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News - Scotland's Largest Early Neolithic Timber Hall Unearthed - Archaeology Magazine

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3 days ago
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How the Binding of Two Brain Molecules Creates Memories That Last a Lifetime

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3 days ago
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How the Binding of Two Brain Molecules Creates Memories That Last a Lifetime

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2 hours ago

Japan Wires the Ocean with an Earthquake-Sensing Nervous System'

The system aims to stave off devastation like that of 2011 when a relentless six-minute-long temblor was followed by a 130-foot tsunami that reached speeds of 435 miles per hour.
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22 hours ago

Research-integrity sleuths say their work is being 'twisted' to undermine science

Efforts to identify flawed scientific research are being misused, leading to public distrust in science itself.
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fromHackernoon
1 year ago
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Nothing is Absolute: A Beginner's Guide to Einsten's Theory of Sepcial Relativity | HackerNoon

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1 year ago
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Nothing is Absolute: A Beginner's Guide to Einsten's Theory of Sepcial Relativity | HackerNoon

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fromPsychology Today
5 hours ago

Fish Are Smarter Than You Think

Researchers created a cognitive testing apparatus applicable across diverse fish species, allowing examination of cognition in their natural habitats, revealing more about their cognitive abilities.
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23 hours ago
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Scientists Puzzled by Earth's Rotation Speed Suddenly Increasing, Leading to Unexpectedly Short Days

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Scientists Puzzled by Earth's Rotation Speed Suddenly Increasing, Leading to Unexpectedly Short Days

fromNature
22 hours ago

Sweet or sour? AI powered device achieves human-like sense of taste

The system combines a graphene-derived material with machine learning to detect salty, bitter, sweet, and sour flavors, potentially restoring taste for those with neurological conditions.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
9 hours ago

What Does a Sick Coral Reef Sound Like?

Isla Keesje Davidson emphasizes the importance of understanding coral reefs, noting that they possess an acoustically diverse environment that reveals critical insights about their health and vitality.
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10 hours ago
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China Has Attempted What Might Be the First-Ever Orbital Refueling of a Satellite

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China Has Attempted What Might Be the First-Ever Orbital Refueling of a Satellite

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22 hours ago

Replay and representation dynamics in the hippocampus of freely flying bats

Wireless recordings from the hippocampus of freely flying bats revealed time-compressed replay of flight trajectories during rest, which occurred at locations distant from the actual behavior.
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1 day ago
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Metascience can improve science - but it must be useful to society, too

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2 days ago
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Daily briefing: A worst-case weather scenario drove deadly flooding in Texas

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Metascience can improve science - but it must be useful to society, too

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Daily briefing: A worst-case weather scenario drove deadly flooding in Texas

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1 day ago

Explore Artificial Intelligence Hands-On at San Francisco's Exploratorium This Summer

Encounter AI at work in real-world science and research, explore its ethics and impacts, and bring your curiosity to live programs for adults and families.
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1 day ago

3 tech solutions to societal needs will get help moving to market - Harvard Gazette

The research team in the lab of Professor Katia Bertoldi is developing a novel stent-like device designed to help regulate blood pressure spikes for hypertension patients.
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1 day ago

Old CO released from rivers complicates evaluations of fossil-fuel emissions

A significant 59% of carbon dioxide released by rivers comes from ancient carbon reservoirs that have low carbon-14 levels, complicating assessments of anthropogenic CO₂.
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fromNature
1 day ago

Memory gets a boost from positive emotion

Objects are more memorable when people encounter them while feeling positive emotions than while feeling negative ones.
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fromArs Technica
1 day ago

Watch this cucumber squirt out its seeds at ballistic speeds

The squirting cucumber, also known as Ecballium elaterium, propels its seeds explosively as internal pressure builds up, forcing a stream of liquid containing seed pods out at high speeds.
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fromMail Online
1 day ago

Shortest day in history set for TOMORROW as Earth's rotation speeds up

Scientists have warned that Earth’s rotation is accelerating faster than ever, potentially making Wednesday the shortest day of your life by up to 1.51 milliseconds.
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fromInsideHook
1 day ago

China Makes Brain Implant Technology a Priority

Neuralink made headlines in early 2024 for placing a brain-computer interface (BCI) into a paralyzed man which allowed him to, among other things, play video games using just his thoughts.
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1 day ago

Why This Fast-Growing Stock Is the One Nuclear Energy Stock to Buy

Nuclear power has surged back into the spotlight in 2025 as a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. Driven by soaring energy demands from artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and electrification, governments and corporations are increasingly turning to nuclear energy for its low-carbon, reliable baseload power.
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1 day ago

