images of the Sun Ever Taken

This ‘Molecular Shield’ Might Stop Pollen Before It Wrecks Your Nose

Of Course Trump Picked Sean Duffy as Interim Head of NASA

Mysterious Signals From Deep Space Expose Aftermath of Failed Cosmic Eruptions

These Genetically Modified Mice Make Their Own ‘Ozempic’

Record-Setting Qubit Performance Marks Important Step Toward Practical Quantum Computing

The Next Big Cancer Treatment Could Be Herpes

New Research Bolsters Freaky Theory That Earth Sits in a Giant Cosmic Void

Record-Setting Dark Matter Detector Comes Up Empty—and That’s Good News

This Cough Syrup Ingredient Might Actually Slow Dementia

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(From July 6 2025)

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

Ted Cruz’s Bid to Reclaim Space Shuttle Discovery Could Cost $400 Million

New Research Debunks Myth That Brain Cells Stop Growing After Childhood

U.S. to Dump Billions of Flies From Planes to Fight ‘Man-Eater’ Maggots

Alaskan Woman’s Death From Gonorrhea Sparks Fears of a New Strain

Scientists Finally Sequenced the First Ancient Egyptian Genome

Deaf Teenager and 24-Year-Old Gain Ability to Hear After Experimental Gene Therapy

Could Ozempic Treat Migraines, Too? Small Study Finds Early Promise for GLP-1s

Biologists Uncover Previously Unknown Structure Hiding Inside Human Cells

Notorious Fungus Blamed for ‘Mummy’s Curse’ Is Now a Promising Cancer Treatment

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(From June 29 2025)

 

 

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

This Once-a-Month Ozempic Rival Just Delivered Big Results

NASA’s Next-Gen Rocket Booster Explodes in Test of a Design That May Never Fly

New Images Show Andromeda Galaxy as You’ve Never Seen It Before

Spike in Pancreas Problems From Weight-Loss Drugs Prompts Investigation

Mexico’s President Has Had Just About Enough of Elon’s Exploding Rockets

This Experimental Tech Allows Surgeons to See Through Blood

Good News! Caffeine Might Help Your Cells Live Longer

Webb Telescope Just Did Something It’s Never Done Before—and Astronomers Are Thrilled

Study Says U.S. Babies Are Missing a Key Gut Microbe, Fueling Allergy Risk

Ozempic Might Be a Dementia Buster, Too

Why the Shortest Day of Your Life Could Happen This Summer

Frequent Nightmares Linked to Faster Aging and Premature Death

Scientists Just Found a New, Incredibly Rare Blood Type

When Will Genetically Modifying Our Children Go Mainstream?

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(From June 22 2025)

 

 

 

 

 

Some links you might want to check out for yourselves:

This ‘Large and Unstable’ Sunspot Just Slammed Earth With Its Strongest Flare Yet

A Vaccine for Yeast Infections Could Soon Be Reality

Troubling Case Links Vaping to Aggressive Lung Cancer

SpaceX Starship Explodes in Spectacular Fireball at Texas Test Facility

A Game-Changing Telescope Is About to Reveal Its First Images. Here’s How to Watch

FDA Approves ‘Breakthough’ Drug to Prevent HIV

Bogong Moths Are First Bugs Known to Use Stars for Long-Distance Travel

Astronomers Capture the Most Colorful Image of a Galaxy Ever

Yet Another Study Finds Weed Is Bad for Your Heart

Latest Covid Variant Now Driving Over a Third of U.S. Cases

Honda Unexpectedly Enters the Space Race With First Successful Rocket Launch

Surgery Still Beats Ozempic and Other GLP-1 Drugs in Real-World Weight Loss Study

Rocket Companies Like SpaceX May Soon Pay Per Pound to Use the Sky

Astronomers Just Solved the Mystery of the Universe’s Missing Matter

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(From June 15 2025)

 

 

 

 

 

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NASA Delays Private Mission to ISS as Russian Module Leak Worsens

Poop Transplants Not All They’re Cracked Up to Be

Blue Origin Delays New Glenn Again—and It’s a Bigger Setback Than It Seems

Trump’s Cuts Threaten Nobel-Winning Observatory That Detected Colliding Black Holes

Why Bats Don’t Get Cancer—and What That Means for Humans

Newly Discovered Dinosaur Is T. Rex’s Awkward Cousin

SpaceX Is Taking Over a Competitor’s Launchpad to Ramp Up Starship Flights

The Ugly Side of Weight-Loss Drugs: Rotten Breath, Damaged Teeth, and Dry Mouth

These Two Galaxy Clusters Are About to Smash Into Each Other—Again

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(From June 8, 2025)

