- When to catch the Perseids, the year’s best meteor shower The Washington Post
- How to Watch the Strongest Meteor Shower of the Summer The New York Times
- Blame it on the moon. This year’s Perseids meteors won’t be as visible at their peak NPR
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When to catch the Perseids, the year’s best meteor shower – The Washington Post
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Robot Crab Meets Terrible Fate When Its True Nature Is Discovered by Real Crabs
Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot version during mating season.
In a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, animal behavior…
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Scientists Directly Measure ‘Impossible’ Zero-Point Motion That Cannot be Explained Classically
Scientists at Goethe University, Frankfurt, have directly measured the zero-point motion of atoms within molecules prepared in their lowest quantum energy state—an achievement the team said was previously considered…
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NASA Curiosity Rover Captures Photos of Coral-Like Rocks on Mars
This photo was captured by the Mars Curiosity rover on July 24. NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured photographs of a rock on Mars that closely resembles coral found on Earth.
Two objects were discovered on July 24 inside Gale Crater,…
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Meteorite that hit home is older than Earth, scientists say
Watch: Large fireball seen shooting across sky over Southeastern US A meteorite that crashed into a home in the US is older than planet Earth, scientists have said.
The object flew through the skies in broad daylight before exploding across the…
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Webb discovers weather never before seen in our solar system
Fresh data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed that Pluto’s weather is run by a high-altitude haze, not by its thin mix of nitrogen and methane.
“This is unique in the solar system,” said Tanguy Bertrand, an astronomer at…
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Exercise Can Help Fight Breast Cancer, Experiments Show : ScienceAlert
A single bout of physical activity could fill the bloodstream with cancer-busting allies.
In an experiment involving 32 breast cancer survivors, a 45-minute session of either resistance training or high-intensity interval training resulted in…
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NASA aiming to build nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030
NASA is accelerating its plans for a nuclear reactor on the moon.
For several years now, the agency has been working to get a 40-kilowatt fission system ready for launch to the moon by the early 2030s. But interim NASA chief Sean Duffy is about…
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Did Disease Defeat Napoleon? | Scientific American
August 10, 2025
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Did Disease Defeat Napoleon?
Napoleon’s campaign against the Russian Empire was one of the most costly wars in history. Many soldiers died of diseases. Some of these illnesses are only now being identified
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New adhesive surface modeled on a remora works underwater
What impressed the scientists the most, though, was the versatility of those disks. Reef-associated species of remora like Phtheirichthys lineatus are generalists and stick to various hosts, including other fish, sharks, or…
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