A Planet Money guide to 5 fascinating new econ papers

Firewood was humanity's main energy source for centuries, but solid statistics about prices have been difficult to find due to many Americans chopping down wood themselves.
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fromMail Online
23 hours ago

Hundreds of earthquakes rattle catastrophic volcano sparking new fears

Hundreds of small earthquakes rattled Washington's Mount Rainier, with activity peaking at 4:29 am ET, and tremors not exceeding magnitude of 1.7.
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1 day ago

With Indus Waters Treaty in the balance, Pakistan braces for more water woes

For more than six decades, this river network has been divided between the two countries according to the Indus Waters Treaty, which broadly allocates three rivers each to India and Pakistan.
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fromNature
5 days ago

Daily briefing: Neanderthals boiled bones in 'fat factories'

Neanderthals rendered bone fat 125,000 years ago, earlier than modern humans.
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1 day ago

AI could be science's strongest ally

Breakthroughs in cancer, rare diseases, and drug development require time, space, and the freedom to explore. Instead, scientists are burning out and many are even walking away, with a recent survey showing that 75% of U.S.-based researchers are considering relocation.
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fromNews Center
2 days ago

Tracking Proteins That Help the COVID-19 Virus Replicate - News Center

SARS-CoV-2, like any virus, needs to enter the cell, start replicating its genome, and then start making all of the building blocks needed to make new progeny viruses, Hultquist said. For a lot of these processes, the virus uses our own cellular architecture, but we had an incomplete understanding of exactly which human proteins the virus was using for which stages of its replication cycle.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 days ago

Magma Pulses Are Tearing Africa Apart

The Afar Triangle in eastern Africa is a significant geological location where three rift zones meet, indicative of Earth's crust being pulled apart.
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fromNature
1 week ago

AI 'scientists' joined these research teams: here's what happened

In an online test interface for a system called the Virtual Lab, Montine constructed a team of six artificial-intelligence (AI) characters, all powered by a commercial large language model to examine possible treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
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2 days ago

Inside the evolution of Biosphere 2, from '90s punchline to scientific playground

Biosphere 2, a massive greenhouse in Oracle, Arizona, features diverse ecosystems including a rainforest, ocean, and mangrove wetland, designed to test self-sustaining habitats for humans.
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1 week ago

An Algorithm for a Better Bookshelf

Managing empty spaces on bookshelves is a practical metaphor for handling sorted data in computer science, particularly as datasets grow larger and more complexity arises.
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2 days ago

'Death date' of the universe is sooner than previously believed

Researchers predict that the universe will reach its 'death date' at 33.3 billion years old, with approximately 19 billion years remaining before a Big Crunch occurs.
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2 days ago

Efficient perovskite/silicon tandem with asymmetric self-assembly molecule

Achieving highly ordered and uniformly covered self-assembly monolayers (SAMs) with optimal packing configuration on textured silicon substrates remains a critical challenge for further improving the efficiency of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells.
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1 day ago
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Exclusive: Tulum Energy rediscovered a forgotten hydrogen tech and used it to raise $27M | TechCrunch

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Exclusive: Tulum Energy rediscovered a forgotten hydrogen tech and used it to raise $27M | TechCrunch

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2 days ago

German space capsule lost carrying ashes of 166 people DW 07/07/2025

From an orbital altitude of 550 kilometers [about 340 miles], the capsule re-entered successfully in a controlled manner, with communication established post maximum heat. Communications were, however, lost at 26km altitude, just before the transonic phase preceding the opening of the parachutes.
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9 months ago

8 Ways to Scavenge Orbital Debris and Kessler Syndrome | HackerNoon

There are about half a million objects the size of a cigarette pack in Earth's orbit, moving at speeds averaging 28,000 km/h. This creates a severe risk.
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fromMail Online
2 days ago

Those who spot the Loch Ness Monster are telling the truth, study says

The study found that only a small number of sightings described the stereotypical looped body of Nessie, suggesting that most witnesses are truthful in their experiences.
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fromMail Online
2 days ago

Astonishing footage shows giant volcano erupting with toxic ash cloud

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted, sending a toxic column of ash upwards of 63,000 feet, prompting evacuations and flight cancellations as authorities warn residents to stay away.
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fromArs Technica
3 days ago

Figuring out why a nap might help people see things in new ways

EEG signals of sleep are associated with improved performance on cognitive tasks, as evidenced by various historical figures experiencing insights after naps.
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