 

 

 

 

 

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Taurine Might Not Be the Anti-Aging Miracle We Hoped For

Astronomers Discover Most Energetic Cosmic Explosions Ever Observed

Private Japanese Lander Crashes Into the Moon in Second Failed Attempt

Upcoming Telescope Predicted to Discover Millions of Hidden Solar System Objects

New Russian Satellite Appears to Be Stalking U.S. Satellite in Orbit

Ozempic Without Muscle Loss? New Drug Combo Trial Finds It’s Possible

Early Fire Use Wasn’t for Cooking, New Theory Suggests

A Monkey Herpesvirus Could Hold Key to New Cancer Treatment

Texas Woman Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba After Using Tainted RV Water

Patient Receives Brain Implant That Can Wirelessly Control Computers

The Milky Way Might Not Smash Into the Andromeda Galaxy After All, New Simulation Indicates

Solar Storms Are Pushing Elon Musk’s Satellites Back to Earth

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The Vera Rubin Telescope is a 27 foot diameter telescope. It is located in Northern Chile. The array’s CCD imager’s diameter is 64 cm, and will provide 3.2 gigapixels images.
It has the biggest CCD ever made. Below is a picture of this device.
The array’s diameter is 64 cm, and will provide 3.2 gigapixels per image

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(From June 1, 2025)

 

 

 

 

 

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Worrying Covid-19 Variant Hits the U.S. Just in Time for Summer

A New Covid Variant Is Rising Fast. Here’s What We Know About NB.1.8.1

Trump Scraps $766 Million Moderna Deal for Bird Flu Vaccine

Musk Still Thinks Mars Is a Go for 2026, Despite Starship’s Epic Losing Streak

This Cat Poop Parasite Can Decapitate Sperm—and It Might Be Fueling Infertility

A Rogue Star Could Hurl Earth Into Deep Space, Study Warns

The Strange Secret Behind Venus’ Pancake Volcanoes

Leprosy’s Origins Are Even Weirder Than We Thought

Two of the World’s Worst Termites Hooked Up in Florida—and Now We’re Screwed

Scientists Are Creeping Closer to Colorized Black Hole Images

SpaceX’s Starship Spins Out of Control and Burns Up After Reaching Space

Telescope Upgrade Reveals Sun’s ‘Coronal Rain’ in Unprecedented Detail

Does Light Traveling Through Space Wear Out?

Water on Mars? Mysterious Dark Streaks Aren’t What Scientists Thought

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(From May 25, 2025)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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After Back-to-Back Flops, SpaceX Says Starship’s 9th Test Flight Is a Go

Most Detailed Simulation of Magnetic Turbulence in Space Is Surprisingly Beautiful

Moderna Pulls Promising Covid-Flu Combo Shot as RFK Continues Antivax Campaign

New Minor Planet Spotted Past Pluto, One of the Largest Distant Objects in the Solar System

These Infrared Night-Vision Contacts Let You See Through Your Eyelids

Scientists Just Caught Lightning Firing Off a Gamma-Ray Blast

Biologists Engineer Spiders to Spin Glowing Red Silk

A Common Antidepressant Could Help Your Body Fight Cancer

Got Cold Sores? You Might Be at Higher Risk for Alzheimer’s

Unidentified Bacterial Strain Discovered Inside China’s Space Station

Junk Food Is Filling Our Brains With Microplastics, Raising Mental Health Risks, Scientists Warn

Strange, Dazzling White Streak Photobombs Rare Auroras Over the U.S.

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(From May 18, 2025)

 

 

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Scientists Blasted Human Cells With 5G to See What Would Happen

The Truth Behind That Story About Chinese Robots with Human Brain Cells…

U.S. Woman Dies From Mad Cow-Like Brain Disease That Lay Dormant for 50 Years

First-Ever Custom CRISPR Therapy Saves Infant With Deadly Genetic Disorder

NASA Revives Voyager Thrusters ‘Considered Dead’ for 20 Years

Orange You Glad We Finally Figured Out Why Some Cats Are Ginger

Physicists Turned Lead Into Gold—for a Fraction of a Second

Living Creatures Cast a Faint Aura That Stops at Death, Study Suggests

Gravity Could Be Proof We’re Living in a Computer Simulation, New Theory Suggests

