Once every month, the moon is invisible in the night sky. But once in a blue moon, the moon is a Black Moon.
Later this week, a new moon dubbed a “Black Moon” will hang in the night sky. Though a Black Moon is a colloquial term for different…
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Ocean-based carbon storage ramps up, bringing investment and concern
- Storing captured carbon in the subsea — in depleted oil and gas wells or in aquifers — is ramping up as a climate solution, with projects planned across the globe by industry and governments.
- Tipped as a way to…
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NASA’s X-59 Nears First Flight
As we honor the legacy of aviation pioneers this National Aviation Day, NASA’s X-59 is preparing to push the boundaries of what’s possible in air travel. The quiet supersonic aircraft’s historic first flight is on the horizon, with final…
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OpenAI Is Poised To Become The Most Valuable Startup Ever. Should It Be?
OpenAI is reportedly on the verge of a roughly $500 billion valuation, a figure that would make it the most valuable private company in the world—bigger than SpaceX, TikTok’s parent company Bytedance, and even public giants like Palantir….
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Radio waves offer new hope for improving sense of smell
Our sense of smell is more important than we often realize. It helps us enjoy food, detect danger like smoke or gas leaks, and even affects memory and emotion. Many people – especially after COVID-19, aging, or brain injury – suffer…
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California’s Next ‘Big One’ Might Not Follow the Script
On March 28, a devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked Myanmar, splitting the Sagaing Fault at speeds of over 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) per second. You know which other fault resembles the Sagaing…
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HPV16 reprograms immune cells to weaken cancer defenses
The most common cancer-causing strain of human papillomavirus (HPV), HPV16, undermines the body’s defenses by reprogramming immune cells surrounding the tumor, according to new research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. In…
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Some (very adorable) whales and dolphins were caught forming unlikely friendships
We might picture dolphins as the excitable younger cousin to the cool, composed humpback whale, but it seems these two species might have a budding friendship after all.
In fact, new suction-camera footage from humpback whales shows the depths…
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World’s most powerful X-ray laser spots atomic shifts in solar cells
Scientists at the European XFEL research facility have directly observed atomic-scale deformations inside solar cell materials using the world’s most powerful X-ray laser for the first time.
The research team, led by Johan Bielecki, PhD, a…
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What is BioNutrients? – NASA
A series of biology experiments, called BioNutrients, is testing ways to use microorganisms to produce nutrients – off Earth and on demand – that will be critical for human health in space.
Editor’s note: This article was updated on Aug….
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