February 12, 2026
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‘Smart Underwear’ could help unlock secrets of human flatulence
An intrepid team of scientists has created “Smart Underwear” to measure human flatulence in a bid to better understand our…
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What repealing the ‘endangerment finding’ means for public health
February 12, 2026
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What repealing the ‘endangerment finding’ means for public health
The EPA has scrapped a rule stating that climate change harms human health. Here’s what that could mean
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A Hellish ‘Hothouse Earth’ Getting Closer, Scientists Say
The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said. From a report: Continued global heating could trigger climate tipping points,…
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Scientists Capture the Clearest View Yet of a Star Collapsing Into a Black Hole – Columbia University
- Scientists Capture the Clearest View Yet of a Star Collapsing Into a Black Hole Columbia University
- Have astronomers witnessed the birth of a black hole? NPR
- Astronomers witness vanishing star collapse into a black hole in Andromeda galaxy Space
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‘Inside-out’ planetary system perplexes astronomers
February 12, 2026
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‘Inside-out’ planetary system perplexes astronomers
Four worlds around a small, dim star are challenging theories of planet formation
An artist’s…
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Did astronomers just see a star blink out to become a black hole?
Scientists have seen something spectacular unfolding in Andromeda, our neighboring spiral galaxy, located some 2.5 million light-years away from Earth. The spectacular part is actually what they didn’t see: instead of exploding as a bright…
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Astronomers detect a solar system they say should not be possible
An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers who discovered it using telescopes from NASA and the European Space Agency, or ESA.
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Astronomers witness vanishing star collapse into a black hole in Andromeda galaxy
Astronomers may have witnessed the birth of a brand-new black hole in our neighboring galaxy, offering one of the clearest glimpses yet of how some stars quietly collapse into these cosmic abysses without the usual fireworks of an…
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Elephants’ peculiar whiskers help them sense the world around them
February 12, 2026
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Elephants’ peculiar whiskers help them sense the world around them
Pachyderm whiskers are more flexible at the tip than the base, allowing elephants to complete delicate tasks with their…
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This inside-out planetary system has astronomers scratching their heads
Like a double-stuffed Oreo of planetary proportions, the star LHS 1903 boasts two rocky exoplanets sandwiching two gaseous ones.
From the star outward, the lineup — rocky-gaseous-gaseous-rocky — defies models that predict rocky…
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