The Universe Will Fizzle Out Way Sooner Than Expected, Scientists Say

Moderna’s Super-Vaccine for Flu and Covid Works—Now Politics Could Sink It

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(From May 11, 2025)

 

 

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People on Ozempic Are Drinking Way Less

These Rare Fork-Nosed Dogs Could Help Solve a Genetic Mystery in Humans

NASA May Accelerate Mars Mission Timeline Following Trump Budget Proposal

The Best Way to Drop an Egg Without Breaking It, According to Science

Pentagon’s Hypersonic Drone Hits Mach 5 in Record-Breaking Tests

This Brain Disease Terrified Canada. A New Study Claims It Never Existed

Knowing Your Alzheimer’s Risk Might Change Your Habits—and Not for the Better

The Next Wave of 17-Year Cicadas Is About to Party, Scream, and Die

AI Identifies Author of Charred Scroll Buried by Vesuvius for 2,000 Years

The Shingles Vaccine Could Be a Secret Weapon Against Heart Attacks

Man Bitten by 200 Snakes Helps Scientists Create a Super Antivenom

The FDA Just Approved CRISPR-Edited Pigs for the Dinner Table

Dinosaur Purse? Scientists Aren’t Buying This T. Rex Leather Claim

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(From May 4, 2025)

 

 

 

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NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Just Switched On. Time to Map the Entire Universe in 3D

Trump’s Proposed NASA Budget Could Torch the Agency’s Boldest Missions

The Universe’s Gold May Come From a Totally Unexpected Kind of Star

Semaglutide Shows Major Promise for Treating Serious Liver Disease

Astronomers Found a Planet Nine Candidate—But It’s in the Wrong Place

Scientists Discover a Massive, Glowing Blob of Hydrogen Very Close to Our Solar System

New Weight-Loss Drugs Are Sending a Surprising Number of Americans to the Emergency Room

Fusion Reactor Called ‘Norm’ Could Outperform Everything We’ve Built So Far

After 53 Years, a Failed Soviet Venus Spacecraft Is Crashing Back to Earth

BMI Is Actually Pretty Accurate at Measuring American Obesity, Study Finds

Injectable Male Birth Control Effective for at Least 2 Years, Says Biotech Startup

Researchers Tattooed Tardigrades. They Promise It Will Be Useful

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(From April 20, 2025)

 

 

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NASA Needs to Build Gloves and Boots That Can Withstand Frigid Moon Temperatures

This Novel Substance Might One Day Block Severe Inflammatory Reactions Like IBS and Asthma

Scientists May Have Figured Out Why Young People Are Getting Colorectal Cancer More Often

Millions of Measles Cases Could Hit U.S. Over Next 25 Years If Vaccination Rates Drop

Brains Scans Reveal What Really Happens When Your Mind Goes Blank

Did Scientists Detect Life on Another Planet? Experts Weigh in on Bombshell Biosignature Report

FDA Issues Alert on Fake Ozempic—How to Tell If Yours Is Real

Scientists Uncover Unexpected Link to Childhood Asthma

The Universe’s Largest Structure Is Even Bigger Than We Expected

Scientists Learned How to Trick Our Eyes Into Seeing an Entirely New Color

A Mad Cow-Like Prion Disease Has Killed Two People and Sickened a Third in Same Oregon Town

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German startup Atmos Space Cargo says it considers the first flight of its reentry vehicle a success. This Inflatable vehicle grows to 20 feet in diameter when entering the atmosphere.

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(From April 20, 2025)

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We will have a guest speaker, Jay Kolinsky NE2Q, regarding his recent QST antenna article

A New Report Suggests We All May Be Brushing Our Teeth With Lead and Other Toxic Metals

Astronomers Say They’ve Recorded the Strongest Sign Yet of Life Beyond Earth

Prehistoric Hearths Reveal Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers Were Masters of the Flame

This Unassuming Mushroom Packs the Bitterest Taste Ever Measured

Researchers Develop a Soft Battery That Has the Consistency of Toothpaste

Common CT Scans Are Major Cancer Risk, Study Claims

Cholera Outbreak Traced to Holy Water From Ethiopia

Neutrinos Have No Business Being This Freaking Small

Sperm Use Secret Corkscrew Power to Turbocharge Their Swim

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(From April 13, 2025)

 

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Sneak Preview of Trump’s 2026 NASA Budget Is a Science-Killing Horror Show

Has the Dire Wolf Truly Been Resurrected? We Asked the Experts

How Ozempic and Similar Drugs Are Quietly Rewriting America’s Eating Habits

Ozempic and Similar Drugs Could Help Ward Off Dementia, Study Suggests

This Ingenious Microwave Could Help Turn Moon Ice Into Clean Drinking Water

Hell Yeah, We Might Get a Biblical Addition to the Large Hadron Collider

World’s Oldest Satellite Has Been in Space for 67 Years. Engineers Want to Bring It Home

Anthrax Outbreak Kills at Least 50 Hippos in Africa’s Oldest National Park

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(From April 6, 2025)

 

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The New U.S. Tariffs – Weird Formulas, Risks, & The Coming Trade War

SpaceX Preps First Reused Super Heavy Booster for Starship’s Next Launch

Ancient Bacteria Were Breathing Long Before Oxygen Became Abundant

Do You Need a Measles Booster Shot? The Answer May Surprise You

This Debunked Lightning Safety Tip Just Won’t Die—and It’s Still Dangerous

This Experimental Pill Could Become the First-Ever Drug for Cocaine Addiction

Unique Study Is Latest to Show Shingles Vaccine Can Help Prevent Dementia

Earth Is Safe From Menacing Asteroid—but Our Moon Might Take the Hit

Here’s Where Your Dog Is Most Likely to Catch Roundworms at the Park

Buried for Millennia, Scientists Coax 7,000-Year-Old Algae Back to Life

It’s One Particle Accelerator, Michael. What Could It Cost—$17 Billion?

What to Know about the ‘Qudit’—and How It Could Change Quantum Computing

Microdosing LSD Won’t Really Help Your ADHD, Trial Finds

Millions Share a Deadly Genetic Heart Risk. This Experimental Drug Could Be a Game Changer

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(From March 30, 2025)

 

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Legendary U.S. Particle Collider Is About to Perform Its Final Smash

NASA Slashes $420 Million in Contracts Amid DOGE’s Broad Cost-Cutting Measures

New Birth Control Shot Transforms Into a Long-Lasting Implant—No Clinic Required

Damaged Spacecraft Forces NASA to Cancel ISS Cargo Mission

China Plans Ambitious Nuclear Fusion Target For 2030

First-Ever Transplant of Pig Liver Into Human Marks Milestone in Organ Science

Chewing Gum Releases Thousands of Microplastics Into Our Saliva, Researchers Find

Something Strange Happens to Brains During a Marathon

Creatine Might Not Be the Muscle Miracle We Thought It Was

Scientists Find Giant Organic Molecules on Mars as Old as Life on Earth

The Risk of Becoming Allergic to Meat After a Tick Bite May Be Higher Than Thought

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(From March 23, 2025)

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Ground is a Myth says the ARRL! Ground is NOT a Myth and Here’s How I Grounded My Station W6LG Jim

Tattoos Could Be a Hidden Cancer Risk, Study of Twins Finds

The Mystery of Dark Energy Just Got Even Deeper

NASA Won’t Let Starliner Die Just Yet, Even After Boeing’s Space Fiasco

Scientists Announce Possible Breakthrough in Delaying Alzheimer’s

If You Feel Like Nothing Works for Your Back Pain, Science Says You’re Right

Man’s Two-Year Hiccups Triggered by Rare Allergy Condition

‘Microlightning’ May Have Sparked Life on Earth, New Research Suggests

Move Over, H5N1—Another Bird Flu Strain Has Arrived in the U.S.

A Pill for Ebola? New Drug Shows Up to 100% Survival in Monkeys

Black Holes Could Be Tunnels to White Holes, New Theory Suggests

Scientists Discover Potential Ozempic Rival That Could Help People Lose Weight With Less Nausea

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(From March 16, 2025)

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Eye-Popping WHO Report Shows Measles Surging Across the Globe

The Measles Outbreaks Aren’t Going Away Soon, CDC Warns

Are We Inside a Black Hole? Wonky Galaxy Movements Suggest It’s Possible, Physicist Says

The Surprising Discovery That Might Have Helped This Woman Live to 117

1.4-Million-Year-Old Skull Fragments Linked to Mystery Human Ancestor

Donating Your Blood Could Have a Surprising Health Benefit

Trump’s Dismantling of NASA Has Officially Begun

Scientists Just 3D-Printed a Prosthetic Penis—and It Actually Works

Signs of Liquid Water Under Martian Surface Boost Possibility of Life

Scientists Kept People’s Eyes Open While They Slept, Revealing Surprising Brain Activity

New Battery Harvests Energy From Radioactive Nuclear Waste

Does Ozempic Really Cause Thyroid Cancer? What the Science Actually Says

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NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov entered the International Space Station shortly after opening the hatches between the space station and the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at 1:35 a.m. EDT.

 

Here is what an Solar eclipse of the Earth looks like from the moon

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(From March 9, 2025)

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Intuitive Machines Moon Lander Confirmed Dead After Toppling on Its Side

U.S. Measles Outbreak Tops 200 Cases as Second Death Investigated

SpaceX’s Starship Disintegrates Again, Disrupting Nearly 240 Flights

Asteroid Mining Startup Loses Its Spacecraft Somewhere Beyond the Moon

NASA Shuts Off Voyager Science Instrument, More Power Cuts Ahead to Keep Both Probes Going

New AI Trick Can Pinpoint Gravitational Wave Sources in Just One Second

A Surprising New Tool in the Fight Against Cancer: Aspirin

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Upcoming Super Telescope Will Study the Universe’s Most Extreme Explosions

Scientists Sound the Alarm Over Plastics in Our Brains After Shocking Study

A Nasal Spray for Concussions Shows Early Promise

Your Daily Tea Routine Is Protecting You From Heavy Metals, Study Finds

What Shape Is the Universe?

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(From March 2, 2025)

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Does Ozempic Raise Suicide Risk? Probably Not

This Plant-Based Compound Could Be a Powerful New Weapon Against Deadly Brain Cancer

Two Space Probes Are Facing Serious Issues Just Days After Launch

A Protein Borrowed From Tardigrades Could Give Us Radiation Body Armor

Measles Outbreak in Texas Turns Deadly as Parents Scramble for Shots

Scientists Discover New Coronavirus With Potential to Infect Humans: What to Know

A Mystery Disease Has Killed Dozens So Far in Northwestern Congo

Scientists Challenge Long-Held Theory on Why Mars Is Red

New Technique Turns Ordinary Rocks Into Carbon-Capturing Machines

Scientists Develop a Device That Lets You Taste Video Games

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The first picture sent from the BLUE GHOST LANDER

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(From February 23, 2025)

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Water Chlorination Might Be Raising Our Risk of Certain Cancers

Do You Always Remember Your Dreams? Researchers May Know Why

It’s Raining SpaceX Debris in Poland

GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Reduce Cocaine Cravings, Case Study Finds

Measles Is Rampaging Through Rural Texas: Dozens Sick, Hundreds Feared Infected

These Mini-Pigs Just Grew Human-Like Teeth—Here’s Why It Matters

Trump’s Pick for NASA Chief Hints at Expected Shift Toward Mars

This Solar-Powered Reactor Sucks CO2 From the Air and Turns It Into Fuel

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(From February 16, 2025)

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Hospital Sink Drains are a Total Horror Show of Germs

Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: Researchers Analyze the Surprising Smells of Ancient Egyptian Mummies

Eye Doctors Are Finding New Links Between Ozempic and Vision Problems

Physicists Detect Most Energetic ‘Ghost Particle’ Ever—30,000 Times More Powerful Than LHC Particles

Russia Claims New Plasma-Based Engine Could Cut Mars Travel to Just 30 Days

A Second Type of H5N1 Bird Flu Jumped From Cows to Humans

Boeing Warns of Hundreds of Layoffs With NASA’s Moon Rocket in Limbo

Flu Cases Are Surging—Here’s Why This Season Is So Unusual

Euclid Telescope Spots Einstein Ring Wrapped Around a Galaxy

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 members stand in front of a Falcon 9 first-stage booster at SpaceX’s HangarX facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Pilot Nichole Ayers of NASA, Commander Anne McClain and Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos. Image: SpaceX

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(From February 9, 2025)

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Can a Drug Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease Decades Before It Happens?

Astronomers Discover Colossal Radio Jet From Early Universe

Scientists Uncover an Unlikely New Weapon Against Cancer: Fat Cells

Hundreds of Ducks Found Dead of Suspected Bird Flu Around Chicago

CDC Abruptly Yanks Report Linking Cats to Bird Flu Spread

That Huge 2024 Solar Storm Didn’t Just Light Up the Skies—It Reshaped Space Near Earth

Three Years After Experimental Vaccine, These Patients Are Still Cancer-Free

Google’s Hybrid Quantum Simulator Could Open Doors to New Physics

India’s New Navigation Satellite Is Stranded in the Wrong Orbit After Thruster Glitch

An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means

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(From February 2, 2025)

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Caltech’s Lightsail Experiment Brings Interstellar Travel Closer to Reality

No Opioids, No Addiction: FDA Approves First New Type of Painkiller in Decades

Humans Lost the Ability to Swivel Their Ears—But These Vestigial Muscles Still Twitch

Should You Scratch That Itch? Science Has a Surprising Answer

NASA’s Historic Asteroid Sample Holds Clues to Life’s Origins

An Ozempic Expert Explains What You Need to Know Before Taking GLP-1 Drugs

New Asteroid Tops NASA’s Impact Risk Chart, 1.2% Chance of 2032 Collision

Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths Are on the Rise

New Strain of Bird Flu Found on California Duck Farm

Kansas Is Battling the Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak Ever Recorded in the U.S.

Looming Budget Cuts Threaten Webb Telescope’s Groundbreaking Science

Einstein Probe Detects Mysterious Blast of X-Rays From the Early Universe

People With ADHD Are Living Shorter Lives, Study Finds

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(From January 26, 2025)

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SpaceX Starship’s Explosion Sparks FAA Investigation and Reports of Property Damage

Earth’s Mini-Moon Mystery Solved: It’s a Chunk of the Moon

Think It Takes 21 Days to Form a Habit? Science Says Think Again

Mysterious Radio Bursts Traced to the Edge of an Ancient, Dying Galaxy

Ketamine-Derived Nasal Spray Approved as Standalone Treatment for Tough Depression Cases

Would You Stand in Line to Sniff the World’s Most Disgusting Flower?

A Florida Man’s Meat, Cheese, and Butter Diet Caused His Hands to Seep out Cholesterol

Surgeons Make History by Removing Woman’s Brain Tumor Through Her Eye

Peeing Can Be Contagious for Both People and Chimps

AI-Generated Junk Science Is a Big Problem on Google Scholar, Research Suggests

From Covid to Norovirus: Moderna’s mRNA Tech Takes on Stomach Flu

This Anesthesia Gas Could Be the Next Big Alzheimer’s Treatment

The Sun Does Something Weird Right Before It Unleashes Solar Flares

What Does the Evidence Say About Fluoride Lowering IQ?

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(From January 19, 2025)

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SpaceX Starship Explodes During Test Flight, Sending Airlines Scrambling to Divert Flights

The FAA is grounding SpaceX’s Starship after its latest explosion

Threats of SpaceX Rocket Debris Forcing Flight Delays Over Indian Ocean Routes

Meet ‘Super’ Ozempic: Higher Dose Semaglutide Leads to Even Greater Weight Loss In Major Trial

India Joins Elite Club of Spacefaring Nations With Latest Orbital Test

Woman’s ‘Severe’ Hearing Loss Caused by a Tick Stuck in Her Ear

Legendary Gaia Spacecraft Maps Entire Galaxy, Promptly Retires

Say Bye to Just BMI: Experts Call for a Major Shift in How We Measure Obesity

A New Diabetes Treatment Is on the Horizon—But It Involves Poop

NASA Astronomers Zero In on the Number of Hidden Supermassive Black Holes

Remember That Metal Ring That Fell From the Sky? We Still Don’t Know Where It Came From

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(From January 12, 2025)

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Your Body’s Carbon Likely Took an Intergalactic Detour Before Reaching Earth

SpaceX Tests Lower Satellite Orbits to Stop Starlink From Ruining Telescope Images

Spacecraft Captures Spectacularly Detailed Images of Mercury’s Hidden Surface

This Fish’s Skin Might Hold the Key to Better Burn Treatments

Rare Birth Defect Leaves Boy With Giant Red Balloon-Like Sac on His Back

Rare Case of Heat Stroke Highlights Hidden Dangers of Saunas

Bird Flu Patient in Louisiana Becomes First Human Death in Current H5N1 Outbreak

SpaceX’s Frequent Rocket Launches Are Terrorizing Towns in the Middle of the Night

Woman Enters MRI With Butt Plug, Ends Up In Hospital

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(From January 5, 2025)

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Alcohol Should Come With Cancer Warning Label Like Cigarettes, U.S. Surgeon General Says

Each Cigarette Costs You 20 Minutes of Life, New Study Warns

Unidentified Rocket Fragment Crashes in Kenyan Village

Woman’s Tonsils Grew Back 40 Years After Removal

Norovirus Cases Are Surging Right Now

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